BIOGRAPHY

Kimmie L. Weeks is a survivor to the Liberia civil war has worked to alleviate poverty and human suffering in Africa since he was fourteen years old.  As a child, Kimmie Weeks dedicated his life to working for humanity after nearly dying from starvation and disease during the Liberian civil war. 

In 1994 at the age of fourteen, Kimmie started his work to impact the lives of Liberian children and youth. He co-founded the Voice of the Future Inc., and later went to establish the Children’s Bureau of Information. In 1996, Weeks established the Children’s Disarmament Campaign with goal to advocate the disarmament of Liberia’s 20,000 child soldiers. 

In 1998, Kimmie Weeks released a groundbreaking report on the Liberian government’s involvement in the training of child soldiers. After several attempts to assassinate him, he fled Liberia dressed as a traditional dancer and came to the United States via neighboring Ivory Coast.  While in the United States, he established an international organization called Youth Action International to support the needs of families living in post war countries. Since its establishment, Youth Action International’s programs have benefited over to 500,000 people in six post war African countries. He also inspires thousands of people around the world through his international motivational speaking tour.  

Drawing from his experiences and commitment to humanitarian causes, Kimmie Weeks has expanded his efforts to address the root causes of poverty and food insecurity in Liberia and West Africa. In 2020, he established the Hope Farm, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting sustainable agriculture and empowering local communities. Through the Hope Farm, Kimmie aims to revolutionize the agricultural sector by implementing organic farming practices, providing training and capacity building for young people and smallholder farmers, and fostering economic empowerment in rural areas. His vision for the Hope Farm is not only to alleviate hunger and poverty but also to create a model of sustainable development that can be replicated across the region.

 
Kimmie Weeks has been honored for his work internationally. His honors and awards include: the World’s Children’s Prize, The Time Warner Goodwill Game Medallion, The Golden Brick Award, The Nuclear Age Foundation Award, The Nelson Mandela Peace Medal, and as a World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leader. He is also recipient of one of Liberia’s highest civilian awards as Knight Grand Commander in the Humane Order of African Redemption. He is the youngest recipient of this honor.

 
Weeks has been featured in many books and publications including Peace in Our Lifetime as an international peace maker, along with Nelson Mandela, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, Jr.  He has also the subject of several documentaries on various networks including Al Jazeera, BBC, CNN, CCTV, Discovery Channel International and MTV Canada.  

Professionally, he has served in many executive level positions including as Corporate Communications Strategist for Cellcom GSM, Communications Strategist for Orange Liberia, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Liberia Water & Sewer Corporation and Senior Director of Africa for Clinical Research Management and as a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council. 

 
Kimmie Weeks received a Bachelor of Arts from Amherst College, a Master of Science from the University of Pennsylvania, and a law degree from the University of Liberia. He also was awarded an honorary Doctorate Degree in May 2011. He currently serves as Executive Director of Youth Action International, CEO of the Hope Farm Fund, and Senior Director of Africa for Integrum Scientific.