Liberia is endowed with abundant natural resources including timber, gold, diamond, iron ore, water and many valuable plant and animal species; some of which are endemic. The presence of these resources attracts local and foreign direct investments in Liberia for exploration and extraction.

Even though all of these resources have been harvested and exported especially by multinational corporations over the past decades, Liberia a country of approximately 3.5 million people, still ranks high amongst the poorest countries of the world lacking many of the basic social services suitable for survival. A vast majority of its citizens live on less then 1 (one) US Dollar daily while the illiteracy rate is estimated at 65%.

Most critics blame the under development of Liberia on systemic corruption, the unsustainable harvesting and management of the resources, the lack of transparency and accountability, the unequal distribution of wealth and persistent corporate social ir-responsibility shown by most multinational corporations.

To contribute to the solution of these problems, the Save My Future (SAMFU) Foundation was established in 1987 with the mission to facilitate and promote sustainable community -based natural and human resources management and development embarked on achieving its goals and objectives and has made significant impacts. Reorganized in 1998 after the election which brought President Charles Taylor to power, SAMFU launched an independent forest monitoring campaign in the timber industry in 2000 in collaboration with its international partners for the purpose of investigating and reporting the high wave of unsustainable logging activities that was carried on by the Oriental Timber Company and other multinational corporations, the industry's contribution to the exacerbation of the civil crisis and its associated human rights abuses in rural communities.

This investigation led to the publication entitled: “Plunder: The silent Destruction of Liberia's Rainforest” in 2002 which pointed an international spotlight and sparked a major debate about the contribution of the timber industry to the prolongation of the Liberia crisis at the time. This investigation assisted the United Nations Security Council and other stakeholders to make informed decisions about the industry including the moratorium on the exportation of Liberian timber in 2003 and the call for total reform in the sector which is nearing completion now.

SAMFU also runs biodiversity conservation projects and other programs in fulfilment of its objectives including Peace building, Community Development and Marine Turtle Conservation.