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How a Philly teen is changing the lives of thousands of Liberians

“When I heard Destinee’s story, I cried,” Sackor said. “I was really surprised, and I was touched that a girl of her age would think about other people’s lives that way. When I think of it, I say, ‘Oh my God, this is unbelievable.'"

Destinee Whitaker, a recent graduate of Philadelphia's George Washington Carver High School of Engineering and Science, presents a check to Joseph Sackor of the Liberian Medical Mission for water purification systems.
Destinee Whitaker, a recent graduate of Philadelphia's George Washington Carver High School of Engineering and Science, presents a check to Joseph Sackor of the Liberian Medical Mission for water purification systems.Read moreCourtesy of Carver HS of Engineering and Science