Summer 2017 Newsletter
Dear FOL Members and Supporters, Hello from your new FOL president! You may know that after fourteen years of outstanding leadership as FOL president, Stephanie Vickers stepped down at the end of 2016. We have [...]
About Alison McReynolds
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After 13+ Years of Service, Stephanie Vickers Steps Down as FOL President
Enjoying the FOL Meet and Greet in November (from left: Former President Kevin George, Incoming President Sarah Morrison, Outgoing President Stephanie Vickers, Former President Pat Reilly) Dear Friends, This will be my final [...]
ICYMI: FOL Receives NPCA Award & Liberia RPCVs Attend PC Connect
Friends of Liberia was honored to receive the Loret Miller Ruppe Award for Outstanding Community Service from the National Peace Corps Association at their Peace Corps Connect Conference in Washington, DC in September. Check out some [...]
ICYMI: FOL, We-Care Foundation celebrate successful first year of Family Literacy Initiative
Local Liberian news outlet, the Bush Chicken, covered the ceremony in Monrovia and talked to participants and organizers involved in the FLI program. Click here to check it out.
Friends of Liberia to Receive NPCA 2016 Rupee Award for Outstanding Community Service
Friends of Liberia will be honored at the NPCA’s Peace Corps Connect Conference for its work to help combat the Ebola epidemic in 2014-15. Along with Friends of Sierra Leone and Friends of Guinea, FOL [...]
Global Health Service Partnership expands to Liberia!
Do you work in the health field or know someone who does? Peace Corps' Global Health Service Partnership program expanded to Liberia this year and they are looking to fill assignments departing next summer. This [...]
Happy Anniversary! FOL Celebrates 30 Years.
It was about this time of the year 30 years ago that Liberia’s Peace Corps volunteers started a little social group called Friends of Liberia. The idea was to get together once in a while [...]
FLI Receives Learning Materials from HIPPY USA
At the request of our wonderful Family Literacy Initiative (FLI) partner, Dr. Miriam Westheimer, Director of HIPPY International, HIPPY USA conducted a supplies drive during their recent national conference. HIPPY staff and families from all [...]
Family Literacy Initiative Launches in Monrovia
FOL’s Barbara Kamara and HIPPY-International director Dr. Miriam Westheimer have arrived in Liberia to launch the Family Literacy Initiative (FLI). They join our implementing partners at We Care Foundation in Monrovia, Michael Weah and Yvonne [...]
Family Literacy Initiative Ramps Up
FOL has launched its most ambitious education project to address the literacy crisis in Liberia. Almost half of Liberians cannot read adequately and at least 40 percent are illiterate, according to recent UNICEF statistics. This [...]