Midwifery workshops completed
Edwin Beyan, leader of the Liberia Health Team, reports two weeks of professional development workshops have been completed this month for educators and clinicians.
Liberian Literary Landscape is Updated
The child whose mother can read is 50% more likely to live past the age of five. The women who can read is twice as likely to send her children to school.
Midwifery Workshops, Round 2, Planned
More Educator Development Workshops for Midwifery are planned for this month. Both a Faculty Workshop and a Clinical Workshop will be conducted to to enhance the teaching competency of Liberian nurse/midwife educators. These follow a pilot workshop conducted a year ago.
Dual Citizenship for Liberians Now in Doubt
As more counties are tallied, the needed 2/3 approval is doubtful because of so many invalid votes. But it is complicated.
Small Grant hatches Agrilife Poultry Farming
Agrilife used a Small Grant from FOL to build a poultry house and plant cassava to feed the chickens. The Poultry Farm Project meets FOL's Small Grant Program goal of sustainability. “The project continues today and as a mediating and implementing organization, we are working with the school community for [...]
Family Literacy Initiative included in new Nurturing Care Project
Our partner, WE-CARE, joined with the Public Health Initiative Liberia (PHIL) for a workshop held November 9th - 13th. This workshop brought together Early Childhood Development coordinators from PHIL, members of WE-CARE, as well as members of the ministries of Health and Education to discuss the Comprehensive Nurturing Care Model. [...]
Help Us Celebrate 3 Upcoming Anniversaries!
We are kicking off two years of events to celebrate: The Peace Corps 60th Anniversary in 2021 The Friends of Liberia 35th Anniversary in 2021 The Peace Corps Liberia 60th Anniversary in 2022 You are invited to volunteer and participate!
Referendum Election
Liberians are voting on two referendums on 8 December 2020: Shortening the presidential term to 5 years Repealing the dual nationality ban.
Thomas-Greenfield to be Biden’s UN ambassador
Obama's former ambassador to Liberia, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, is Biden's choice to be his ambassador to the UN. President-elect Biden is planning to elevate the post of U.N. ambassador to Cabinet level.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield joins Biden Transition Team
The former US Ambassador to Liberia is now a volunteer member of the Joe Biden Agency Review Team working on transitioning the US Department of State. She was appointed by former President Barack Obama in 2008 to be his Ambassador to Liberia At a farewell ceremony in 2012, former president [...]
Jerry John Rawlings, former president of Ghana
After a short illness, Jerry Rawlings died at age 73 in a hospital in the capital of Ghana, Accra. "Liberia remembers his immense contribution to the attainment and sustainment of peace during the dark days of our own history," said Liberian President George Weah.
Two Liberian organizations raise awareness about COVID with FOL grant
The Community Women’s Initiative for Children of Ebola Victims (COWICEV) and the Positive Change Women and Girls Initiative (POCHAWOIN) were the first joint-group to receive a COVID-19 project grant. Now they've begun their implementation. Focusing on Sanoya district, COWICEV and POCHAWOIN have led several awareness activities. Their team members have [...]