Chocolate Made in Liberia
Redimere Chocolates was established to help students pay their school fees by making chocolate products from locally grown cocoa beans. It all started in 2017 when some students and staff in the Agriculture Department at the Liberia International Christian College (LICC) in Ganta City began experimenting with processing cocoa beans. [...]
Two Hospitals Get COVID-19 Prevention Supplies from FOL Grant
C.B. Dunbar Maternity Hospital and Phebe Hospital in Bong County got materials to prevent transmission of COVID-19 through a grant from Friends of Liberia. The grant provides funds to buy prevention materials for communities and hospitals in Bong County, Liberia. Our COVID-19 Task Force has been working hard evaluating proposals from Liberian [...]
We have raised $9,525 – we are almost there…
We have 65 Global Giving donors who have helped us raise $9,525 to date to help Improve Nursing and Midwifery Care in Liberia ! We are only $475 away from our original goal, with over ten days to go. Because we felt we could get more gifts and more donors, [...]
KEEP Gets 2020 National Literacy Award
The Kids Engagement Education Project (KEEP) received this year’s Literacy Award from the Liberian  Ministry of Education. The Ministry recognized many KEEP projects, the most significant being: 19 Reading Rooms across 9 Counties, storytelling sessions (radio and TV) and the publication of 3 books in the last few months. [...]
LSA Participates in “Focus on Liberia” Broadcast
Representatives of the Liberian Studies Association were guests on the YouTube channel "Focus on Liberia", The discussion on September 13, 2020, highlighted the work of the association and the research trove of the Liberian Studies Journal. They also discussed future work on research workshops and other initiatives in fostering collaboration [...]
Support Improving Nursing and Midwifery Care in Liberia
FOL has begun accepting donations through our project page on GlobalGiving for our next Liberia Health Training for supervisory nurses and midwives! The workshop will be held January 11-15, 2021 at the Phebe School of Nursing.  Under the direction of Edwin Beyan, RN, BSc, MSNEd, DHS (candidate), the Liberian health [...]
FOL Celebrates International Literacy Day with Liberian Children’s Books
Friends of Liberia is proud to celebrate International Literacy Day with our partners: WE-CARE Foundation, HIPPY-International and The Rotary Club of Indianapolis. Thanks to a wonderful grant from the Rotary Club of Indianapolis, WE-CARE was able to have three children’s books contextualized for use with families enrolled in their Family [...]
KEEP Liberia Uses FOL Grant to Create COVID-19 Awareness Videos
Friends of Liberia's COVID-19 Task Force has been reviewing project proposals from Liberian-led organizations to help fight the global pandemic. Kids Educational Engagement Project (KEEP) Liberia, one of the grant recipients, used their funds to create COVID-19 awareness videos. They created two videos for adults and children - one in English and Sign [...]
COVID-19 Task Force issues first grant to local organizations that fought against Ebola
The Community Women’s Initiative for Children of Ebola Victims (COWICEV) and the Positive Change Women and Girls Initiative (POCHAWOIN) are the first joint-group to receive grant money for coronavirus projects. These two groups will be working together to implement a social mobilization campaign in five rural communities of Sanoyea District, [...]
Recruitment and Verification Improved for the Family Literacy Initiative
The Bracken School Readiness Assessment was used to evaluate the skills of 162 children prior to entering the FLI program. Another 25 children were assessed from back-up families that could replace families who move after the recruitment process.
Help Respond to COVID-19
Please step forward by making a special donation designated to "COVID-19 Response" that will help FOL expand its work helping Liberians deal with the pandemic. The CARES Act of March 27, 2020, allows non-itemizers to take a tax deduction for a gift to FOL of up to $300.
WE-CARE Adjusts Family Literacy Initiative to Keep Children Learning during COVID-19
Our partner, WE-CARE has taken great steps to ensure the continuation of the Family Literacy Initiative (FLI), despite the trying times of the COVID-19 restrictions. You can read more about their efforts in an article by Bush Chicken, a Liberian news outlet, founded by FOL Member Jefferson Krua. HELP US [...]