Blogs/Posts about the Family Literacy Initiative
Redesigning the Way Young Children Learn
More than five decades after getting kicked out of kindergarten, RPCV Sia Barbara Kamara is helping to redesign the way young children in Liberia learn.
We-Care/Friends Of Liberia/HIPPY Family Literacy October 2018- January 2019 Reporting
Liberia, with a low literacy rate and a large number of out of school children, is struggling to strengthen its quality of education. Presently, the early childhood education level is the least prioritized, as reflected [...]
Family Literacy Initiative Releases 3 Year Achievement Report
The majority of FLI children have shown considerable progress at the end of the first program year compared to a norming population of American children. During their second and third program year, however, many of the [...]
A Year of Literacy Success
A review of literacy success made possible by your generous support during 2019.
Child likes HIPPY better than playing
David Rosen reports on his recent visit to the Liberia Family Literacy Initiative. Among his observations: “Before I left her, (a) parent said she wanted to thank me – FOL really – for bringing this [...]
Open Society Foundations funding propels FLI into second year.
The Family Literacy Initiative began its second year with significant funding from Open Society Foundations. FLI program coordinator Gbima Bahtokpah presents her thorough and insightful quarterly report here, complete with photos to show the program [...]
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.
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 [...]