We Made the Match !
With the help of YOU, Friends of Liberia has raised over $32,000. Coupled with the $25,000 match money from Jim and Pat McGeorge, Cori Maund and Isaac Doss, we have over $50,000 to [...]
Double Your Donation to COVID-19 Relief
Liberia is facing an unprecedented outbreak of COVID and we need your help to continue working alongside partners to send much needed supplies, such as oxygen regulators, to Liberia. Cori Maund & Isaac Doss, Jim & Pat McGeorge, [...]
Covid-19 Relief Program Express Ships Oxygen Regulators
“People are dying everywhere!” was the subject of an email message received by FOL members Angene and Jack Wilson late in June. Monrovia was experiencing a sudden spike in Covid-19 deaths due to the deadly [...]
Prof Yekutiel Gershoni
The Liberian Studies Association announces with deep sadness the passing of Yekutiel Gershoni, Professor Emeritus, Department of Middle Eastern and African History, Tel Aviv University and former President of the Liberian Studies Association. Professor Gershoni [...]
Through the lens of RPCV Nathaniel Kim
Nathaniel Kim served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Lofa County from 2017 to 2019. His blog, Innate Musings, is full of beautifully written, funny, thought- provoking essays. He has also been a guest writer for [...]
“Sharing My Heritage” by RPCV Doorey Chung
Doorey Chung, a member of the LR-6 cohort, served in Grand Gedeh County, Liberia from 2016 to 2018. In honor of Asian American/Pacific Islander Heritage Month in 2018, Peace Corps shared his story. Here is [...]
Angene and Jack Wilson talk joining Peace Corps Liberia in 1962
On March 1, 1961, President Kennedy issued an executive order establishing the Peace Corps as a federal agency within the State Department. Angene Hopkins Wilson and Jack Hopkins got accepted into the program and in 1962 were [...]
Last Mile Health Co-Founder is U.S. President’s Malaria Coordinator
Dr. Raj Panjabi has been appointed by President Joe Biden as his Malaria Coordinator to lead the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative. Dr. Panjabi grew up in Liberia, fleeing when he was 9 years old to escape [...]
Matilda Eileen Greene Dunn, wife of Elwood Dunn
Liberia Studies Association leader Dr. Elwood Dunn sadly lost his wife of nearly 50 years. Rev. Dr. Matilda Eileen Greene Dunn, born in Greenville, Sinoe County, Liberia, passed on January 4, 2020, at their home [...]
Family Literacy Initiative expands to Peter Town in Bong County
OAK (Opportunities for African Kids) has invited the Family Literacy Initiative to Peter Town to conduct workshops for teachers. This is also WE-CARE’s first expansion into Bong County. OAK is a non-profit started by Sue [...]