Professor Warren Leonard d’Azevedo, an expert on the Gola people, passed away peacefully in California on Jan. 19 at age 93. He died surrounded by family, notably his wife, Kathleen Addison D’Azevedo, daughter Anya and [...]
Our time is growing short (a couple more days) here, but we are still busy visiting different organizations with our pitch about early childhood educator trainings and meeting some interesting folks and hearing different stories [...]
Having taught in Harper, Cape Palmas, from 1969-71, I was determined to get back “home” as part of the FOL service trip to Liberia. Prior to leaving the U.S., I had made numerous contacts to [...]
While at Kakata, we were visited by Peace Corps Volunteer Charlene Espinoza, the entrepreneur who has turned her Salala school's girls' club into a thriving business selling beautifully designed and sewn bags, headbands, kindle covers [...]
Liberia feels so familiar. It smells like flowers and moisture and things molding. The air is steamy and sometimes breezy when the clouds arrive. There is sprinkling rain, which we ignore, and pouring, pounding rain, [...]
[frame style="modern" image_path="https://fol.org/wp-content/uploads/karma/fol_group-10.jpg" link_to_page="" target="" description="FOL Group gets ready to depart" size="two_col_large"] For some, it will be the first time back to Liberia in more than 40 years; others have been back to Liberia for [...]
