Friends of Liberia (FOL) with the help of its members and other supporters has contributed $20,000 to two groups working on the Ebola crisis in Liberia. We continue to receive contributions, which will go directly [...]
On Thursday, The Liberian executive branch released two documents of general interest to Friends of Liberia: Government of Liberia Launches National Action Plan against the Ebola Viral Disease Ellen Sirleaf Special State [...]
Dear Members, We want our members to know that Friends of Liberia will donate $10,000 to Doctors without Borders for the specific use to help the areas and people affected by Ebola in Liberia and [...]
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 [...]
FHI 360 Scope of Work Liberia Transcript Review (PDF) Period of Performance: January 13, 2013 – January 22, 2014 Background: A 6.5-year, $16 million effort, STRIVE (Supporting Transformation by Reducing Insecurity and Vulnerability with Economic [...]
FOL meets with the Ministry of Education Study Tour Delegation in Washington, DC on November 18 and 19, 2013. The trip’s theme is “Creating World Class Early Childhood Educators for Liberia” The team was led [...]
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 [...]
Early childhood grade teachers and their principals, whom FOL has trained in developmentally appropriate teaching methodology since 1999, have formed a non-governmental organization (NGO) to train other teachers in what they have learned. They have [...]
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 [...]
