Holidays Greeting !
fol_admin2021-12-24T11:20:48-05:00We wish you a festive holiday season and a peaceful New Year in the spirit of unity.
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Dec, 2021
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Nov, 2021
Thanksgiving Rebooted in Liberia
fol_admin2021-11-28T15:42:16-05:00Some Liberians see Thanksgiving as a holiday imposed by 19th century settlers from the U.S. And they question why they should celebrate an imported holiday. Brenda Moore, the founder of KEEP, has Americo-Liberian [...]
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Nov, 2021
We Made the Match !
fol_admin2021-11-02T16:11:51-04:00With 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 [...]
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Aug, 2021
From Cosmetics to Confections–The Potential Rise of Liberian Cocoa
fol_admin2021-08-29T16:47:42-04:00Almost all Liberian cocoa is now sold on the bulk market for use in the cosmetics industry. Yet Liberian cocoa possesses many characteristics that appeal to specialty buyers, setting it apart from its neighboring global giants, [...]
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Aug, 2021
Covid-19 Relief Program Express Ships Oxygen Regulators
fol_admin2021-08-16T13:00:55-04:00“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 [...]
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Jul, 2021
Prof Yekutiel Gershoni
fol_admin2021-07-19T15:00:25-04:00The 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 [...]
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Jun, 2021
Videos of the 52nd Liberian Studies Assoc Virtual Conference
fol_admin2021-06-23T15:08:20-04:00Presentations on creating structures and favorable conditions that lead to a functional state can now be viewed on the LSA website.
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Jun, 2021
Vocational Skills Small Grant Awarded
fol_admin2021-06-07T13:23:21-04:00To provide hair dressing, soap making and bean bag production skill training to 250 young adults and school age girls in the Soul Clinic Community, FOL has awarded a small grant to our in-country partner, [...]
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Jun, 2021
Financial Literacy Small Grant Awarded
fol_admin2021-06-03T13:39:52-04:00To extend income opportunities from a new rice mill built by the Pengia Village Women’s Farming Cooperative in Bong County, FOL has awarded a small grant to our in-country partner, Kpo’ma Women, Inc., to help [...]
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May, 2021
World Bee Day: The beekeepers of Liberia
Victoria Zawitkowski2021-05-04T12:31:19-04:00In honor of World Bee Day, we are throwing it back to this UN Development Program article about The beekeepers of Liberia. "With bee populations on the decline globally, small communities are playing their part [...]