New Secretary is Recent RPCV
Karlin Scudder has joined the FOL Board as Secretary. She served education postings as a Peace Corps Volunteer from 2018 to 2020 in Pleebo, Salala and Paynesville.
Dr. Jane Martin: Author, Educator, African History Expert
Fourteen year FOL trustee and frequent contributor to the Liberian Studies Association. Dr. Jane J. Martin, died peacefully April 14.
How Vulnerable is Liberia to COVID-19?
Even the most privileged of countries are struggling to stop the spread of coronavirus. Which begs the question – how are developing countries, with much poorer health care systems, going to fight the transmission of [...]
Home Visitors Deliver Prevention of COVID Messages
WE-CARE Foundation, FOL's partner in its Family Literacy Initiative, are doing their part durning the COVID-19 outbreak to protect themselves and the families that they work with through the use of PPE and hand washing. [...]
Using an old mat to plat a new one
Sharing Lessons Learned from Ebola to Defeat Coronavirus is an op-ed in The Bush Chicken by Otis S. Bundor, a contact tracer/active case finder during the Ebola epidemic.
Evacuated RPCVs Need Your Signature
Frustrated about the level of medical and financial support they are receiving, evacuated RPCVs are circulating a petition calling for more aid. The Peace Corps typically offers medical and dental exams to volunteers before they [...]
WE-CARE Helps Prevent COVID-19 from Spreading
Our partner, WE-CARE, is distributing a poster throughout Liberia to explain what each person can do to stop the spread of the virus that causes the COVID-19 disease. While home visits of the FOL sponsored [...]
To all new RPCVs: Welcome home and thank you for your service!
In December 2019, Peace Corps Liberia reduced the number of its volunteers due to the in-country economic crisis. Three months later, COVID-19 is declared a pandemic and Peace Corps evacuated all volunteers from around the [...]
Recent RPCV Takes on FOL Communication Post
Victoria Zawitkowski joins the FOL Board in charge of outreach communication. She served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Liberia from 2016-2019 teaching 10th and 11th grade Math and English.
Schools Close and Peace Corps Withdraws due to Pandemic
The Ministry of Education has closed all schools, including institutions of higher learning, for one week beginning Tuesday, March 17. The US Peace Corps is suspending all operations globally and evacuating all volunteers. Posts [...]