FOL’s Barbara Kamara and HIPPY-International director Dr. Miriam Westheimer have arrived in Liberia to launch the Family Literacy Initiative (FLI). They join our implementing partners at We Care Foundation in Monrovia, Michael Weah and Yvonne [...]
FOL has launched its most ambitious education project to address the literacy crisis in Liberia. Almost half of Liberians cannot read adequately and at least 40 percent are illiterate, according to recent UNICEF statistics. This [...]
The Communications Committee is placing an urgent call on its website and on social media for PCVs, RPCVs and those who have lived and worked in Liberia and are interested in serving as a volunteer. [...]
The Communications Committee is placing an urgent call on its website and on social media for PCVs, RPCVs and those who have lived and worked in Liberia and are interested in serving as a volunteer. [...]
Want to show incoming Peace Corps volunteers what Liberia looked like when you served? Kevin Fleming, Country Director for Peace Corps Liberia, is asking all FOL members to submit photos to help decorate the new Peace Corps Liberia [...]
Farewell & Thanks "Daily Talk" News Board in Monrovia Photo courtesy of Ahmed Jallanzo/EPA Below is FOL's announcement of the last issue of the FRIENDS OF LIBERIA NEWS DISPATCH. As head of the Indiana University Liberian [...]
On behalf of the Post Ebola Committee, I am pleased to inform our members that we have approved of funding two projects thus far. Winifred J Harley College of Health Sciences, United Methodist University, Ganta [...]
Kem Opperman-Torres (@SraTorres)'s November 7 tweet shows the progress of St. Martins's fund-raising. "So proud of @STMMiddle for raising $1,273.00 for @FOLiberia for #STMDay! Service is central in The Middle. " https://twitter.com/SraTorres/status/530845086167617536 [...]
View image | gettyimages.com Last year, Friends of Liberia was able to raise $100,000 for mainly Liberian organizations helping their communities through the Ebola crisis. Thank you to all who were able to help through [...]
The first group of post-war Peace Corps Volunteers has left Liberia to return to the States. This has not happened for several years. In order to offer them assistance settling in back home, FOL is [...]