Family Literacy Initiative
The Family Literacy Initiative addresses a crisis that underlies all of Liberia’s challenges — one of the lowest literacy rates in Africa. This project takes a family approach to literacy. It recognizes that parents are a child’s first teacher.
FOL partnered with the international evidence-based program, Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY), to bring this program to Liberia. Our other partner is the WE-CARE Foundation in Monrovia. As a respected Liberian not-for-profit organization that publishes supplemental reading materials and trains teachers, WE-CARE is the implementing Liberian partner for the program.
Together with HIPPY-International and WE-CARE, we are committed to a program that will:
(1) increase parents’ literacy levels along with their children’s, and
(2) have a lasting and sustainable two-generation impact.
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COVID-19 Pandemic Response
While aspects of this project are on hold during the pandemic, WE-CARE is still checking in with FLI families and distributed materials so they can keep up their literacy skills! We were also able to distribute hand washing buckets and related supplies to 200 families participating in FLI.
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Click here for the Literacy Landscape Paper
FLI Reports
2020 YEAR END REPORT
Family Literacy Initiative News
Family Literacy Initiative Releases 3 Year Achievement Report
The majority of FLI children have shown considerable progress at the end of the first program year compared to a [...]
A Year of Literacy Success
A review of literacy success made possible by your generous support during 2019.
Child likes HIPPY better than playing
David Rosen reports on his recent visit to the Liberia Family Literacy Initiative. Among his observations: “Before I left her, [...]
Open Society Foundations funding propels FLI into second year.
The Family Literacy Initiative began its second year with significant funding from Open Society Foundations. FLI program coordinator Gbima Bahtokpah [...]
ICYMI: FOL, We-Care Foundation celebrate successful first year of Family Literacy Initiative
Local Liberian news outlet, the Bush Chicken, covered the ceremony in Monrovia and talked to participants and organizers involved in [...]