EG Celebrates Liberia 163rd Independence Day Just from Ganta,Nimba County,William Jacobs reports Monday, July 26,2010 was Liberia’s 163rd Independence Day. The official program for the day was held in Sanniquellie, the regional capital city of Nimba County. Founded by free slaves from the United States of America, Liberia plunged into a destructive and divisive civil [...]
Letters to UNMIL Radio from Lassana Kanneh
Introduction Hi, Everyone I have found it significant by writing to contribute to the peace process in Liberia towards better development as a Future Guardian of Peace through one of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (Unmil) Radio Programs. The program is called Unmilpostbag. This program addresses the concerns of the public with regards to [...]
Re “The Poverty Lab” profile of Esther Duflo, May 17, 2010 By Cynthia Travis
Recently the New Yorker published a profile of economist Esther Duflo of MIT’s ‘Poverty Lab’, a think tank and experimental social laboratory seeking to measure the effectiveness of aid programs in the so-called developing world (New Yorker magazine, May 17, 2010). To accomplish this, “…they subject social-policies ideas to randomized control trials, as one would [...]
Creating High School Journalists: Report from Lassana Kanneh
Creating High School Journalists Ricks Institute Feburuary 6, 2010 Journey to my career After my birth, I got into struggles among many people, friends, neighbors, classmates, and schoolmates for several years. There were a lot of difficulties I experienced because of financial support in Monrovia during the 1990s, while I was with my mother. A lack [...]
Laura’s Report, Voinjama: May 24th-30th, 2009
I was so privileged to visit the Everyday Gandhis guest house in Voinjama from the 24th to the 30th of May, 2009. I was warmly welcomed by everyone in the house and everyone I encountered in the community. The house was so clean and comfortable and Mama Kanneh cooked delicious meals every day and [...]
The Story of Sonnie, By Esther
Sonnie: Sonnie is Married and has three children, one girl and two boys. Before the war she was living in Voinjama going to school. But after the war, she has not gone to school because her father was killed. Since her father died she has suffered a lot, since she has no one to [...]
The Story of Ma Weedor Akoi , a social worker for the W.F.P World Food Program, By Mohammed
Ma Weedor Akoi: My name is Weedor Akoi, and I am 42 years of age. I am now living in Voinjama City. I am working with the W.F.P., World Food Program, as a sweeper. Actually, before the war, there was great suffering for me and my children because at that time we were depending on [...]
The Pastor’s Story, By Akoi
Pastor James T Korbor: I have been a pastor for the past 16 years. I was working on the roof of the school building when the Lord impressed upon my heart to do this work. I resigned from that work that I was employed to do and I went out from place to place [...]
Thoughts and Stories About Photos from the Future Guardians of Peace
Door, By Morris: This photo is touching to me because where I live before it was not like this. The house where I lived the room door was zinc. We laid the zinc on the stick and made our door. Then I don’t have floor mat, I don’t have sling, mosquito net, shoes, shoe rack, [...]
The Barkadu Chimpanzee Story
Morris Sheriff first encountered the chimpanzee in the forest of Barkadu.When he saw the huge old giant of a creature, the man was afraid. As Morris tries to climb a kola tree for dear life, he fell down and was almost unconscious. Sensing what had happened to the man, the chimpanzee went right over to [...]
- Field Notes from Morris
- Field Notes from Lassana
- Field Notes from Mohammed
- Field Notes from Varlee Sheriff
- Liberia’s Independence Day Soccer Peace Games
- Letters to UNMIL Radio from Lassana Kanneh
- Re “The Poverty Lab” profile of Esther Duflo, May 17, 2010 By Cynthia Travis
- Creating High School Journalists: Report from Lassana Kanneh
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