2023-09-05T09:42:57-04:00 2022-12-31 300726153 JS Morlu LLC CPAs 2200 Opitz Blvd Suite 200 Woodbridge VA 22191 990 2022-01-01 521541798 FRIENDS OF LIBERIA INC FRIE 2400 Virginia Ave NW STE C308 Washington DC 20037 Rebecca Martinez PRESIDENT 5712173083 2023-08-28 true Rebecca Martinez John S Morlu CPA P01613030 7035944944 2023-09-05 0 00 AAL1 IAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X 105227 false X https://fol.org/ X 1987 DC SUPPORT EDUCATION, HEALTH, AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS RELATING TO LIBERIA 9 9 0 18 0 0 105137 0 90 0 105227 0 0 0 0 0 104686 104686 541 364862 365403 0 364862 365403 SUPPORT EDUCATION, HEALTH, AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS RELATING TO LIBERIA false false 28622 32151 Education: The Friends of Liberia (FOL) Education Committee continued its effortsto support WE-CARE International, a Liberian-based (and operated) NGO based in the greaterMonrovia area. Of the many projects WE-CARE runs, FOL Education Committee provides guidanceand capacity building for the Family Literacy Initiative (FLI). The FLI uses a version of theHIPPY curriculum adapted for Liberia. HIPPY is an international early childhood developmentprogram grounded in the belief that learning begins at home and parents can play a criticalrole as educational partners with schools. It is widely known that children are moresuccessful when parents are engaged in their learning. HIPPY is designed to help parentsprepare their preschool children for success in school and life and to equip parents with thetools, skills, and confidence they need to support their childrens learning at homesuccessfully. WE-CARE successfully completed year 7 of the HIPPY Home Visitors program with 254 children. WE-CARE has also secured funding for another year from COMIC Relief USA.WE-CARE expanded the program this year to a new community Nyemah Town in rural MonstserradoCounty and serves as a centralized meeting place for a few smaller communities in the area.The Education Committees dedicated monitoring and evaluation team has been working on expanding our previous report tracking the graduates from the HIPPY program.FOL continues to work with WE-CARE to contextualize curriculum appropriate for adults and children in Liberia.HIPPY is based on the philosophy that learning begins at home, and parents or guardians are a childs first teacher. Each week, home visitors meet with parents to train them to teach literacy to their children effectively. The home visitors demonstrate the weeks lessons, teach parents strategies to improve their childrens reading skills. and use role-plays to train parents to teach their children interactively. The parents then teach their children by reading with them and asking them questions about the readings. FOLs Education Sub-committee works monthly to support the efforts of WE-CARE in evaluating and monitoring all these educational components, as well as supporting them financially as much as possible. The Adult Literacy Program (ALP) is a series of group instructions designed to help HIPPY parents improve their English literacy and numeracy skills. The ALP curriculum is designed to work with the HIPPY curriculum, but the classes are not exclusive to HIPPY parents, though HIPPY parents get priority in the program. WE-CARE continued the ALP program with 106 level one learners and 42 level two learners. WE-CARE was also able to expand the ALP to Nyemah Town. 22091 5913 Supported Friends of Liberias Health Team who successfully conducted two (2) continuing professional development workshops (CPD) at Phebe Hospital in January 2022. One workshop was for faculty members from the schools of nursing and midwifery in Liberia and the other workshop was for hospital directors of nursing and midwifery clinicians. The workshops took place over one week and overlapped for one day. This overlap allowed for interaction and dialogue between all attendees. All expenses were paid for attendees, including a per diem. 20930 5790 Covid Relief A special Covid-19 campaign was launched among FOL members and funds were used to send the first shipment of oxygen regulators and 2,000 masks to ten Monrovia area hospitals. A partnership was then forged with Global Health Ministries that allowed two shipments of much needed Covid-19 supplies to clinics and hospitals in Liberia. The shipments were launched in 2021 and received in Liberia in 2022. The Liberian Health Team was helpful in getting these supplies distributed. 11315 1535 Small GrantsThe Friends of Liberia Small Grants Committee reviewed 18 applications during 2022 and selected four applicants to receive small grants. The small grants supported programs in womens leadership, sexual and reproductive health, education for people who are blind, and training teachers. Of these awards, only two programs were scheduled to take place in 2022. The four program were Davis Project for Peace- Educate Women Liberia, Protection Actors Liberia (PAL), Lofa United Blind Association of Liberia (LUBAL), and Africa Community Exchange, Inc. 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All programs agree to unscheduled or short-notice monitoring of their programs in person by qualified FOL members or their designates. Evidence-based results are required for continued program support by FOL. Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11 A DRAFT OF THE FILING IS CIRCULATED TO THE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS PRIOR TO FILLING. THE DRAFT IS REVIEWED FOR FACTUAL ACCURACY OF BOTH NUMBERS AND WRITTEN DESCRIPTIONS OF PROGRAM SERVICES. Conflict of interest policy compliance Part VI line 12c ANNUAL CONSIDERATION BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. INSTANCES OF ACTUAL OR PERCEIVED CONFLICTS INVOLVING THE CEO OR CAO ARE INVESTIGATED AND CORRECTED BY THE DIRECTORS. CEO executive director top management comp Part VI line 15a ANNUAL CONSIDERATION BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. SUBSTANTIATION, DELIBERATIONS AND DECISION PROCESSES ARE DOCUMENTED IN THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.NO COMPENSATION GIVEN IN 2022. Other officer or key employee compensation Part VI line 15b ANNUAL CONSIDERATION BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. SUBSTANTIATION, DELIBERATIONS AND DECISION PROCESSES ARE DOCUMENTED IN THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.NO COMPENSATION GIVEN IN 2022. Form 990 availability to public Part VI line 18 FOL is a non-governmental, non-profit organization that seeks to positively affect Liberia and Liberians by funding educational, social, economic and humanitarian programs. THE COMPLETED FORM 990 IS IMAGED AND IS AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING ON THE WEBSITE WWW.FOL.ORG. Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19 GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE LOCATED ON WEBSITE WWW.FOL.ORG.