2014-05-02T12:05:33-07:00 2013-12-31 PRECISION ACCOUNTING LLC 6565 AMERICAS PKWY NE STE 120 ALBUQUERQUE NM 871108172 990EZ 2013-01-01 521541798 Friends of Liberia FRIE 2025460139 1812 Monroe NW Washington DC 20010 Peter Murdza Jr Treasurer 2014-05-02 true Melissa R Santistevan CPA P00707027 5055635525 2013 2015-11-30 17:44:51Z X www.fol.org X X 31932 X 30860 0 1072 0 1072 0 31932 40108 535 5013 4876 50532 -18600 119231 1436 102067 X 119231 97171 4896 119231 102067 119231 102067 Support education and development relating to Liberia News Service - Support news service and list-serve on Liberia by the Liberian Collections Project of the University of Indiana. Accesses more than 1900 persons 2400 2400 Early Childhood Education Teacher Training - Staff for this program were three volunteer members of FOL who are retired teachers. Considerable time was spent updating and training manual which has been used for 10 years now.10 schools were selected to send their principal and 3 teachers to the Kakata Teacher Training institute for 9 days learning: how children learn, classroom environment, behavior management, positive discipline, short and long-term lesson planning, working with parents, evaluation and recorded keeping. FOL instructors then visited the schools and observed how the workshop participants incorporated what they learned into the classroom. 3938 X 3938 May ECE Workshop in Kakata, Liberia. FOL invited teacher-training leaders to the Peace Corps Training Facility in Kakata, Margibi County, to receive training on how to run their government-registered NGO. Experts in organizational development from FOL led sessions for 17 participants in governance, financial management, programming and evaluation, communications, fund-raising and proposal writing. As a result of this training, LEAP leaders did the following: revised their mission statement and by-laws, held an election for a board of directors, including four prominent Liberians, and officers and created a proposal to train other teachers in their home counties that included a budget and evaluation for teacher training workshops. The group set a board meeting date that was held in November 2013 in Nimba County and submitted a proposal for a small grant from FOL for the expenses of that meeting. FOL also hired a project manager to monitor the activities of LEAP for six months. The capacity building had an immediate effect on the newly elected officers and board of directors of this nascent Liberian NGO, LEAP. The participants were able to hold a board meeting at the conclusion of the workshop, elect officers, settle disputes by referring to the newly revised by-laws, set dues, open a bank account and keep records and minutes of their activities. They also designed a teacher observation tool with which to gage the effects of their early childhood methodology training on the teachers that they planned to train. The leaders said that they were prepared as never before to manage their own activities and seek funding from Liberian and international organizations. 18625 X 18625 Hope Mission Elementary and Junior High School - Construct an additional classroom 1500 1500 The Keenan Institute School-Construct a covered well for a new elementary school 1805 X 1805 Education First, Inc.- Purchase instructional materials for math and science professional development and conduct training workshop as Phase II 1998 1998 Green Coast Agricultural Programs, Inc.- to purchase tools and equipment for 30 vegetable and tuber market-based female and male farmers and train them in farming, utilizing a team-based approach. 1998 X 1998 Association of Disabled Females International - establish a sewing/tailoring project for 12 disabled females. 1300 X 1300 Fuel (Friends United for the Education of Liberia's)Youth - to expand solar panel installation at a school on Swaggart Island. 1800 1800 Women United to Fight Sexual Violence in Liberia - to provide support for rehabilitation programs for victims of sexual and gender-based violence in their safe home in Kakata, Margibi County through Radio messages, personal visits, a hot-line number, plus sewing, cosmetology and agri-business training for girls age 10 and up. 2000 X 2000 Bosh Bosh, Inc - To expand burgeoning project by increasing marketing of locally sewn bags, keeping girls in school and giving them life skills. 2000 X 2000 FOL was able to ship 10 boxes of children's books to Liberia that had been donated and collected from friends and colleagues along with financial donations for the shipping costs. 325 X 325 Meetings with Liberian officials related to early childhood education 419 419 40108 X Stephanie Vickers President 5.00 0 Patricia Reilly Trustee 2.00 0 Laura Battos Secretary 3.00 0 Alison McReynolds Membershp Coord 3.00 0 Candace Eastman Trustee 1.00 0 Joseph Crayton Trustee 2.00 0 Richard Fahey Trustee 2.00 0 Virginia Hesel Trustee 2.00 0 Hilary Kouhana Trustee 2.00 0 Jefferson King Trustee 2.00 0 Peter Levitov Vice President 2.00 0 Robert Sharer Trustee 2.00 0 Donald Drach Trustee 2.00 0 Harmon Lisnow Trustee 2.00 0 Peter Murdza Jr Treasurer 4.00 0 Garrett Mason Trustee 2.00 0 Bantie Forschner Trustee 1.00 0 X false false false false false false false false 0 0 false false Peter Murdza 11 Ledyard Lane Hanover NH 03755 6036436941 true OC false false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 26537 32370 24024 34164 30860 147955 1072 1072 0 0 0 26537 32370 24024 34164 31932 149027 0 0 149027 558 298 15 2 873 0 558 298 15 2 873 0 0 27095 32668 24039 34166 31932 149900 0.99420 0.98000 0.00580 0.02000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Grants and Similar Amounts Paid In Excess of $5,000.22 Class of Activity: Education Assistance | Donee's Name: Early Childhood Education Workshops | Donee's Address: KTT1 Kakata, Liberia | Relationship of Donee: Grantee | Cash Amount Given: $22563 Other Expenses.1002 Office Expenses $212 Other Expenses.1007 Conferences, Conventions, and Meetings $2207 Other Expenses.1012 Insurance $1508 Other Expenses.3 Dues & Subscriptions $400 Other Expenses.4 Bank Charges $293 Other Expenses.5 Gifts $139 Other Expenses.6 Computer $117 Other Assets.1 LICESS Account - Beginning $0 LICESS Account - Ending $2750 Other Assets.2 PayPal Account - Beginning $0 PayPal Account - Ending $2146