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Light up the sky of hope! This holiday season enlighten Liberian children’s future. This starred sky symbolizes Liberian kids’ hopes and dreams. Your donations will enlighten the sky and make their hopes and dreams happen.
Each donation will light up a piece of sky. Make a donation online and we will send you an activation key to light up a piece of sky, which will witness your effort to support war-affected children. |
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Breaking news
Farifax County Public Schools donates 12 surplus buses to LDF
On November 17, 2008 the School Board of Fairfax County donated 12 surplus school buses to the Liberian Development Foundation (see the official board document or listen to the audio recording of the board meeting).
The Foundation is extremely grateful to the Fairfax County Public Schools Board and to all the friends of Liberia that made this possible. A special thank goes to Reverend Oliver Lorenzo Lloyd, with HUB Ministries International, and Pastor Phillip Bush, with Groveton Baptist Church, for promoting this cause and working hard to make the donation possible.
This achievement is even more important in light of the fact that the School Board had to introduce a new policy in order to make donations to a non-profit organization possible. In fact, the policy in place at Fairfax County Public Schools was to sell surplus property at auctions, and the only case in which they donated surplus property in the past was in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina to help the relief effort. LDF is particularly grateful to Mr. Daniel G. Storck, chairman of the School Board, who showed a special interest in this cause and worked hard to shape the new policy.
The buses will be shipped to Liberia with the support of the Ministry of Education. The buses will be extremely helpful for students' transportation to and from school. Today, most children in rural areas cannot go to school because schools are too far away and there are no means of transportation. Our director, Nyan Korto, had do walk
one hour and a half each way, every day, to reach the nearest school (read more).
Recent LDF news
Nov 2, 2008. LDF launches its completely redesigned website. The look & feel of the website has been drastically improved and all the contents have been reviewed and expanded. A larger section on the history and culture of Liberia has also been introduced.
Oct 3, 2008. Architectural drawings of the Integrated Resource Center that LDF is planning to build in the Monrovia area have been posted online.  The center will feature a library, a conference room, a computer lab, study rooms, and science laboratories. The library will be the first ever public library in the country. Click here for more details. |
September 26, 2008. UMD All-Niter Fundaraiser. The Liberian Development Foundation held a joint fundraiser with United Movement to End Child Soldiering at the Nyumburu Cultural Center, University of Maryland at College Park from 7pm to 11pm. The event featured live music, live performances, and free food. The event was a great opportunity to learn more about the African and Liberian cultures, and to know what the Foundation is doing to help Liberia. The Minister of Education of Liberia, Dr. Joseph Korto, was expected to attend the event as he was in the U.S. on a goverment trip, but he could not make it becuase of its busy schedule (see the article on The Liberian Journal). At the event, the Foundation collected a large amounts of books to send to schools in Liberia. Click here to see the flyer of the event. |
July 28, 2008. LDF has joined Expedia.com referral network. If you reach Expedia.com through the links on our website, the Foundation will receive a small fraction of the sale price, as usual, at no extra cost for you. |
July 23, 2008. LDF launches aStores, powered by amazon.com. Visit LDF Book Store, LDF Nigerian Bazar, LDF Liberian Bazar and LDF Grocery Store. You can buy any item that you could normally buy from amazon.com, at the same price that you would pay on amazon.com. The only difference is that amazon.com will pay us a commission for every sale generated through our website. |
July 21, 2008. A list of entities which received computers donated by LDF has been posted on this website. Click here to see the list of beneficiaries. |
July 19, 2008. As of today, the Liberian Development Foundation is accepting online donations through PayPal. You can contribute using your credit card or your PayPal account. |
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 July 17, 2008. Today the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Liberia has officially endorsed the Liberian Development Foundation and sent out a letter to aknowledge the good work that the Foundation has done in the past and to encourage institutions across the country to work with the Foundation and donate used computers and other materials. Click here to see the letter from the Minister of Education, Dr. Joseph Korto. |
July 7, 2008. Today an article on the Liberian Development Foundation appeared on Wikipedia, the free online Encyclopedia. Click here to see the article. |
 July 6, 2008. Today WMUC FM 88.1, one of the oldest college radio stations in the world, hosted our director, Nyan Korto, for a two hour show about the Liberian Development Foundation, its history, its mission and current projects. The show was a great opportunity to discuss not only about the Foundation, but also about Liberian culture and the difficult living conditions in today's Liberia. A selection of Liberian songs was also played during the show. Click here to listen to the show. |
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