Liberia
Projects in Liberia
All Africa Foundation - Liberia Education Trust (LET)
Community Empowerment Initiative
To establish local community committees and train the members to become active agents of sustainable development in their areas.
Association of Disabled Females International (ADFI)
Engagement for Positive Action
To promote the social inclusion of people living with disabilities by advocating for unrestricted access to all voting centers during Liberia's 2011 elections; to organize a series of community discussions to explain the significance of the elections and the political agendas of those running for public office to ensure that women, young people and traditional leaders make an informed decision; and to advocate for the inclusion of issues specific to the disabled community in the agenda of a referendum preceding the elections.
Committee for Peace and Development Advocacy (COPDA)
Community Recovery and Peacebuilding
To promote food security by supporting small business and marketing development for farming groups in Nimba County; and to build the capacities of two communities to advocate for an adequate allocation and utilization of mining revenues for the development of their regions.
Imani House, Inc. (IHI)
Expansion of Health and Literacy Program
To promote community health and women's empowerment through expansion of IHI's adult literacy program and staffing of a health clinic; and to provide sex education to 200 teenage girls through a peer education program in order to prevent unwanted pregnancies and increase girls' confidence.
Liberian Rural Women Association (LIRWA)
Empowering Rural Women through Vocational Training
To promote rural women's empowerment through skills development entrepreneurship, farming and vocational training; and to promote women's rights and fight against gender-based violence through awareness-raising targeting men and young people.
Mano River Union Peace Network Liberia (MARWOPNET)
Regranting and Capacity Building for Community-Based Organizations
To increase women's civic and political participation during Liberia's 2011 elections by training 50 women as poll watchers and educating voters on upcoming constitutional amendement; and to enable two grassroots groups in the Mano River subregion to provide business skills training and start-up capital for women's income generating projects.
Save My Future Foundation (SAMFU)
Sustainable Forest Management
To promote sustainable management of Liberia's forests by empowering community members to use the laws governing the forestry sector to engage with the government and logging companies; and to support continued awareness by enabling two CBOs to develop action plans for implementation in two counties and run a radio program.
Self- Help Initiative for Sustainable Development (SHIFSD)
Innovative Microcredit and Education Project
To strengthen the livelihoods of 300 women and young people through the provision of micro loans, financial literacy and education on better business development.
West Africa Network for Peacebuilding Liberia (WANEP)
Institutional Capacity Building
To strengthen the institutional capacities of WANEP by developing a monitoring and evaluation system and documenting the stories of women peacemakers; and to provide a series of trainings in women's rights, advocacy and leadership skills to 15 women's groups.
Women Peace and Security Network- Africa (WIPSEN)
Young Girls Leadership Dialogue Project
To strengthen the leadership skills of 50 young girls through a series of leadership dialogues, a mentoring program, guided internships and community-service projects that will be developed by the program participants in four counties of Liberia.




