Ongoing Projects

The Women of F.I.R.E., Inc. Scholarship Program

Scholarship Program covers expenses for tuition, uniforms, and books at an institution (public or private) recognized by the Ministry of Education. Current target scholarships to be granted for 2009-2010 academic year: 25.

Click here for scholarship information and form.

Application process begins in February of the preceding school year.

 

"Big Sister-Small Sister" Mentorship and Outreach Program

Mentoring teenage girls to become Women of Distinction

The Big Sister-Small Sister young women's mentoring program, is a new initiative being developed by The Women of F.I.R.E., Inc. We recognize that there is a tremendous need for adult role models to mentor young women in our society. The program is a year-round youth development program focused on building the employment and leadership skills of young women and the self-esteem of girls. Program services will include work experience, leadership training, mentoring, intercultural exchanges, counseling, support and weekend and summer activities. The program will bring girls together in small and large groups, and one-to-one, to promote intercultural cooperation and cultural appreciation.

 

Rural Farm Women Training Program

While they are often silent, hidden, and under-appreciated, rural women represent probably our world’s most powerful untapped natural resource, and they are surely more than ever before a key to world stability and understanding. With support from USAID and others who have implemented similar groups in Ghana and Nigeria, we want to extend business planning skills to rural, small holder women farmers, a majority of whom have traditionally not received such training. When given a chance, women are fiscally responsible, and share profits within the family and community system. As women make money, they make investments such as schools and health care, which improve the life of their children and the community as a whole.

 

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Completed Projects

Back to School Supplies Drive

Spearheaded a donation drive to provide back to school supplies to Liberian refugee children in the Clarkston Community in Georgia, where The Women of F.I.R.E., Inc. is based.

 

Scholarship Program Graduates

The Women of F.I.R.E., Inc. congratulates our scholarship students Richard Doe (Class Valedictorian) and Wolobah Gbozee on their graduation from JJ Roberts United Methodist School, October 2007.

 

 

Community Service Projects

Co-sponsored a community project in April and May 2007 with the BlueLinks Morning Show & Lone Star Cell to feed the handicapped and homeless at Sports Commission. The Women of F.I.R.E., Inc. donated 600 cups of rice to this worthy cause.

 

 

Orphanage Project 2007: Love a Child Orphanage, Robertsfield Highway

Donation of mattresses to orphanage facility that houses 37 boys & girls.

This donations ensures every orphan will have a bed to sleep on.

 

 

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Congratulations to our 2006-2007 The Women of F.I.R.E., Inc. scholarship recipients:

Wolobah Gbozee, Richard Doe, Mariam Varney, Anna Thomas, Eliza Miller, Samuel Horton, Jr., Marthaline Dorsla, Joseph Cooper

(JJ Roberts Methodist School, St. Kizito's, Sylvia Broderick Industrial Institute)

 

Congratulations to our 2005-2006 The Women of F.I.R.E., Inc. scholarship recipients:

Abdullah Fahnbulleh, Julian Massaquoi, James K. Mbolonda, Jr., Dehkontee Cuppah, Benetta Yarkpawolo, Georgia-Lee Frank

(Monrovia College, Cathedral Catholic School, University of Liberia)

 

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Education Initiative 2005 Phase A

Shipment of Supplies to Susie Guenter Orphanage near Coopers Beach in Monrovia, Liberia. Combined facility: school (nursery-12th grade), orphanage & clinic; enrollment: 113 children, ages 6-14.

 

Director Jefferson Zeon welcomes The Women of F.I.R.E., Inc. Vice Chair

Hawa-Ellen Knuckles as she visits the children at the orphanage.

 

 

Education Initiative 2005 Phase B

Shipment of supplies to the Liberia for Jesus Academy & Orphanage in Paynesville, Liberia. Enrollment: 600 children, grades K to 6th. Orphanage: 25 orphans.

 

 

Children's Refugee Camp Project 2004

Donation of children's clothing to the Buduburam Refugee Camp in Ghana for distribution to Liberian children.

 

Click on postcard to read the Thank you note:

 

 

Christmas Project 2004

Shipped toys and books to Orphans of Aids Foundation in Monrovia, Liberia.

 

Children's Education Initiative 2004

Donation of classroom chairs to the Victoria Thomas Orphanage in Matadi Estate. See pictures below from the presentation ceremony. Many thanks to Measuagoon for being our partner "on-the-ground". Click here to see related newspaper article (source: The Inquirer, June 11, 2004)

 

 

Women's Health Initiative 2004

Hosted a women's health seminar at John Wesley UMC aimed at educating our Liberian women and the greater community about health concerns for today's woman.

 

 

Christmas Project 2003

Shipped children's games, toys, and books to Seys United Methodist Church for distribution to neighborhood children at Christmas-time in Liberia.

 

 

Children's Initiative Project 2003

Purchased and donated canned and other food items for Divine Mercy, an orphanage for the blind in Liberia.

Pictured below: Board Member, Hawa-Ellen Knuckles packaging items at warehouse.

 

 

Children's Orphanage Project 2003

Donated fundraising proceeds to Save the Children, a global non-profit organization that operates an orphanage in Liberia; funds were designated to general operating costs for the Monrovia facility.

Click here to see related document from Save the Children.