Liberian Development Foundation

Infobox Non-profit
Non-profit_name = Liberian Development Foundation
Non-profit_
founded_date = 1982
founder =
location = flagicon|U.S. Greenbelt, Maryland
flagicon|Liberia Monrovia, Liberia
origins =
key_people = Nyan Korto, Director
area_served = Liberia
focus = Education
method = Donations and Grants
revenue =
endowment =
num_employees =
owner =
Non-profit_slogan =
homepage = [http://www.liberiandevelopmentfoundation.org/ www.liberiandevelopmentfoundation.org] The Liberian Development Foundation (LDF), is a 501(c)(3) non-profit tax-exempt organization whose mission is to assist in the creation and funding of socio-economic and human development programs in Liberia.cite news
title = The Liberian Development Foundation initiates major relief campaign for war torn Liberia
language = English
publisher = PRWeb
date = 2003-09-23
url = http://www.prweb.com/releases/2003/9/prweb81133.htm
accessdate = 2008-07-07]

History

The Liberian Development Foundation was founded in 1982, by the Catholic Society of African Mission to promote socio-economic and human development in Liberia. The country erupted into civil wars from 1989 to 2003 (First and Second Liberian Civil War). During this 14-year period, many Liberians were killed, brutally beaten, robbed, and raped. Liberia experienced all the ills of war. The war took the lives of approximately 250,000 Liberians and displaced about a million more. The economy crashed, and the political leaders turned to corruption. The war had a wide-range impact on the socio-economic lives of the youth of Liberia, especially ex-child soldiers, and forced a stop in the Foundation’s activities, until the Foundation came back to life in 2001 when Dr. Joseph Korto took the lead of the Foundation and started to gain the support of big donors, such as Montgomery County Public Schoolscite news
title = MCPS computers help Liberia progress after 14 years of war
pages = 1-2
language = English
publisher = The Bulletin
date = 2007-02-26
url = http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/publishingservices/bulletin/2006-07/Bulletn25.pdf
accessdate = 2008-07-07] and other institutions in Maryland. In 2005, Dr. Korto went back to Liberia and run for president in the first democratic elections of post-war Liberia. When Ellen Johnson Sirleaf won the elections, Dr. Korto was appointed minister of Education and took office in January 2006, leaving the Foundation to avoid a conflict of interests. In 2008 the leadership of the Foundation passed to Nyan Korto.

Achievements

Since 2001 LDF has distributed thousands of donated computers, books and other school supplies to high schools and other educational institution across the country, including the University of Liberia.cite news
title = Liberian Development Foundation successfully distributes donated computers to the University of Liberia
language = English
publisher = PRWeb
date = 2004-02-26
url = http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/2/prweb102779.htm
accessdate = 2008-07-07] cite news
last = Mulbah
first = Nathan
title = More Computers Arrive for Capacity-building
language = English
publisher = Liberian Observer
date = 2007-12-11
url = http://www.liberianobserver.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/9605/More_Computers_Arrive_for__Capacity-building_.html
accessdate = 2008-07-07] The computer donated to the University of Liberia were used to build the first computer lab in the story of this university.

ee also

*Liberia
*Joseph Korto

External links

* [http://www.liberiandevelopmentfoundation.org Official website of the Liberian Development Foundation]

References