FCI CONDUCTS TRAINING WITH FOREST COMMUNITY IN KPARBLEE, NIMBA COUNTY

FCI Director of Programs, Loretta A. Pope-Kai and Facilitator Andrew Y.Y Zelemen training participants.

FCI CONDUCTS TRAINING WITH FOREST COMMUNITY IN KPARBLEE, NIMBA COUNTY

Cross section of Participants and facilitators from Hub 3 in Kparblee after day long training.

This land is ours: New law could end age-old injustice faced by Liberian women (commentary)

Lofa County has vast swaths of fertile land, including rich, dense forest, and it was considered Liberia’s
breadbasket before the country’s 14-year civil war, which affected this area more severely than any other in
terms of population displacement and the destruction of infrastructure. Lofa was also the first county
to be hit by the Ebola virus outbreak in March 2014.

Seven Guilty for Murder in Sinoe ‘Witchcraft’ Case

BUCHANAN, GRAND BASSA – Seven of then men on trial for the murder and gang-rape of three women in Sinoe County
last year have been convicted by jurors at the Second Judicial Circuit Court in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County. 
The trial has shed light on harmful traditional practices in Liberia, advocates said.

GIS/GPS Training for FCI Staff

The Land Governance Support Activity in collaboration with the Liberia Land Authority (LLA) hosted
training for partners working to secure land tenure for customary communities in Liberia.

The Director of Programs of the FCI presenting her article at Chatham House, United Kingdom.

"With the passage of the Land Rights Act, women are defined as part of their community, able to participate
in land governance decisions and management bodies, and all women, married or not, are able to own land
privately, jointly and collectively.

Liberia: Civil Society to help Communities Legalize Land Ownership in over US$1.9 M Project

The Foundation for Community Initiatives (FCI), has begun a project to assist rural communities in Liberia
to legalize their customary ownership of their lands.

FCI Executive Director, Julie T.B. Weah (Left) and LLA Acting Chairman, Atty. J. Adams Manobah (Right)
signing the MOU

The Liberia Land Authority and three Liberian NGOs today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to implement
the Land Rights Law of 2018. Under the MOU, the LLA and the NGOs will work with 24 communities in 8 counties
to bring 2 million acres of land under full community ownership and control.