What do you do as a positive change agent when hell break loose and the leadership of an entire community fall apart? How do you intervene in a divided community of up to six factions, with each one of them threatening to blow things out unless something magical happens? This was my challenge in a [...]
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My Dear comrade, I congratulate you on this day which many of you will soon discover to be one of the greatest moments in your professional lives. I know from experience, that many of you are nervous at this particularly moment with some of you still asking yourselves: WHERE AM I? WHAT HAS JUST HAPPENED [...]
November 2, 2011 The Population Caring Organization (PCO) has embarked upon the establishment of a cassava processing center in Zwedru, Grand Gedeh County in Southeastern Liberia. The project which is part of the West Africa Peace Village will enable PCO to make a difference in the lives of vulnerable war-affected people in rural Liberia especially [...]
In one month, PCO has been able to successfully build its support base here in Liberia. As change agents, we strongly believe that the vigor for change is the support behind that change. No matter how strong or smart one is, he/she needs the support or ‘blessings’ of other people to help achieve the desired [...]
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As I return home to embark upon my peace initiative in Liberia, I would like to extend my deepest gratitude to my iLEAP family for their continued support and collaboration. I am thanking them because three years ago, I found myself in a serious situation where I needed a group to help me overcome a [...]
Few days ago, I accompanied three of iLEAP’s 2010 international fellows to do a presentation about food security at the University of Washington. One key question that the moderator asked me was how is food security related to the peace and reconciliation works that I do at the Population Caring Organization? I think this question [...]
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The third week of the iLEAP 2010 International Fellowship Program ended with an affluent visit with Milenko Matanovic of Pomegranate Center- What a remarkable three weeks it has been at iLEAP. Each of the 6 international fellows is great and inspiring and their respective work stories are touching. Their works are generally focused at promoting [...]
Hello, I am commonly called GV by the iLEAP family and I’m part of iLEAP 2010 International Fellowship Program as Faculty-in- Residence. My role with the program is basically to support these fellows in their learnings by helping them understand the experience. I will also have the opportunity to participate in public talks, lectures, site [...]
I am honored to be a part of this year’s fellowship program as a faculty-in-residence. The new fellows are great and I believe that together we’re going to have wonderful time together. Please keep this site opened!!!
The first inter tribal peace and reconciliation forum of the Monrovia Pre-summit project was held on Saturday June 19, 2010 in Monrovia. The one day eight hour forum which is a pilot phase activity of the Liberia Peacebuilder Initiative, brought together one hundred and twenty five (125) tribal people including tribal governors, chiefs, traditional and [...]
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