Brick by Brick: The Business of Rebuilding Liberia
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Celebrating the Reopening of Duside Hospital for Inpatient Care
The reopening of Duside Hospital as an inpatient care facility marks a major milestone for Firestone Liberia and illustrates how far the company and its employees have come...
Posted by: Dan Adomitis | December 12, 2008 | read full posting >
Education Key to Liberia's Future
Whenever I have the chance, I remind young people of the great importance education plays in post-war Liberia. I recently had such an opportunity to speak to...
Posted by: Rufus Karmorh | November 21, 2008 | read full posting >
Church Helps Start Independent Rubber Farm with Donated Saplings
We are supporting a 20-acre farm in Liberia called Abundant Harvest Farm. Two years ago, the workers planted about 3,000 rubber saplings, all of which were donated by Firestone Liberia...
Posted by: Ardie Bucher | November 21, 2008 | read full posting >
By Land and By Sea
Firestone Liberia is known for providing nearly 7,000 land-based jobs on its rubber tree farm in Liberia. But now the company is teaming up with the Liberian Bureau of Maritime Affairs...
Posted by: Dan Adomitis | November 13, 2008 | read full posting >
Donation Cargo Program, Back by Popular Demand in 2009
I'm pleased to announce that Firestone Liberia will extend its Donation Cargo Program through the end of 2009. After formalizing the program in 2006, we continue to get new applications...
Posted by: Dan Adomitis | November 12, 2008 | read full posting >
Water Treatment Facility Now in Operation
Firestone recently constructed a state-of-the-art, multimillion-dollar water treatment facility on its property in Liberia. Factory process water is now processed...
Posted by: Dan Adomitis | November 3, 2008 | read full posting >
Firestone Investment Agreement Commended
Ellen Løj, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General to the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), recently spoke about progress and democracy in Liberia...
Posted by: Dan Adomitis | October 30, 2008 | read full posting >
High School Student Delivers 45,000 Books Despite Accident
Gregg Henzler, a senior at Cansisius High School in Buffalo, N.Y., would let nothing stop his effort to collect and deliver 45,000 books to children in distressed countries...
Posted by: Dan Adomitis | October 3, 2008 | read full posting >
The Economist Praises President's Agreement with Firestone
A recent article in The Economist praised President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf for cracking down on government corruption and for improving Liberia's economic prospects...
Posted by: Dan Adomitis | August 25, 2008 | read full posting >
Donation Cargo Program Update
I'm pleased to report that so far this year we have approved 23 applications for free shipping from charities requesting space aboard our cargo ships...
Posted by: Dan Adomitis | August 18, 2008 | read full posting >
Firestone Signs New Labor Contract
Following collective bargaining negotiations, Firestone and the Firestone Agricultural Workers Union of Liberia (FAWUL) have signed a new labor agreement...
Posted by: Dan Adomitis | August 14, 2008 | read full posting >
Firestone Awards Scholarships
We are pleased to announce the names of students who will receive scholarships for the upcoming school year through the Firestone Liberia Scholarship Program...
Posted by: Dan Adomitis | August 12, 2008 | read full posting >
By the Numbers
Firestone Liberia has published its biannual statistics report, which shows just how much progress the company has made in rebuilding the nation's schools, hospitals and...
Posted by: Dan Adomitis | August 5, 2008 | read full posting >
President Sirleaf Addresses Joint Session of Legislature
In a recent speech in front of a joint session of the Liberian Legislature, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said, "Together we have endeavored to usher in a new era of partnership...
Posted by: Dan Adomitis | July 30, 2008 | read full posting >
Happy Independence Day!
Liberia celebrated its Independence Day on July 26. Here are some pictures of the festivities in Division 29 on Firestone's farm...
Posted by: Charles Stuart | July 26, 2008 | read full posting >
Law Students Donate 30,000 Pounds of Books to Liberia
Liberian law students, lawyers and judges will have plenty to read thanks to students from The Washington and Lee University School of Law in Lexington, Va....
Posted by: Dan Adomitis | July 25, 2008 | read full posting >
President Sirleaf Visits Firestone's Rubberwood Operation
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf visited our new rubberwood processing factory located in Division 16 of Firestone's farm on Wednesday, July 23...
Posted by: Charles Stuart | July 24, 2008 | read full posting >
U.S. Congressional Delegation Visits Firestone Liberia
During a recent five-country tour of Africa, a U.S. congressional delegation visited Liberia, where they took the time to stop by Firestone's rubber farm for a tapping demonstration...
Posted by: Charles Stuart | July 8, 2008 | read full posting >
Firestone Liberia Honors Employees
Firestone Liberia has always relied upon our dedicated employees who've made their careers with us and prided themselves in their hard work...
Posted by: Charles Stuart | May 23, 2008 | read full posting >
Firestone Liberia Works to Ease Food Shortages
With growing food shortages in Liberia, Firestone is working to help the government locate and transport more rice to the Liberian people. At the government's request...
Posted by: Dan Adomitis | May 9, 2008 | read full posting >
Firestone's Committment to Rebuilding the Liberian Economy
Firestone is committed to rebuilding and revitalizing the Liberian economy. One of the many ways that Firestone aids the economy is not so easily seen...
Posted by: Rufus Karmorh | May 5, 2008 | read full posting >
U.N. Secretary General Visits Liberia
The international spotlight was on Liberia this week as the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon made his first trip to the west African nation. The U.N. Secretary-General spoke...
Posted by: Dan Adomitis | May 5, 2008 | read full posting >
Child Labor Myths
One of the myths promoted by some critics of Firestone Liberia suggests we use child labor. It doesn't make sense when you consider the fact that we operate 23 schools...
Posted by: Charles Stuart | April 8, 2008 | read full posting >
Contractors Laud Firestone
From 2004 to 2007, Firestone Liberia has constructed 912 new housing units. While this is strong progress and Firestone Liberia continues its aggressive schedule...
Posted by: Rufus Karmorh | March 27, 2008 | read full posting >
Extending the Rule of Law
This past January, I had the privilege of attending a multidisciplinary outreach meeting in Ghana of the World Justice Project (WJP). WJP is a multidisciplinary and multinational initiative...
Posted by: Rufus Karmorh | March 20, 2008 | read full posting >
Welcome!
Welcome to our redesigned Web site. The redesign is intended to make this site user-friendly and to provide factual, up-to-date information on our operations in Liberia...
Posted by: Dan Adomitis |
March 7, 2008 | read full posting >
