Uniting Distant Stars

Equipping youth with the knowledge and skills to realize their potential and become positive change makers

Uniting Distant Stars™, Inc. links future leaders and global innovators to educational resources and vocational training to influence positive changes in the world. Uniting Distant Stars is currently an all-volunteer organization with teams in the U.S. and Liberia.

We equip youth with the knowledge and skills to realize their potential and become positive change makers. We promote creative and innovative thinking to inspire our youth to reach for the stars. Through these efforts, more doors for future employment and entrepreneurship will open for Liberia’s young men and women.

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Uniting Distant Stars™, Inc. is co-founded by Kelvin Fomba (Liberian) and Heather Cannon (U.S. Citizen). Since 2011, we have developed our shared vision to raise the aspirations of Liberian youth and guide them towards success. We provide scholarships, school supplies, after school study classes through our learning center, youth exchanges via Google Hangout, and vocational training to youth in Liberia.

Read Our Latest Blog Posts

A Quick Story On How Solar Power Is Safe & Trustworthy

We need to share a quick story about our solar power. Last week, the transformer across from the center blew out and started a fire. Kelvin Fomba (UDS Co-Founder & Director) and five other community members sprang into action. The transformer’s breaker had a lock,...

Star Reflections – Remember 2015 Opening UDS Learning Center & Library For Children

Another new development in 2015 was the opening of our learning center on October 15. This became the place students could come to after school to do homework or attend a group study class. Students sitting rogether while doing homework More students working on...

First Collaboration With Tambah Foundation

First, we want to Thank Branko Tambah for his long-term dedication and generosity with Uniting Distant Stars, Next, we want to share how we collaborated with his foundation to find a vendor, UpTech, for discounted used laptops at our computer lab. We purchased 17...

Star Reflections – Remember 2015 Giving School Supplies to Rogma International & City of Joy

2015 was a year of miracles. How? We shipped four 14-cubic-foot boxes filled with supplies on November 19, 2014, and expected them by January or February. However, they never arrived, and we received no updates on what happened to them. Within a few months, we...

Star Reflections – Remember 2015 Attending 2nd Noble Peace Prize Youth Forum

For the second consecutive year, Uniting Distant Stars, Inc. in Liberia participated via Google Hangout in the Nobel Peace Prize Youth Forum (NPPY Forum) at Augsburg College in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on March 6, 2015. This time our youth were part of a service...

Uniting Distant Stars Training Center in Liberia Converts 100% Solar

By Paul Ostrow, Uniting Distant Stars Board Treasurer In the first part of February, the Uniting Distant Stars Vocational Training Center in Monrovia, Liberia, reached a major milestone by converting its training center to 100% solar energy. The “off the grid” solar...

Star Reflections – Remember 2015 Launching Backpacks for Peace Service Learning Project

2015 brought more new and transformative development. In January, we received our first grant of $3,000 from the Sundance Family Foundation. Then these funds were used to purchase additional sewing machines, chairs, and much more to train 20 youth. Read more about...

Uniting Distant Stars Update 3/1/2023 On Our New Courses & Development

Welcome everyone! This is our sixth monthly update, and we have more exciting news to share. Please see the timeline before if you like to watch certain portions of this video. 00:01 Introduction of UDS Co-Founders Heather Cannon and Kelvin Fomba. 00:56 Happy Birthday...

Your 2022 Year-End Review

Thank you for a successful 2022! As the world felt the shock of the war in Ukraine, along with skyrocketing inflation and ongoing supply chain issues, you helped us stay the course. During the last year, we graduated the fifth cohort of students and welcomed the...

Electrician Students Proudly Teach The US Co-Founder What They Learned Before Graduation

During Co-Founder Heather Cannon’s trip to Liberia, the Electrician Students became her teachers by showing her how to connect light sockets (lamps), switches, and outlets (receptacles). The students worked in three different groups, and this video highlights groups A...