Uniting Distant Stars Blog
The latest news, updates and events from the school in Liberia
Star Reflection – Remember 2017 When Our Team Received BioSands Water Filter Training & Built Their Own
In November 2017, UDS Friends Yeamah Brewer and John Buettner sponsored a six-day BioSands Water Filtration training by Friendly Water of the World. Also, Yeamah introduced us to the trainers. Read our 2017 Blog Post. Our team of seven learned how to wash and sift the...
Congrats to Kelvin Fomba for Earning His Geologist Degree!
We are happy to announce thathat Kelvin Fomba, Co-Founder & Director, wigraduaten May 30th with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) Degree in Geology fom the College of Engineering, University of Liberia. He started his journey in 2012 and stayed with it as he worked...
Star Reflection –Remember 2017 With a Volunteer Reflection, Students Applying Skills, and Our First House Party
Kevin Nah, one of our Minnesota volunteers, wrote a reflective piece, “This could have been me.” He talked about his experience of immigrating to the US and receiving access to quality education. Also, he explained how we make education accessible to Liberian youth....
Why not a new look at age 10? Check out our new brand 🙂
Since the beginning of 2023, Kelvin and I have met with Matthew Manning of Gumbo Media. Last year, I reconnected with Matthew, who knew our work and wanted to help. First, Matthew asked Kelvin and me questions about Uniting Distant Stars. Next, he started to...
May 13th Virtual Tea Time Recap
We had a great time at today’s Virtual Team Time. Chatting with our students and instructors about their experiences at UDS is fun. During the introductions, we asked everyone’s favorite color, and yellow won hands down. Questions flowed from the US side first; then,...