tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87608954256444425362011-04-21T22:06:27.999-07:00This blog documents my summer experiences in Liberia as a Council of Women World Leaders Fellow serving in the Ministry of Gender & Development. Please join me and six other Kennedy School of Government students as we venture into a post-conflict country and a government under reconstruction.YESENIAnoreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8760895425644442536.post-81307668788375308112007-08-22T11:33:00.000-07:002007-08-23T21:13:19.022-07:00

Left to right: Zach, Yesenia, Rupert, Yue Man, Molly, Emily, and Jesse

YESENIAnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8760895425644442536.post-63611369379457566662007-06-03T08:27:00.000-07:002007-08-23T22:48:06.416-07:00

My journey begun the morning of May 31, 2007, as my mother, my grandmother, and I made our way to New York’s LaGuardia Airport. With my boarding pass in hand, malaria pills, and a makeshift survival kit tucked in my carry-on, I reached over to hug my loved ones good-bye for the summer. Almost 20 hours, three layovers, and several movies later, our pilot announced our descent into Roberts

YESENIAnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8760895425644442536.post-16941588087757898292007-06-01T20:41:00.000-07:002007-08-23T22:47:34.679-07:00

On Liberia’s reconstruction…Yue Man (intern): Madam President, how do you remain energized given the enormous challenges and competing priorities?President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf: The potential for transformational change is here. That keeps me motivated. “It’s easy to fall sick, but it takes time to heal.”-Comfort Boog-Paye, Ministry of Gender and Development"I think my people forgot what they

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