Liberia, Oct. 8 -- BUCHANAN, Grand Bassa County - For Saya Doe Sio, returning to the place where she was born and raised is always deeply personal. But on Monday, October 5, 2026, the return carried an even greater emotional weight.

Standing on the grounds of the Annie T. Doe Memorial Academy in Sugar Cane Farm, Lower Buchanan, Sio joined her husband and co-founder of the Annie T. Doe Memorial Foundation, Francis Sio, members of the family, friends from the United States, grandchildren and great-grandchildren to unveil a bust honoring the woman whose life and values continue to shape the institution.

That woman was her mother, the late Annie T. Doe.

The unveiling brought together generations of the Doe family and members of the wider f...