San Diego Drug Card may help someone you know!
Just introduced in San Diego County, the San Diego Drug Card provides savings of up to 75% on prescription medications. If you or someone you know are without prescription insurance, are underinsured or are in the "doughnut" gap in Medicare prescription funding, the Drug Card may be a big help! At www.SanDiegoDrugCard.com, you will find more information, including a list of pharmacies here and across the country that accept the card and prices of prescriptions at each location. Cards can be downloaded and printed, then presented at the pharmacy. The pharmacist can determine whether the savings will be greater using the San Diego Drug Card or another plan. Each time one of the cards is used, there is a small benefit to the Foundation for Women. But the greatest benefit will be in helping many people to get their medications at a more affordable price. For more information, contact Janie Anderson 858-395-6343 or Janie@JanieAnderson.com.
FFW Liberia Featured on "Forefront"
This 25 minute illustrates the work of FFW in Liberia. Meet Liberian Project Director Emily Peal, local hero fundraisers, and Liberian program participants.
Women Moving Millions
Foundation for Women's CEO & Founder
Deborah Lindholm is a member of an amazing group of women who are working dilgently to raise millions in order to help change the lives of women and girls in developing nations. Read the full New York Times article online at www.nytimes.com.
Liberian Vice President Boakai Extols the Foundation for Women
"Monrovia, Monday, June 15, 2008 - Liberia's Vice President Joseph N. Boakai
has commended the California based Foundation for Women (FFW) for
partnering with the Liberian Government to empower Liberian women.
He observed that by extending micro-loans to market women, the FFW
was contributing in small measure to the Unity Party-led Government's
Poverty Reduction Strategy, otherwise known as 'Lift Liberia'. Read the full press release.
FFW Niger on "Forefront" Cox Channel 4
This 25 minute documentary takes you on a journey to see the work of FFW in Niger. Meet local program participants and learn how microcredit is changing lives.
Special Article: Saving the World's Women How changing the lives of women and girls in the developing world can change everything. IN THE 19TH CENTURY, the paramount moral challenge was slavery. In the 20th century, it was totalitarianism. In this century, it is the brutality inflicted on so many women and girls around the globe: sex trafficking, acid attacks, bride burnings and mass rape.
Yet if the injustices that women in poor countries suffer are of paramount importance, in an economic and geopolitical sense the opportunity they represent is even greater. Read the full article at www.nytimes.com.
3/24/08 : Deborah Lindholm Featured in Biz San Diego Magazine
Biz San Diego's "Welcome to Venus" feature article profiled twenty powerful San Diego women who are trailblazing paths and making a difference in our community. Download the article to read more.
The Girl Effect
Adolescent girls are uniquely capable of raising the standard of living in the developing world. When everyone knows about The Girl Effect then real change can happen. There is a movement on the rise, see it for yourself at TheGirlEffect.org.
12/06 - 1/07 : FFW Trip to Liberia In late December 2006, FFW Executive Director Deborah Lindholm travelled to Liberia for planning meetings with Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and FFW Liberia Program Director Emily Peal. Pictured left to right: Deborah Lindholdm, President Johnson-Sirleaf, Emily Peal, and FFW friends.
1/07 : Liberia's Bright Future
FFW's work in Liberia is focused on women and families.
Pictured here: Deborah Lindholm with Liberian children during an FFW microcredit event.
12/10/06 : Professor Yunus Accepts the Nobel Prize for Peace in Oslo, Norway
Unlike conventional banks, Grameen Bank provides credit to poor people without any collateral. As of May, 2006, it has 6.61 million borrowers, 97 percent of whom are women. Most banks believe that poor people are not able to repay loans. However, the repayment rates of Grameen Bank borrowers has reached 99 percent and millions of people have emerged from poverty using the microcredit concepts of Dr. Muhammad Yunus. View the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony online at www.muhammadyunus.org.
11/06 : Global Microcredit Summit Ten delegates from the Foundation for Women joined 2000+ people from 112 countries in Halifax, Nova Scotia for the Global Microcredit Summit. All participants are committed to changing the statistics of poverty. The goal is to reach 175 million people with microcredit by 2015.
10/21/06 : FFW's Deborah Lindholm and Emily Peal meet with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia
New York, Saturday, October 21, 2006. Executive Director Deborah Lindholm and FFW Microcredit Director Liberia, Emily Peal attended The Hunger Project award ceremony for the African Prize for Leadership. President Johnson-Sirleaf discussed with Emily and Deborah the work of the FFW in Liberia.
Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf with FFW's Deborah Lindholm
4/06 : Foundation for Women representatives Meet With Nobel Prize winner Dr. Muhammad Yunus
Several FFW delegates attended the USC Microfinance Conference in Los Angeles. Dr Yunus happily posed for an FFW family photo.
Left to right: Jane Wolgemuth, Janie Davis, Dr. Muhammad Yunus, Deborah Lindholm, and Elena Cruz.
Liberian Women:
The Photography Project
Check out this amazing blog about the work of FFW in Liberia and the people this work touches. Beautiful photos too!
liberianwomen.blogspot.com
News Articles
Some Good Economic News!
By Bob Dickson And Blaise Salmon, For The Calgary Herald, February, 2009 Read
"Microcredit =
small investments
+ big dividends"
The Rotarian, May 2008 pdf download
"Microloans, Max Results"
San Diego Union-Tribune
9/30/07 pdf download
"Women's Foundation Honors a Man At Annual Luncheon"
La Jolla Village News
9/20/07 pdf download
"Grassrootes Group Achieves Results" La Jolla Village News
3/15/07 pdf download
"Auction to Benefit Liberia and Bring Beautiful Art to La Jolla"
La Jolla Light -3/15/07 pdf download
"Foundation for Women Stamps out Poverty"
La Jolla Light -2/15/07 pdf download
"Less Talk, More Action"
East County Gazette - 9/06 download the pdf
