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International Women's Day 2021

3/8/2021

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Liberia - After 9 long months away due to COVID, I finally returned to Liberia in December and am very grateful to be here. We are perfecting a collective impact model for social change unlike anything anywhere. In celebration of this International Women’s Day 2021, I am reflecting on the millions of women and family members with whom we have been blessed to connect since our inception in the late 1990’s. An unbelievable journey, one I never could have imagined…


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Nearing the End of My Time Here Once Again

7/25/2019

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Monrovia, Liberia - As I am nearing the end of my time here once again, leaving next Monday to bring Moses to college in America, I am reflecting on the specialness of these two beings of light – and how “It’s a God-thing” as we all say here that we are connected. Victor Frankl discusses in one of my most treasured books ever, Man’s Search for Meaning, “…human beings’ motive is not money or even happiness, but for meaning.  We are driven above all to understand the purpose of our lives.  Once that is understood even the most miserable conditions cannot upend inner peace.”


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Moses is Going to College in America!

7/21/2019

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Monrovia, Liberia - A Moses is Going to College in America Celebration!  Over thirty people gathered tonight, Moses’ biological family and chosen family, to celebrate him and his amazing accomplishment of having been accepted to ten universities in America.  He has chosen Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania where he will study computer science.


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Remembering Precious, and Meeting Marylin

7/19/2019

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Monrovia, Liberia - Ten days ago, I shared the unbelievably awful news of the sudden death of a beautiful 6-year-old girl named Precious.  She had just graduated from KII and was on her way to 1st grade with such great joy! A very big graduation celebration here in Liberia. ​That was June 29th.  July 4th Precious died in the leading hospital in this country of yellow fever; no ability to help and no medicine here. My outrage and sadness has been tremendous, my heart so broken.

​Then tonight I met hope manifested by her parents, Franklin and his wife Mary.  And I was beyond blessed to meet their new baby daughter, Marylin – parents Mary and Franklin combined their names which is common here in Liberia. 



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Something so much bigger

7/13/2019

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PictureDeborah’s “son” Moses and baby Lindholm Browne named in honor of Deborah’s recently deceased father.
When I first graduated from college and then graduate school, I opted to teach for several years in return at the time for the cancellation of my accumulated college debt.  Armed with an undergraduate degree in psychology and a master’s degree in education and counseling, I first went to work for Northwestern University’s Laboratory School in Evanston, IL in America.  I had so wanted to take a post at an inner-city all black school on the south side of Chicago, but my father put his foot down with a firm NO – and for some reason I obeyed him.  Looking back now, I wonder why…​So, I went to the north side of Chicago to the largely affluent suburb of Evanston, which had an integrated population for many years, and economic extremes.  My assignment was a special education class for “emotionally disturbed” children.  OMG that label haunts me now.  I had perhaps 10 students, primarily children of color.  Despite big challenges, we loved each other as a family.  Joy is my remembrance.


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Letters from Liberia

6/6/2019

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Monrovia, Liberia - It feels like Ebola time. Fear. Wonderment. Confusion. Prayers.

I am one of only a very few people staying in my familiar Liberian compound/home, a place with a capacity for perhaps 200 and usually full of life and joy; as in addition to guests from elsewhere, so many local people come to the Kendeja to enjoy the pool and beach and very special seaside setting.  It is a sacred place.  And today it is empty.  The one major airline that serves Liberia whose crew stays here, Brussels Air, is gone until at least Sunday – even though they kept coming during the long civil war and Ebola; not now.

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Thanksgiving Wishes and Blessings! From Founder Deborah Lindholm

11/21/2017

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Thanksgiving is my favorite time of the year.  I strive to focus on my gratitude list always.  That is the reason I authored the book GRATITUDE Always a few years ago.  November is, however, a special time to focus on gratitude as the year is coming to an end.  Here are some of my gratitude moments:
​None of this would be possible without YOU - so many of you who over the last 20 years have shared your time, treasury, and talent with the Foundation for Women.  Thank you!

A very special thank you to Dana, Janie, George, Jennifer, Barbara, and Barbara for joining with me to lead the Foundation for Women.

A tremendous thank you to Cory who keeps everything together always - cannot imagine life without Cory!

To friend Aldis at MISSIONLINES who has shared so many links to help support our work:  www.ONLYLOVEisbest.com and www.ONLYHOPEisbest.com and www.MakeEducationFun.com and others!

To Sector 9, the Tony Hawk Foundation, Awesome Beyond Borders Foundation, and so many others for helping us bring skateboarding to Liberia!

And to friend Leena Patidar who has brought COIN UP to us! Here's what COIN UP is:
What if you could simply donate your spare change from everyday purchases to support the Foundation for Women (FFW)? Well now you can, there's an app for that! FFW has partnered with a revolutionary mobile donation app called COIN UP. You can make a monthly impact through COIN UP in 3 Easy Steps:
  1. Download the (free) COIN UP App from the Apple Store or Register at www.coinupapp.com.
  2. Select Foundation for Women as your charity.
  3. Link your bank card & set a monthly limit.
COIN UP rounds up each transaction to the nearest dollar and donates the "spare change" directly to our charity. Your information is secure and encrypted with bank-approved technology. And, you're always in control of your COIN UP donations by setting your monthly limit. Imagine hundreds of friends like you donating even $10 a month in spare change from credit/debit card purchases. Together we can make real CHANGE for FFW! Download the COIN UP app today!

Please make this your year end gift to the Foundation for Women. 
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With great gratitude,
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Deborah Lindholm
Founder/CEO 

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Letters for Liberia: Eradication Day

5/1/2015

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La Jolla, CA - Liberia’s Ebola Eradication Day is just 8 days away, now set for May 9th. I was in Liberia when the last Ebola case was diagnosed on Friday, March 20th; the woman sadly died one week later. Since then there have been no new cases, thanks to the vigilance of the Liberian people. They have come together, joined with each other, committed with each other to end this deadly crisis. And they are succeeding. There is respect for Ebola and a commitment to constant washing of hands in bleach water, checking temperatures, and a change in many cultural practices, including honoring of the dead.

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Letters for Liberia: 5 Point Recovery Plan

4/21/2015

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La Jolla, CA. - We all had a wonderful skype connection this morning, the team in Liberia and our Edify partner in San Diego and me in La Jolla . I LOVE Tuesday mornings at 7AM here! Connecting regularly with all in Liberia reminds me of why I am on the planet – it’s about connection and service and love.

​Liberia and the people of Liberia are in recovery from an unprecedented crisis. Besides the tremendous death toll and infection rates, every aspect of the country has been affected. The GDP for the three most affected countries is expected to be a loss of $2.2B in 2015; countries already struggling in so many ways. So, we discussed a five point recovery plan. 

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Letters for Liberia: Seek to do brave and lovely things

4/14/2015

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La Jolla, CA - This is the latest report from Liberia published recently in the New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/12/world/africa/idle-ebola-clinics-in-liberia-are-seen-as-misstep-in-us-relief-effort.html?_r=0
All too much too late. And an acknowledgement that it was indeed the Liberian people who ended ebola in their country, not the international community response.

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    Deborah Lindholm with Deborah in Liberia

    About the Author

    Deborah Lindhom is the Founder and CEO of the Foundation for Women. For over 20 years she has lived and worked in Africa, India and the United States on issues of poverty, education and microcredit. 
    "​Just a quick note to say how we appreciate all that you are doing in Liberia and wish we could do more to help. We enjoy reading your newsletters which are always so well written.
    All the best!" ~ Ian and Julie Allen,  Africa and Beyond Art Gallery 

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