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ELWA Academy Skateboard Club Grateful to Tony Hawk

6/15/2017

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PictureA cross section of the kids listen to instructions as CEO Deborah Lindholm pays attention. Photo ©The Daily Observer, Monrovia, Liberia.
–For 60 Helmets Donation
By Omari Jackson for The Daily Observer, Monrovia, Liberia. Read the full article online. 
​The ELWA Academy Skateboard Club yesterday expressed appreciation to the Tony Hawk Foundation for the donation of 60 helmets to help build interest in the sport. The helmets were presented to the club by the founder and chief executive officer of Foundation for Women, Deborah Lindholm, yesterday during skateboard training at the school’s campus in Monrovia.


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Help us spread the word about Skateboard Liberia

4/19/2017

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A donation of $60 brings another child into the Elwa Academy Skateboarding Club. Help us spread the word about bringing joy to kids who have grown up in the context of poverty, war and even Ebola. This program is incentivizing education for nearly 100 kids now. Help us reach our goal of 500!
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Tony Hawk Foundation, MissionLine, Harnish Foundation and More Supporting Skateboard Liberia Project

4/18/2017

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FFW's Skateboard Liberia Project
To learn more click any highlighted MISSIONLINE link below.

Operating Model:
Collective Impact is the commitment of a group of actors from different sectors to a common agenda for solving a specific social problem, using a structured form of collaboration.
STANFORD SOCIAL INNOVATIONAL REVIEW - Committed Collective Impact
UniteTheBEST.com
 
Founder and Sponsor:
The Foundation for Women is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit and registered non-government organization working to end poverty through microcredit programs and education.
FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN - Making Education Fun
SkateboardBEST.com


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Off to Liberia with Much Needed Supplies

6/7/2016

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La Jolla, CA - FFW Founder & CEO Deborah Lindholm is headed to Liberia with school supplies and more to meet with Foundation for Women Liberia leaders about the microcredit and education programs currently active. "The purpose of this trip is to strengthen our partnership with Edify and to welcome Dean Paula Cordeiro from SOLES, School of Leadership and Education Sciences, at USD and her colleague.  This is the fifth trip for SOLES to Liberia to train our school partners in the very best education practices." explains Lindholm from her home near the ocean. 

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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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