Letters for Liberia - URGENT - I have been away from Liberia for 10 days now and as our US Ambassador to Liberia recently said to me, "The news is grim."  The changes in the last few days are dramatically awful. I am heading a grassroots effort now in America to help. Please share this message with everyone you know who cares about humanity. We urgently need US$20 to sanitize the home of every Foundation for Women borrower and staff in Liberia. Doing this will help keep them safe from ebola. That $20 donation helps at least 10 people on average be safe. We have the grassroots network in place in Liberia to distribute these supplies which are available and will be purchased in Liberia. 
 
Please see this story on NBC news last evening and the story today in the San Diego Union Tribune. While the US government is obsessed with killing people in Iraq at the moment, I am obsessed with saving lives in Liberia. Please make a donation on our website, call (858) 483-0400 or send a check to Foundation for Women P.O. Box 2786 La Jolla, CA 92038.  
 
Our human family in Liberia is waiting for our help - and the need is urgent! With great gratitude, Deborah

By Diane Bell
​When Deborah Lindholm left for the airport in Liberia on Aug. 8, the doorman at the hotel that has been her second home for more than six years, pleaded: “Deborah, please pray that we are alive when you come back.” In our corner of Southern California, the deadly Ebola virus spreading in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea in West Africa seems a world away. But for Lindholm, who set up a microfinance network to help women start their own businesses in Liberia in 2006, it is right next door. 

​She pays for the education of a young boy named Moses and found him a home with the vice principal of a school run by the Christian charity Samaritan’s Purse. He lives only three doors away from the infected American missionary Nancy Writebol, who recently returned to the United States for treatment. The sister-in-law of a dear friend of Lindholm was infected with virus while working as a nurse. She died and her husband and entire family were exposed.

​“No one touches anyone any more. No one shakes hands. No one hugs,” says Lindholm. “This is a very caring culture. It is awful to watch.” Read the full article at sandiegouniontribune.com.