Women Becoming Self Sufficient In Liberia

I met with the founder of an organization called, “Foundation For Women”, which is a microcredit organization. They are principally helping young women become self sufficient in Liberia. I was told about a woman named Emily Peal, who is a native Liberian, that left that war torrent country when it was led by a vicious dictator, the notorious Charles Taylor. Emily was living in a suburb in northing San Diego when the new president of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was elected. She then sold her home and went back to help build Liberia and help lift the 3 million people there out of poverty. She has established a micro finance institution and has hundreds if not thousands of women becoming self sufficient as entrepreneurs. It constantly amazes me how many people do heroic things everyday. People with no power no money and no permission. What an inspiration!