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Phil has already embarked on another trip! He is documenting the work of Foundation for Women<\/a> (FFW) in Liberia, as well as, a women\u2019s leadership summit that they are hosting. FFW is an organization that strives to continually support and encourage impoverished women, both globally and locally, by funding and creating microcredit programs. A longtime supporter of Phil and his work, Kevin Castner is traveling with him and reporting back to us from the field.<\/em><\/p>\n

Today was my first full day in Africa, hence also Liberia. We drive thru the humid pollution to FFW headquarters, a concrete building just off the road. Inside we go to a small conference room and begin to introduce ourselves. Along with Deborah Lindholm, the founder of FFW, we meet the brain trust of the organization which includes Emily Peal the CEO, her new COO Jade Martin and new IT\/Finance Chief Alfred Baker. These are perhaps lofty titles, but Jade and Alfred explain their roles and challenges very articulately; including how their air conditioners were stolen recently and that they only have enough money to have the generator on for a few hours every day, usually from 11am to 4pm.<\/p>\n

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Kevin while documenting the programs of FFW in Liberia<\/p><\/div>\n

So, a couple of asides. There is no power grid in Liberia. They used to generate enough hydroelectric power for themselves with leftover to export. But the dams were blown up. Now, all power comes from individual generators. Individual generators run on oil. Oil is expensive. Businesses run generators during the day, homes run them at night. If your generator isn\u2019t on you don\u2019t have electricity, you don\u2019t have internet, you can\u2019t charge your phones, and you don\u2019t have light. Period.<\/p>\n

Back in the conference room, we meet the team of young, world hopping photo documentarians who, while working on their own project, will also be photographing Phil as he goes about his work. Sebastian Lindstrom (sound and producer) is Swedish, Alicia Sully (filmmaker) from America, and Philippa Young (writer) are all in their mid-twenties and have co-founded a foundation called What Took You So Long<\/a> (WTYSL). The vision of WTYSL is to build film as a medium for social change and something every social business utilizes effectively to send their message to the watching world.<\/p>\n

When all the intros are complete we discuss the timing of what we want to have happen. Phil wants to meet the women who will be coming to here to Monrovia for a week of leadership training; ideally to go out to one or two villages and come in with them. The logistics, given the quality of the roads, is daunting, but we put a plan in place.<\/p>\n

Next we will be visiting some of the women that of the Foundation for Women<\/a> supports with the funds and tools for successful business endeavors allowing them to support their families and help their local communities grow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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