May 28, 2024

Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee Selected by Melinda French Gates to Distribute $20 Million for Women's Right

Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Peace Laureate, has been selected by Melinda French Gates to receive a $20 million grantmaking fund to distribute to charitable organizations and grassroots leaders doing vital and groundbreaking work to support women's health and well-being in the U.S. and around the world.

“This is a wonderful chance to supercharge important work being championed by grassroots organizations advancing women’s health and well-being around the globe.” Leymah Gbowee

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Our ongoing response to COVID19 in Liberia

The GPFA-USA Emergency Relief Fund addresses the COVID19 in Liberia by supporting a public health approach that links peace, health, and education.

With strategies honed in the Women’s Peace Movement, GPFA took on a key leadership role in the civil society response to the 2014-15 Ebola crisis by engaging urban and rural community- based organizations, religious groups, and local media to provide truthful and easy to understand messages to prevent the spread of Ebola. We are doing the same and more now to fight the spread of COVID19.

 
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What we do

Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa-USA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization formed to build a global community of support around the girls' education and peacebuilding programming of Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa in Liberia, and to share the teachings of Leymah Gbowee, who has dedicated her life to women’s rights and peacebuilding.

We seek to inspire and support women and girls to build peace — in Liberia and beyond.

 
 

Our Liberian Partner: Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa

In 2012, Leymah Gbowee founded Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa in Monrovia, the capital city of Liberia. Many girls in Liberia face barriers to completing their schooling, due to poverty, cultural norms, and the lasting impact of the Liberian civil war. Today, Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa has supported more than 700 scholarship recipients to continue their schooling, and has trained over 5,000 students in peace building, sexual health, human rights and leadership.

 
 

Get Involved

We have an opportunity to stand shoulder to shoulder with the young people of Liberia. Together, we can raise the next generation of peace builders, advocates and community leaders in Liberia and West Africa. 

 

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Create a simple fundraising campaign, and invite your friends, family and community to get involved.

Make a Donation

Help send a Liberian girl to school, and provide peace building and human rights training in Liberia.

be a champion for girls

We need your help to be champions for girls all around the world. Stay connected and help us spread the word!