O Natty B Davis II

Liberia: a new model for collaborative philanthropy

Given Liberia’s recent history, it’s almost impossible to imagine my country as the starting point for a positive social innovation like the exciting new collaborative model for philanthropy that we are now piloting. But fortunately, following a brutal 14-year civil conflict that killed an estimated 270,000 people and ruined the lives of countless others, Liberians saw and grabbed their chance for a fresh start in 2005 when we elected Ellen Johnson Sirleaf as the first-ever female African head of state.