Meet some of the Social Entrepreneurs that have been featured on Tours.
Although tour sites are subject to availability, we are always adding more entrepreneurs to our list.
Accountability Film School
The Accountability Film School empowers young people to tell their stories through film and educates them about anti-corruption themes in film.
Community Justice Teams
The West Point community is one of Monrovia’s poorest neighborhoods, with just one courtroom for 75,000 citizens. Most Liberians cannot afford to pay the costs and time involved with seeking justice for such cases as domestic violence, corruption, and other civil conflicts. Thomas Tweh, a West Point community leader, leads a team of mediators through the Community Justice Team, delivering affordable dispute resolution and mediation services -- helping to relieve congestion in the courts and saving citizens over 500 million Liberian dollars and thousands of hours of time and effort.
Daily Talk (Sinkor)
A citizen journalism project that uses chalkboards at major intersections to provide information to citizens.
Hip Co Accountability Network
A collective of musicians dedicated to spreading knowledge about accountability issues throughout Liberia.
Falama, Inc. (Congo Town)
A manufacturing, processing, and packaging operation for local farms. Falama makes everything from cassava flour to banana bread.
The Green Center (Sinkor)
The Green Center is a plastic recycling center with the goal of composting biodegradeable waste and producing environmentally friendly consumer goods to work towards a greener Liberia.
Liberia Pure Honey
Producing organic honey and providing skills-training for bee farmers.
National Water Transport Service
By making water taxis from scrap metal and disused car engines, the National Water Transport Service recycles industrial waste and provides and alternative source of transportation to Monrovia's congested and inefficient road network.
Approved Wear Fashion House
The Approved Wear Fashion House is a woman-owned clothing manufacturer and fashion boutique located in Paynesville founded in 2010 by Geneva Garr. In 2013, the company employed 12 full-time employees. Garr expanded her business by securing contracts to manufacture uniforms with various schools and companies, including Total Gas Station.
Liberty & Justice
Liberty & Justice is Africa’s leading Fair Trade Certified TM apparel manufacturing company, with manufacturing operations in Liberia and Ghana. The Liberian Women’s Sewing Project (LWSP) is Africa’s first Fair Trade Certified TM apparel factory located in Monrovia (near West Point). Founded in 2010, LWSP is a worker-owned corporation with 49% of the company’s shares owned by its workforce. The majority (51%) share is owned by Liberty & Justice’s subsidiary; however the profits are pledged to the Liberty & Justice Foundation -- a nonprofit organization with programs in economic empowerment, education, and healthcare.
Paynesville Waste Enterprise
Princess Kofa founded the Paynesville Waste Enterprise in 2011, and in 2013 employed about 40 employees. The Paynesville Waste Enterprise offers door-to-door waste collection services with a vision of building a social and sustainable business to create a clean and healthy environment for all Liberians. Today, it is one of Liberia’s largest solid waste management companies and also has plans of scaling-up its presence throughout Liberia.
Jola House (Paynesville)
Jola House is a grass-roots social enterprise that reduces economic inequality among women. It employs artisans to sew high-quality fashion accessories and decorative home goods that compete in the global market. Founded by Elfreda Mayson, Jole House also trains their employees in designing and sewing as well as business development skills, reflecting its mission to provide sustainable self-generating income opportunities.
LivArts (Sinkor)
Leslie Lumeh, a self-taught artist, is the Executive Director of the Liberia Visual Arts Academy (LiVArts), which nurtures the creativity and innovative ideas of Liberian children through the arts. LiVArts was established in 2010 and also operates an accountability art program with the goal of using art as a way to engage young people in accountability and to provide a clear understanding about how to be responsible Liberian citizens.