African Diaspora Marketplace Grants (US$50,000 to US$100,000)

Dear Liberian Diaspora Member:

We would like to express our gratitude for those of you who have participated in our survey. We are still looking for more participants and hope that you will help us invite others to do the same or participate in it if you have not done so. You can access the confidential survey by clicking the following link or selecting, copying, and pasting it into the address bar of your browser:
https://www.surveymk.com/s.aspx?sm=Xid5iCE40JcBojoBprR7YQ_3d_3d

For the time being and to show our appreciation for your contributions, we would like to inform you and draw your attention about the African Diaspora Marketplace program (ADM). ADM is a business-development program that will
support U.S.-based African Diaspora in creating plans for sustainable start-up and established businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa. The program will also provide grant funding to 10-20 small-and-medium businesses with the strongest proposals for boosting economic opportunity and job creation in Sub-Saharan Africa through Diaspora-driven development. Qualifying entrepreneurs will be awarded grants of US$50,000 to US$100,000 each to support the execution of their business plans. Please be aware that July 21, 2009 is the deadline to submit your proposal. It can be accessed atwww.diasporamarketplace.org.

We strongly encourage you to consider this opportunity. We believe in your ability to do great things for Liberia and would love to see many good proposals coming from the Liberian diaspora community.

If you have any questions about the Liberian Diaspora Capital Investment (LDCI) or the ADM, please do not hesitate to contact us: Dr. Liesl Riddle, 202.994.1217, lriddle@gwu.edu; or Joel Luc Raveloharimisy,joelluc.raveloharimisy@wmich.edu.

We look forward to hearing from you either through the LDCI survey or the ADM project.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Sincerely yours,

Joel Raveloharimisy, MBA
Liberian Diaspora Capital Investment Project Team