Ebenezer Norman
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Ebenezer Norman | |
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 Ebenezer Norman at fundraising event in 2018 | |
| Born | 10 June 1981 Monrovia, Liberia |
| Education | Leading economic growth, Harvard University, BA in Organization Development, Regis University; Master of Development Practice, Regis University[1] |
| Occupation | Activist] |
| Known for | Humanitarian activism, female education activism,[2] Popular education activism |
Ebenezer Norman is a Liberian philanthropist, humanitarian, public speaker, and founder of the education non-profit A New Dimension of Hope (NDHope). He is involved in humanitarian efforts in Liberia and throughout West Africa, notably for efforts to build schools in attenuated or war-torn communities after the Second Liberian Civil War in 2003 and the Ebola virus epidemic in Liberia in 2015.
Norman was born in Monrovia, Liberia, in 1981 and moved to the United States as a teenager on a student visa.[3] In the aftermath of the Second Liberian Civil War, Norman returned to Liberia to assist with peacekeeping and humanitarian efforts. It was at this time he first connected with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Leymah Gbowee.[4] In 2010, while on a tour of the school system in Monrovia, Norman was inspired to develop an organization that would construct and manage school systems in Liberia that could be held to the same academic standards as the school systems in the United States.[5]
On this basis, Norman was granted an opportunity to study Non-profit Organization Development at Regis University and founded the organization NDHope while an undergrad at the university. He self-funded NDHope in its early stages by working part-time as an HR Rep at Dish Network and Comcast Cable.[6] It was during this period that Norman garnered funding in order to build his first school in Troyah Town, Liberia.[7]