Empowerment Squared Launches Hope Development Program in Liberia Empowerment Squared Launches Hope Development Program in Liberia Share Hamilton, Ontario – Canadian-based charity Empowerment Squared announced today that it will soon be working with local partners and communities in Liberia to empower a minimum of 75 economically and socially disadvantaged Liberians aged 18-35 through digital literacy, financial literacy, and basic entrepreneurship skills, and provide them with holistic psychosocial counselling and seed funds to experiment with self-employment. Empowerment Squared, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, will be implementing the Harnessing Opportunities to Promote Entrepreneurship (HOPE) development program over the next 12 months in Liberia. This initiative builds on Empowerment Squared’s efforts in establishing the Liberian Learning Center – which will be the only purposely built public library and small business incubation hub in the country. HOPE is informed by the organization’s success in achieving significant, innovative, and consistent improvements in socioeconomic outcomes for marginalized youth and communities globally since 2007.