Grantee Stories

Albania’s recent history has been defined by one of the world’s most tyrannical communist regimes and subsequent political instability. Their legacies still scar the nation, with its economic recovery held back by highly contentious disputes over property rights.

The WFF has been delighted to support the team at ICG Research to create change and move the country forward. With the support of a $4,000 grant, ICG is translating An Introduction to Entrepreneurship into Albanian and embarking on an exciting outreach campaign to communicate its core ideas to young people in both Albania and Kosovo. ICG will host five lectures at universities to promote the book’s message and aims to reach 100,000 people through a social media outreach campaign.

Find out more about ICG Research here.

In November 2023, we awarded a $3,000 grant to the Foundation for Economic Freedom (FEF) to support their Faces of Liberalism project, aimed at promoting the ideas of classical liberal thinkers in the Philippines.

FEF’s campaign simplifies and summarises the ideas of each liberal thinker to appeal to a broad range of participants, primarily students, academics, and politically engaged citizens. It is based on a series of 10 social media graphics introducing people to the key ideas of prominent liberal thinkers such as Adam Smith, David Hume, and John Stuart Mill. The campaign has already achieved impressive results, with 278,378 impressions, a reach of 164,154 individuals, 21,151 engagements, 1,073 shares, and 17,550 reactions. FEF also drew 100 participants and two scholars to a webinar discussing liberalism in the global and Philippine contexts.

Find out more about FEF here.

Despite the election of a socialist to its presidency and the ongoing political repression in neighbouring Venezuela, the flame of liberty is burning bright in Colombia thanks to the work of our partners at Libertank.

Since supporting them with a $4,000 grant in November 2023, the team has translated An Introduction to Capitalism into Spanish and introduced hundreds of student to its core ideas at four key Libertank events, Universidad El Cato, LíderLab Barranquilla, LíderLab Cali, and the Pola y Libertad book launch. The team aims to continue this momentum at future events and is looking into launching an outreach campaign based on an online version of the translation.

Find out more about Libertank here.

Pakistan is one of the countries where the basic principles of individual liberty are yet to take hold in culture or politics. Political instability and geographical remoteness make teaching these ideas incredibly difficult.

But the Alternate Solutions Institute is making important progress despite those obstacles. In June 2024, we awarded a $3,500 grant to Alternate Solutions Institute to support its 16th annual residential course in Khanaspur, Pakistan. This workshop was an intensive four-day course aiming to cultivate a deeper understanding of individual liberty, economic freedom, and democratic principles among 35 young participants.

We are encouraged by how efficiently ASI executed this project, which provides yet more evidence of a very promising future for Pakistan’s freedom movement.

Find out more about ASI here.