Press Release
FEEEDS Advocacy Initiative & Operation HOPE
Co-Hosting Key 2014 World Bank Civil Society Forum
Focus: New Technologies & Financial Literacy Tools for Global At-Risk Communities
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| Dr. Sanders, Former Surgeon-Gen Benjamin, OperationHOPE Govt Affairs VP Roscoe, CSO panelists |
Washington,
DC, April 8, 2014 - The FEEEDS Advocacy Initiative and Operation HOPE will co-host a Civil Society Workshop on Saturday, April 12, 2014, from 12:30 pm to
2:00 pm under the auspices of the World Bank's 2014 Spring Meetings in Washington, D.C. The joint session, entitled “Agile Innovation and Technology: Lessons From the Developing World,”
is FEEEDS first co-hosting opportunity alongside the world renown NGO Operation HOPE, which leads the way on implementing financial literacy programs and tools for at-risk communities world-wide.
The FEEEDS-Operation HOPE session will bring together leading subject matter experts to highlight new technologies, which FEEEDS CEO Ambassador Robin Renee Sanders calls "agile," and unique programs being used to address education and poverty, while Operation HOPE will highlight its ground-breaking financial literacy projects and tools from business in a box, to banking on our future. Co-Host, FEEEDS CEO Ambassador Robin Sanders, and Operation HOPE Senior Vice President for Government Affairs Jena Roscoe, will also provide key presentations on the role that young people can play in changing the world's wealth inequalities. Ambassador Sanders will kick off the session with a presentation examining Africa’s Youth Bulge as an asset to economic development for the region, while Ms. Roscoe will present the latest financial literacy tools that Operation HOPE has launched to encourage financial well-being for young people, encourage entrepreneurship, particularly its 5117 project with the goal of changing the financial lives of 5 million at-risk youth.
Other speakers will highlight
ways to better address development, best practices to overcome conflict, and
the elements of leadership that are vital for progress in the 21st Century.
This workshop, conducted under the auspices of the World Bank 2014 Spring
meetings, is inspired by the work that all of the committed activists who focus on development
and making the world a more inclusive place for everyone, particularly the next
generation.
Other panelists
include Bill Knapp, Manager African Technologies in Education – a FEEEDS
Strategic Partner, Patricia McCants, Founder, African Diaspora Chamber of
Commerce, Mr. Ditu Kasuyi, UFSC International, Advisory Board Chair &
International President Emeritus, and James H. Parks, Founder, The Parksonian
Institute & Advisor SHADOKA.
The FEEEDS Advocacy Initiative focus on food security, education, environment, economic, development, and self-help projects (The FEEEDS pillars), particularly in Africa, and also provides business solutions in this areas. It supports a range of agricultural, educational, and affordable housing projects, and also provides business solutions in these areas. For more on FEEEDS go to http://www.ambassadorrobinreneesanders.com, or www.blogitrrs.blogspot.com
Operation HOPE hosts an annual Global Financial Dignity Summit, http://summit.operationhope.org
in November and welcomes global citizens focused on financial inclusion, dignity, and capability initiatives to attend. To learn more about Operation HOPE Initiatives, please review our website: https://www.operationhope.org/Global-Initiatives