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Prospero Foundation Supports a Farmer in Honduras
Antibes, France (PRWEB) October 16, 2014
The Prospero Foundation, founded by Ulrik DeBo of DeBondo Capital, is excited to announce that a microloan donation has been made to Juan, a farmer in the town of Azacualpa, Santa Bárbara in Honduras
Juan is 43 and married, with two children. He has worked in agriculture his whole life, growing various crops. His principal crop that affords him his main source of income, however, is coffee, which he sells in the local market. He intends to use these funds to buy fungicide, manure, pesticide and other supplies to help ensure a bigger harvest. His goal is to improve his family’s living conditions.
About Micro-lending with The Prospero Foundation
Through partnerships with local lending institutions, the Prospero Foundation contributes capital for the purpose of small business loans to these micro-entrepreneurs in developing nations. Through these partnerships, the Foundation helps small business people such as farmers, shopkeepers, and artisans build their businesses and in turn stimulate economic development in their communities. This loan is administered by Organización de Desarrollo Empresarial Femenino Financiera, S.A. (ODEF). A leader in the microfinance sector for nearly thirty years, ODEF strives to combat poverty by offering a wide array of financial services to the low-income sector. The organisation works with its parent NGO, ODEF OPD, to provide training and technical assistance to impoverished microentrepreneurs. By incorporating the entire family unit in this process, ODEF OPD aims to improve the standard of living through the creation of profitable enterprises.
About The Prospero Foundation
The Prospero Foundation is a private, international charitable foundation founded by Ulrik DeBo. Mr DeBo, a lifelong entrepreneur, whose upbringing and eventual success in the finance industry, through his company DeBondo Capital Ltd, gave him the relevant experience and insight required.
The foundation is run by a global network of entrepreneurs, who raise funds privately amongst their business contacts, and choose to invest them using a ‘pay-it-forward’ philosophy to focus on charitable projects that promise to perpetuate a chain reaction of positive growth opportunities for individuals and local communities for generations to come.
It is a foundation that empowers citizens to help themselves and those around them.
For additional information, please visit http://www.prosperofoundation.org
Contact Address:
Prospero EnFrance (Registration No: W061004154)
info(at)prosperofoundation(dot)org
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Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Welcomes Bloggers to 43rd Annual Legislative Conference
Washington, DC (PRWEB) September 09, 2013
The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc. (CBCF) today announced the creation of Bloggers Row, powered by USTelecom Association, the newest addition to the Annual Legislative Conference (ALC), held Sept. 18-21, 2013 at Walter E. Washington Convention Center.
Bloggers Row is a special section designed to provide a custom workspace for Bloggers. It will be located on the west side of the L Street Bridge of the Convention Center. Approved bloggers will receive free password-accessible internet service, beverages and access to VIPs for interviews.
“We realize the growing impact that bloggers have in the media landscape as more people, especially millennials, increasingly turn to new media for their news,” said A. Shuanise Washington, president and chief executive officer of CBCF. “The influence and reach of popular bloggers has grown exponentially over the past few years. Bloggers Row offers us the opportunity to create and build relationships with those bloggers and ensure coverage of ALC across traditional and social media.”
Bloggers interested in covering ALC from Bloggers Row, must register using the link for media registration. Bloggers will be notified of their acceptance.
The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s (CBCF) 43rd Annual Legislative Conference (ALC) is the leading conference on legislative and policy issues impacting the African-American and Diaspora communities. Nearly 10,000 people will attend this four-day gathering to develop solutions to the challenges facing Black communities around the world through issues forums, brain trusts, a town hall meeting, networking sessions, and more.
This year’s ALC theme, “It Starts With You,” is a call to action urging individuals to champion much-needed change in public policy. The conference features the Exhibit Showcase, which offers educational, health and business-related opportunities for ALC attendees and an outreach project with Thrive DC, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people facing the dire consequences of economic upheaval, including homelessness and housing instability. The premier ALC event, the Phoenix Awards Dinner fundraiser, supports the Foundation’s educational programs, scholarships and research initiatives. The conference concludes with a prayer breakfast that features gospel recording artists, including Marvin Sapp, who will deliver the morning message.
For more information about ALC and to register, please visit:
Registration
Media registration
Twitter (#CBCFALC13, #Itstartswithyou)
Facebook
The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc., established in 1976, is a non-partisan, non-profit, public policy, research and educational institute intended to broaden and elevate the influence of African Americans in the political, legislative and public policy arenas.
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Silicon Valley-Based University ITU to Sponsor the 2012 Symposium of Ideas; an Event Presented by Infuse Entrepreneurship Foundation
San Jose, CA (PRWEB) May 09, 2012
ITU (International Technological University), a graduate university based in Silicon Valley, will be sponsoring the 2012 Symposium of Ideas presented by Infuse Entrepreneurship Foundation on Friday, May 11, 2012. The Event will be hosted at the Brocade Amphitheatre in San Jose from 6pm – 9pm. Tickets may be purchased at the door for $ 5 and it is expected that 120 attendees will be present. The event is open to the public.
The Infuse Entrepreneurship Foundation sponsors entrepreneurial projects for students of inner-city schools which provide students with hands-on experience developing product-based businesses that solve a social or economic problem. Students this year were challenged to develop their product solutions with a green or clean technology.
During the 2012 Symposium of Ideas, students will present their final projects to a panel of judges, including:
Treb Ryan, CEO of OpSource
Amie Gray of Data Key Consulting
Paul Whitney of Data Direct Networks
Ian MacDonald of Infinera Corporation
Kevin Stizes, Co-Founder and COO of Moonblink Communications
And Darlene Tennes, Founder of CassQ.
Students will be competing for the opportunity to win scholarships as well as coveted internships with Silicon Valley Green and Biotechnology Firms. Three of those internships will be with Silicon Valley based graduate university, ITU.
“I have been a guest speaker at ITU on prior occasions,” said Angele Jean Thomas, Founder of Infuse Entrepreneurship Foundation. “By offering internships to our high school students, students can witness firsthand, through ITU’s global business model, how they can create their very own companies.”
As a part of their commitment to innovative educational solutions, ITU supports entrepreneurial students in bringing their ideas and technologies to market. An in-house patent and ownership policy and process framework and leading industrial expertise helps students develop their research, patent their innovations, and build a successful business model.
About ITU
With seven strong departments providing high quality academic and practical training, ITU offers distinctive graduate level certificates, Master’s, and doctorate level programs in electrical engineering, computer/software engineering, engineering management, international business, interdisciplinary sciences, and digital arts. ITU degree programs aim to educate competent engineers, managers and administrators with a deep understanding of professional ethics, intellectual property law, environmental protection and other contemporary issues.
ITU has been granted candidacy status by the Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and is also recognized by the Bureau of Private Postsecondary Education (BPPE),. WASC Candidacy status places ITU among the recognized list of institutions on the U.S. Department of Education’s database of recognized institutions of higher learning and the Council for Higher Education’s Listing of Accredited and Candidate Institutions (CHEA).
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