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MEDIA
ADVISORY: JORDAN'S QUEEN RANIA IN NEW YORK TO LAUNCH OF ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAMME
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- 30 April 2007 –
Embassy
of
Jordan - Washington
,
DC
Information
Bureau
30
April 2007
MEDIA
ADVISORY
Her
Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah; Academy Award Nominee Natalie Portman; Other
Notables to
Launch
Village
Banking Campaign Anti-Poverty Initiative with Major Announcements
Her
Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan, Academy Award-nominated actress
Natalie Portman, renowned international development expert Dr. Francis
Fukuyama, insurance giant AIG, and other supporters of global microfinance
organization FINCA International will launch the Village Banking Call to
Action Campaign with major announcements regarding
Middle East expansion; the role of social networking; and pioneering
partnerships that have brought critical services to the developing world’s
poor.
Unveiled
at last year’s Clinton Global Initiative, the campaign seeks to harness
social momentum and mobilize the people and resources needed to alleviate
poverty on a global scale through the expansion of the village banking method
pioneered by FINCA in 1985, which has now been emulated the world over.
FINCA
gives opportunity to millions living in conflict and post-conflict zones like
Afghanistan
and
Haiti
by providing capable, resourceful people, who are starving for capital, the
resources they need to help their small businesses take root.
When:
Wednesday, May 2, 12:30-1:30 p.m. (lunch will be served)
Camera pre-set
11:15 a.m.
Final access
12 Noon
Where:
The
Kimmel
Center
,
New York
University
60 Washington Square South
,
New York City
Who:
Village
Banking Campaign Co-Chairs:
·
Her Majesty Rania Al-Abdullah, Queen of Jordan, FINCA
International Board Member
·
Natalie Portman, FINCA Ambassador of Hope
Village
Banking Campaign Steering Committee Members:
·
Ned Cloonan, Vice President, AIG
·
Lisa Caputo, President, Women & Company
·
Francis Fukuyama, Ph.D., Director
of International Development Programs, The
Paul
H.
Nitze
School
of Advanced International Studies, The
Johns
Hopkins
University
Other
Supporters:
·
Soledad
Hurst, FINCA International Board Member
·
Rupert Scofield, Executive Director, FINCA International
·
John Hatch, Founder, FINCA International
·
John Needham, Chief Executive Officer, The
Clinton
Global Initiative
·
College student representatives from the New York-area
**Media
interested in attending must contact Sam Hiersteiner at 202.295.0171 or shiersteiner@gloverparkgroup.com
by Tuesday, 1 May.
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