2017 GPF Conference

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2017 Global Philanthropy Forum Conference

Our Executive Director, Mrs. Simi Nwogugu was at the 2017 Global Philanthropy Forum (GPF) Conference that held in Washington D.C from 18th – 20th April, 2017 where she led a conversation on Philanthropy in the Global South (Africa, Latin America and Asia). In attendance were world leaders such as Jane Wales, CEO Global Philanthropy Forum, Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group, James Goldstone, executive director of Open Society Justice Initiative, Eric Liu, founder and CEO of Citizen University and many more.



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