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This Worldly Wednesday we are excited to tell you about Worldly opportunities and events!
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Solar Power Revolution in South Africa
An ongoing energy crisis in South Africa is impacting the livelihoods of millions of people. While widespread blackouts are costing the country millions, they're also paving the way for a new generation of entrepreneurs. CBS News correspondent Debora Patta reports from Cape Town.
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March 4 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Join Christian Steiner, CEO of Helvetas USA, for an intimate lunch & learn. The vision of Helvetas is a just world in which all men and women determine the course of their lives in dignity and security, using environmental resources in an environmental manner.
Helvetas implements development projects in the areas of water and sanitation, agriculture and nutrition, education, economic development, democracy and peace, and climate and the environment.
A light lunch will be provided.
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March 4 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Help WorldDenver cheer on the Colorado Avalanche and support Women in Sports!
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March 5 @ 9:30 pm - March 6 @ 12:00 am
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Electro Entertainment and Rosetta Hall are joining forces to bring a different vibe to the new Rosetta Hall every Thursday night after the food vendors close their counters: That’s when local DJ Musa Starseed and Professional Latin Dance instructors work the dance floor along with the computer-controlled lighting system to create a dance club scene in the main hall.
We will be having an entertaining and inviting beginners salsa lesson from 9:45 - 10:15pm (no partner necessary) followed by fun social dancing until 12am. This is a free event!
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March 5 @ 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
This course covers how importers and exporters identify financial risks and use the appropriate method of payment including: letters of credit, cash in advance, documentary collection, and open account. Various economic risks such as exchange rate fluctuations are also discussed. This course introduces you to the basics of Letters of Credit; and review the purpose and function of the UCP 600 rules. In addition, discover six tips for reducing the costs of L/Cs and understand which payment terms work best with each Incoterm.
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March 6 @ 8:30 am - 10:30 am
Join WorldDenver for a fascinating panel on gender equity in international sports. This event is free to the public, but please register.
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March 6 @ 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Each year on March 8th, countries around the world lift up the achievements of women in their societies to recognize and celebrate the leadership role that women play in business, academia, government, community-building, and families. Here in Denver, WorldDenver is proud to host the premier International Women's Day event in Colorado. Each year they feature a different theme and highlight the outstanding women making waves in those fields.
This year the luncheon will be featuring a keynote presentation from Lauryn Williams, one of only five athletes, and the first American woman, to win medals in both the Summer and Winter Olympics.
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March 11 @ 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Join us to meet, celebrate and walk hand in hand with the Latina women leaders and entrepreneurs of our community. Enjoy a night full of stories of successful women, of smells, colors and flavors from countries in Latin America. In this event you will enjoy a panel of 4 women who will tell us their stories of resiliency and successes. You will also enjoy the talent of local women artisans that will be present on-site selling their products in the Mercado Monarca.
Please note that this event will be in Spanish with English interpretation service available. This event is free, but please register online.
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March 11 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
The WTC Denver is launching an interest group to discuss the complexities of importing into Colorado and solutions to help protect your bottom line.
Participants will meet quarterly to share best practices, raise awareness of import challenges, and help the World Trade Center Denver to better advocate on behalf of importers throughout the state.
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Announcing WorldDenver's 2020 Travel Program!
For the full Balkans itinerary, click here
To sign up, email Travel@WorldDenver.org
For more information on their Travel programs, visit their Travel Page
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Worldly Nonprofit Spotlight
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One Acre Fund is a social enterprise in East Africa (with an office in Denver) that invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. It provides farmers with a market bundle of farm inputs, financing, training, and market facilitation that enables farmers to double their income per planted acre. One Acre Fund works in Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
It’s a bitter irony that the majority of the world’s hungriest people are farmers.
More than 50 million smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa are locked in annual cycles of hunger because they’re unable to grow enough food to feed their families. Malnutrition can have serious, lifelong effects, especially for children, robbing them of their full potential as they grow up.
The challenges presented by hunger are huge, but not insurmountable. Modern techniques have allowed farmers around the world to unlock giant gains in crop yields. One Acre Fund is delivering proven tools to smallholders in remote areas of Sub-Saharan Africa where yields and access to financing have lagged behind.
One Acre Fund’s approach has won widespread validation, winning grants from the highly competitive Echoing Green and Skoll Foundations, and the Global Financial Times/IFC award for “basic needs financing”. In 2013, One Acre Fund was listed as #18 in the Global Journal’s Top 100 NGOs.
Learn more HERE!
Find One Acre Fund on Facebook!
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Well, that's all folks...
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