Celebrating a $1,000,000 Donation to build a School of Business
Management in Kenya
TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The WE Charity, including co-founder Marc Kielburger, joined Jos
Schmitt, President and CEO of NEO, to open the market in celebration of
the closing of a $1,000,000 Donation to build a School of Business
Management, as part of the WE College in Kenya. The School of Business
Management will both enhance career opportunities in Kenya, and empower
young adults with the management, leadership and entrepreneurial skills
to develop businesses, create jobs and strengthen the rural economies
where they live, raising the quality of local services and creating
future generations of skilled professionals who are passionate about
giving back to their communities.
“WE has a long lasting relationship with the Schmitt family – Tanya,
Jeremy, Jonathan and Jos – who have been active supporters and
contributors to the WE organization over the years. Following their
instrumental role in advancing grade school and high school education in
Kenya, we are delighted to see them continue on their journey of
enabling education by spearheading the financing of the School of
Business Management,” stated Marc Kielburger. “We are also
extremely grateful to NEO and all their close friends who joined in
supporting this truly transformational initiative.”
In addition to NEO and the Schmitt family, the following partner
organizations and friends contributed to the donation: True North
Vantage Inc.; Hybrid Financial Inc.; Marie & Richard Rousseau; Susan,
Taylor, Nicholas & Perry Dellelce; Marie & David Pauli; Tracey & John
Ing; Candice de Saldanha; Erik Sloane; and Angela & Bardya Zaian.
“NEO is about enabling business and doing what is right for the
Canadian capital markets and economy. WE is about doing good in a
sustainably manner in countries that truly need support. Providing local
communities in Kenya with the means to build their own businesses for a
sustainable future is taking our passion to the next level,” noted
Jos Schmitt, President & CEO, NEO. “I am very grateful to WE for
creating this opportunity and to our business partners, friends and
families for helping to make it a reality.”
About WE
WE Day is part of WE—a family of organizations that makes doing good,
doable. WE is made up of WE Charity, empowering domestic and
international change, ME to WE, a social enterprise that creates
socially conscious products and experiences to help support the charity,
and WE Day, filling stadiums around the world with the greatest
celebration of social good.
WE Charity was founded in 1995 by then 12-year-old Craig
Kielburger with a mission to fight child labor. WE has since grown
and evolved to address the root cause of child labor—extreme poverty. In
the past 24 years, WE’s programs have empowered over 1 million people
with clean water, built 1,500 schools and schoolrooms overseas, and
empowered more than 200,000 children with access to education.
WE enables youth and families to better the world—supporting 7,200+
local and global causes by volunteering millions of hours of service,
shopping daily with an impact, and raising millions of dollars that
directly benefit their local communities and the world. Join the
movement today at WE.org.
About NEO Exchange
Neo Exchange Inc. is the operator of Canada’s next generation stock
exchange, putting the needs of investors, businesses looking to raise
capital and dealers first. Fully operational in June 2015, the NEO
Exchange currently offers an innovative and investor
driven trading platform for all listed Canadian securities. It also has
a value-added listing approach for capital raising companies and
investment products, focused on liquidity, transparency and efficiency.
For more information, please visit: NEOstockexchange.com
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