ECFS Visits The United Nations for the 1M1B 4th Activate Summit
2/1/2019- Extra Credit Financial Solutions was invited and honored to be a guest panelist/ speaker at the 4th Annual Activate Impact Summit hosted by the 1M1B Foundation, held at The United Nations. The summit served as the perfect stage for gifted students from the United States of America, India and Singapore to share lifelong projects that aim to make substantive improvements within their respective communities and countries.
In attendance, were many influential members of the United Nations (Louise Blais, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations, Hawa Diallo, Chief of Civil Society Unit, UN Department of Global Communications, and Kevin Cassidy, Director and Representative to the Bretton Woods and Multilateral Organizations ILO Office for the United States) and several business professionals within private enterprise. Organizations represented included MasterCard Inc., IBM Corporation, University of California, Berkeley and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC.
Notable projects included welcomed concepts on Greener Planet and Sustainability, Health Tomorrow & Dream Jobs, Equal Opportunities/ Entrepreneurship and Innovation Women in Technology:
Shrish Ramesh (Project: Aqua Udhyog, aims to generate employment through aquaculture)- Greener Planet and Sustainability
Mercedes Rodriguez (Founder of SHOWERZ, company dedicated to providing personal cleaning supplies to those in need)- Equal Opportunities/ Entrepreneurship
Lakshya Subodh (Project: Igniting Dreams, focuses on youth unemployment and underemployment)- Health Tomorrow & Dream Jobs
Caroline Sanchez (Founder of Beauty Cosmetics Services/ BCS, an aesthetic/ beauty service company)- Equal Opportunities/ Entrepreneurship
Ira Ovalekar (Project: Project Cheer Up, brings positivity / cheer to the lives of cancer patients)- Innovation Women in Technology
Bryan Guzman (Founder of Us Right Now, an innovative apparel line committed to inspire success)- Equal Opportunities/ Entrepreneurship
Aaryani Sahay & Kashish Singh (Project: Let’s Talk, initiative that creates mental health awareness)- Health Tomorrow & Dream Jobs
On the behalf of Extra Credit Financial Solutions, thank the students, the United Nations and several members of the 1M1B Foundation: Manav Subodh (Co-Founder), Swati Subodh (Co-Founder) and Kareem Hertzog (Founding Member, U.S. Partner) for the invitation and opportunity to witness such robust and powerful ideas and presentations. The commitment and passion resonated throughout the assembly and its walls.
