Webcast:
In sub-Saharan Africa, the AIDS pandemic has orphaned more than 15 million children. Extreme poverty is forcing millions of orphaned children to live without basic shelter, food, heath care, education and legal protection. This growing crisis cannot remain abstract for those who live in the developed world because our own economic future increasingly depends upon the growth and vitality of human capital worldwide.
The Human Capital Foundation works to inspire individuals, schools, community groups and businesses to take action to mitigate this humanitarian crisis. Our focus is in Ethiopia where our Selamta Family Project works to reweave families, the foundation of the country's future human and social capital.
Selamta's family based care model provides a bright future for children living on the streets without any social safety nets, or with extended families often too poor to meet their daily needs. Together, we have the power to make significant, permanent change for Ethiopia's splintered families.
In our Webcast you will learn how our Selamta Family Projects offers ways to add value and engagement to your corporate social responsibility program. Through impact investing we can work togethter to create a social profit.
Presenters
Carol Foster, Executive Director and Founder, brings over 15 years of experience working with international adoption agencies and child welfare organizations.In 2005 Carol, the mother of seven adopted children, organized a mission to Ethiopia to realize the AIDS orphan crisis plaguing the country. Her goal was to create a children's home for displaced orphans and often forgotten children. The Selamta Family Project first opened its doors to 27 orphaned and vulnerable children in 2006. Today, over 100 children and marginalized women are part of the Selamta Family and live in their new permanent, small group home.Carol's unique perspective examines the questions of what creates family, what defines heritage and what we can do to make a difference. She has tirelessly worked for the past 5 years to bring attention to the HIV/AIDS crisis and the plight of orphaned children in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Annemarie Linnehan was appointed Program Director in March 2008 for the Human Capital Foundation. Annemarie has more than 20 years of experience in operations and marketing management in the private sector as well non-profit institutes and organizations. Prior to her arrival at the Human Capital Foundation she worked for the Kohler Company, the Vermont Institute of Natural Science, and small Vermont consumer-products companies. In 1979 she earned a B.A. in History with a concentration in Modern European Studies and a minor in Secondary Education. Annemarie grew up in Hamilton, Massachusetts and spent over 10 years living in Europe. She holds a great appreciation for cultural diversity and global interdependence. She lives in Thetford, VT with her husband Pierre and their two children, Camille and Jack.