The best way to fight poverty is to promote education and fight illitracy.

”I started the give cell initiative that collects old mobile phones, which I then send to Africa to a women’s association, which then sells them. The money goes to the unprivileged children under the age of 15 that cannot attend primary school giving them the opportunity of doing so.” Visit the site

”In April 2008, we started a Non Governmental Organization in Stockholm called ”ANEA” (Afrika ekonomisika ideell förening), which is targeting at empowering the women and youth of Africa. We make fundraisings, sell coffee etc and the money that is generated, is then collected and put into different projects. I was and am still the chair lady and organizer of the association.”

Maria Namboira; ChangeMaker, MKFC Stockholms Folkhögskola