We have all heard the news, several times over .... about the acute poverty situations in Africa. We now know conclusively, that most of this poverty is due to lack of jobs. Here is a region of 780 million where the majority of the able-bodied adults are underemployed or totally jobless. All they are asking for, is an opportunity to have jobs and earn fair-wages to take care of their children. We can’t continue to ignore this fact in a relatively rich world that we live in today. Each one of us can do something small to help put each one of the 500 million people living on less than $1 a day, on their feet. our mandate is to fight poverty through removing obstacles that prevent people from getting into employment and participating in economic activities.