The seventh installment of Global Entrepreneurship Summit recently took place at Stanford University, Silicon Valley in United States on 23rd and 24th of June. The event that focuses on bringing the inspiring entrepreneurs and investors from around the world to create new opportunities for investment, partnership and collaboration; witnessed a participation of 700 entrepreneurs. The summit was also attended by seven Nepali delegates — one of them being Sumana Shrestha, the initiator of volunteer-run health initiative ‘Medication For Nepal’ (MFN); that was acknowledged by Barack Obama in his speech.
In his speech to the participants at the event, President Obama said, “We’ve helped more than 17,000 entrepreneurs and innovators connect with each other, access capital, find mentors, and start new ventures – the Tanzanian startup that helps farmers reduce their harvest losses or the company in Nepal that’s helping to improve charity health care.”
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MFN was initially started as a Facebook group during the 5-month long unofficial blockade with the goal of providing medicines to the areas where people couldn’t find them because of the shortage. The campaign has so far delivered over 9.5 tons of medicines to 15 districts over Nepal, saving the lives of thousands of people.
MFN has recently started crowdfunding campaign with a goal to raise $10,000 that would be used to purchase the life-saving drugs to be distributed to some of the poorest population in the most remote areas of the nation. Find out all the details and donate HERE.
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Watch the full video of President Obama’s speech at the GES 2016 here. The remark on MFN comes at around 11:20.
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