International Development

International Finance Toronto 2021

Minister for International Development to speak at prestigious international finance event

Financial Inclusion and banking the world’s poorest is one of JOA’s three sustainable development themes. My speech made at the virtual Toronto Centre’s Conference in October 2021 encapsulates why financial inclusion is important to the developing world:

This week,

2024-04-17T18:43:48+00:00October 15, 2021|Categories: International Development|Tags: , , , |

Geneva 2021 International Development Opportunities Secured

Visit to Geneva October 2021 to meet representatives of International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) to discuss our Financial Inclusion  projects and also to meet Filippo Grandi, the head of UNHCR (the UN Refugee Agency) discussing refugee support. We also managed to secure two places this year for Jersey

2024-04-17T18:43:48+00:00October 1, 2021|Categories: International Development|Tags: , , , , , |

JOA Community Work Projects – Community Centre in Nepal

8 March International Womens’s Day in Nepal. On 11th March 2017 shown here being greeted by villagers in Nepal as we visited to assess potential sites for a Community Centre the JOA volunteers would build as part of our Community Work Projects. I was delighted to be greeted by the

2024-04-17T18:43:01+00:00March 11, 2017|Categories: International Development|Tags: , , , , |
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