﻿{"id":1298,"date":"2012-12-20T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/?guid=2b486efd179bfdee2371b59168eda168"},"modified":"2012-12-20T15:00:04","modified_gmt":"2012-12-20T15:00:04","slug":"def-supports-flaviana-matata-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/2012\/12\/20\/def-supports-flaviana-matata-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"DEF SUPPORTS FLAVIANA MATATA FOUNDATION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\" class=\"Body1\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: &quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;\">DIAMOND EMPOWERMENT FUND SUPPORTS <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\" class=\"Body1\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: &quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;\">FLAVIANA MATATA FOUNDATION&nbsp; <\/span><\/b><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"Body1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"Body1\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-0_3WtAU_jNA\/UNBEx1AlRDI\/AAAAAAAAa0s\/_2y1ZK4akVM\/s1600\/FlavianaMatata.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-0_3WtAU_jNA\/UNBEx1AlRDI\/AAAAAAAAa0s\/_2y1ZK4akVM\/s320\/FlavianaMatata.jpg\" width=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"Body1\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: &quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;\">The Diamond Empowerment Fund (DEF) has granted $10,000 to the Flaviana Matata Foundation (FMF), which empowers young orphan girls through education, skills training, and micro-finance projects in Tanzania. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"Body1\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"Body1\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: &quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;\">Founded by international fashion model and former Miss Universe Tanzania, Flaviana Matata, the FMF (flavianamatatafoundation.org) seeks to create a future through education and improve livelihoods among the youth in Tanzania.&nbsp; <\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: &quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;\">When you empower a girl, you empower an entire community,<\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;\">\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: &quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;\">says Matata. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: &quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;\">Providing opportunity for these young girls will encourage others to stay in school and vastly improve their chances for employment and productive livelihoods<\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;\">\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: &quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;\">. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"Body1\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"Body1\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: &quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;\">Matata recently received the <\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;\">\u2018<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: &quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;\">Face of Africa<\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;\">\u2019<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: &quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;\"> award in recognition for her outstanding leadership and dedicated service to the African community, at the African Diaspora Awards on December 8<sup>th<\/sup> in NYC.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"Body1\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"Body1\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: &quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;\">Join the Diamond Empowerment Fund at its upcoming GOOD Awards on January 10<sup>th<\/sup>in New York, as it recognizes other leaders making a difference in Africa. Your participation will help DEF<\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;\">\u2019<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: &quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;\">s mission to empower the next generation of leaders in Africa (goodawards.org). <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"Body1\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-3SMAc6e8shE\/UNBE_wRIftI\/AAAAAAAAa00\/w-8B59xSJPE\/s1600\/diamondempfund.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-3SMAc6e8shE\/UNBE_wRIftI\/AAAAAAAAa00\/w-8B59xSJPE\/s1600\/diamondempfund.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"Body1\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"Body1\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: &quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;\">About the Diamond Empowerment Fund<\/span><\/b><b><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"Body1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: &quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;\">The Diamond Empowerment Fund is a New York based non-profit organization (EIN# 20-5967103) that raises money to fund education initiatives in African diamond-producing nations. Its beneficiaries include: <b>CIDA City Campus<\/b>, South Africa<\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">\u2019<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: &quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;\">s first non-profit university to offer a four-year business degree, the <b>African Leadership Academy<\/b>, a university preparatory school in Johannesburg, South Africa, founded on the belief that ethical leadership is the key to sustainable development on the continent and drawing students from all 54 countries in Africa, the <b>Flaviana Matata Foundation<\/b>, based in Tanzania, and supporting young girls and women with grants to cover education, including vocational training,&nbsp; micro-finance and entrepreneurial activities and the <b>Botswana Top Achievers<\/b> program that provides the top high school students countrywide the opportunity to study at a university of their choice worldwide. Graduates then return to Botswana to contribute to its economic, social and political development.&nbsp; <\/span><u><span style=\"color: blue; font-size: 10.0pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.diamondempowerment.org\/\"><span style=\"color: blue; mso-hansi-font-family: &quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;\">www.diamondempowerment.org<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/u><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: &quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;\">.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><b><span>DIAMOND EMPOWERMENT FUND SUPPORTS <\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><b><span>FLAVIANA MATATA FOUNDATION&nbsp; <\/span><\/b><b><span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-0_3WtAU_jNA\/UNBEx1AlRDI\/AAAAAAAAa0s\/_2y1ZK4akVM\/s1600\/FlavianaMatata.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-0_3WtAU_jNA\/UNBEx1AlRDI\/AAAAAAAAa0s\/_2y1ZK4akVM\/s320\/FlavianaMatata.jpg\" width=\"250\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span>The Diamond Empowerment Fund (DEF) has granted $10,000 to the Flaviana Matata Foundation (FMF), which empowers young orphan girls through education, skills training, and micro-finance projects in Tanzania. <\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span>Founded by international fashion model and former Miss Universe Tanzania, Flaviana Matata, the FMF (flavianamatatafoundation.org) seeks to create a future through education and improve livelihoods among the youth in Tanzania.&nbsp; <\/span><span>&ldquo;<\/span><span>When you empower a girl, you empower an entire community,<\/span><span>&rdquo;<\/span><span>says Matata. <\/span><span>&ldquo;<\/span><span>Providing opportunity for these young girls will encourage others to stay in school and vastly improve their chances for employment and productive livelihoods<\/span><span>&rdquo;<\/span><span>. <\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span>Matata recently received the <\/span><span>&lsquo;<\/span><span>Face of Africa<\/span><span>&rsquo;<\/span><span> award in recognition for her outstanding leadership and dedicated service to the African community, at the African Diaspora Awards on December 8<sup>th<\/sup> in NYC.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span>Join the Diamond Empowerment Fund at its upcoming GOOD Awards on January 10<sup>th<\/sup>in New York, as it recognizes other leaders making a difference in Africa. Your participation will help DEF<\/span><span>&rsquo;<\/span><span>s mission to empower the next generation of leaders in Africa (goodawards.org). <\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-3SMAc6e8shE\/UNBE_wRIftI\/AAAAAAAAa00\/w-8B59xSJPE\/s1600\/diamondempfund.jpg\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-3SMAc6e8shE\/UNBE_wRIftI\/AAAAAAAAa00\/w-8B59xSJPE\/s1600\/diamondempfund.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b><span>About the Diamond Empowerment Fund<\/span><\/b><b><span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><span>The Diamond Empowerment Fund is a New York based non-profit organization (EIN# 20-5967103) that raises money to fund education initiatives in African diamond-producing nations. Its beneficiaries include: <b>CIDA City Campus<\/b>, South Africa<\/span><span>&rsquo;<\/span><span>s first non-profit university to offer a four-year business degree, the <b>African Leadership Academy<\/b>, a university preparatory school in Johannesburg, South Africa, founded on the belief that ethical leadership is the key to sustainable development on the continent and drawing students from all 54 countries in Africa, the <b>Flaviana Matata Foundation<\/b>, based in Tanzania, and supporting young girls and women with grants to cover education, including vocational training,&nbsp; micro-finance and entrepreneurial activities and the <b>Botswana Top Achievers<\/b> program that provides the top high school students countrywide the opportunity to study at a university of their choice worldwide. Graduates then return to Botswana to contribute to its economic, social and political development.&nbsp; <\/span><u><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.diamondempowerment.org\/\"><span>www.diamondempowerment.org<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/u><span>.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1155,1080,61,770,726,1465,1189,734],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1298"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1298\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}