Who Is Could You?

Hello from Cape Town...

Many of you are still wondering what I've been doing in Africa for the last month and a half so I thought I'd try to catch you up. 

I spent the month of August in Mozambique working with an organization called Could You? 

Could You is a not for profit organization that brings influential people from New York and the western world to Mozambique in hopes that they would form partnerships and become a support for African lead initiatives.  Could You? also helps it's participants unleash their truest gifts and passions, in hopes to connect and leverage their capabilities to made an impact on the world.

Team One was a business directed group with a focus on renewable energy sourcing, micro financing, water treatment and cell phone banking. The participants were an incredible team of strangers brought together to dream up possible partnerships and strategies for the immediate needs of our partners in Mozambique. 

Frederick Buechner "True vocation joins self and service;

It comes from the place where your deepest gladness meets the world's deep need."

Team Two was made up of a dynamic group of women all involved in journalism, media and the fashion industry. The focus of group two was to utilize media influence to help rebrand Africa; as well as, working in partnership with a Mozambican fashion designer to start a new Mozambique Fashion week with a socially conscious focus. 

Henry David Thoreau: "I have learned that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hour."s

I will share in greater depth some of our experiences. I will also highlight some of our partnerships in Mozambique.. stay tuned.