BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//Calagator//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Calagator METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20120311T020000 RDATE:20120311T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T225208Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120607T203000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120607T190000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T225208Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T225208Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250462400 DESCRIPTION:How do you build a struggling\, war-torn economy if money can 't change hands? Hear Shainoor Khoja\, former director of corporate soci al responsibility at Roshan\, Afghanistan's leading telecommunications f irm\, talk about how mobile technology moves money and other precious so cial commodities\, like health\, education and equal opportunity. \;\ n \;\nMost Afghans -- nearly 70 percent -- survive on less than $2 a day\, so it's no surprise very few have bank accounts. But a substantial number -- about 17 million -- own cell phones. Harnessing Roshan’s tech nology edge and deep reach into the country’s most remote areas\, Khoja and her team have worked to transform basic mobile phone knowledge into financial literacy. \;\n \;\nDoors open at 6:30pm. \;\n$10\; $5 for students \;\nTickets: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/24 8592\n\nTags: mobile\, banking\, poor\, Middle East\, technology for goo d\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250462400 URL:http://www.mercycorps.org/events/2012/05/10/26923 SUMMARY:Pioneering Mobile Money in Afghanistan LOCATION:Mercy Corps Action Center: 28 SW First Avenue\, Portland OR 9720 4 US SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR