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  <div class="vevent h-event"> <h1 class="summary p-name">Pioneering Mobile Money in Afghanistan</h1> <div class='date'><time class="dtstart dt-start" title="2012-06-07T19:00:00" datetime="2012-06-07T19:00:00">Thursday, June 7, 2012 from 7</time>–<time class="dtend dt-end" title="2012-06-07T20:30:00" datetime="2012-06-07T20:30:00">8:30pm</time></div> <div class="location vcard p-location h-card"> <a class="url" href='http://calagator.org/venues/202391730'><span class='fn org p-name'>Mercy Corps Action Center</span></a> <div class="adr p-adr h-adr"> <div class="street-address p-street-address">28 SW First Avenue</div> <span class="locality p-locality">Portland</span> , <span class="region p-region">OR</span> <span class="postal-code p-postal-code">97204</span> <div class="country-name p-country-name">US</div> (<a href='https://maps.google.com/maps?q=28%20SW%20First%20Avenue,%20Portland%20OR%2097204%20US'>map</a>) </div> </div> <div class="description p-description"> <p>How do you build a struggling, war-torn economy if money can't change hands? Hear Shainoor Khoja, former director of corporate social responsibility at Roshan, Afghanistan's leading telecommunications firm, talk about how mobile technology moves money and other precious social commodities, like health, education and equal opportunity.</p> <p>Most 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 technology 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.</p> <p>Doors open at 6:30pm. $10; $5 for students Tickets: <a href="https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/248592">https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/248592</a></p> </div> <h3>Links</h3> <ul> <li><a class="url u-url" href="http://www.mercycorps.org/events/2012/05/10/26923">Website</a></li> </ul> </div>