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Levani (Executive Director)
Originally from Hawaii, Levani has a Masters degree in international public health administration and a certificate in disaster management, humanitarian assistance, and international peacekeeping from the University of Hawaii. She has lived in India and has spent time in slum communities of Mirpur, Bangladesh. In 2000, Levani worked for an NGO in Thailand as a research consultant on a study of community support systems for persons affected by HIV. In 2003, she completed a course in microcredit at the Grameen Bank with nobel prize winner Mohammad Yunus. A "student of life," Levani studied nonprofit management at Harvard and philanthropy and grantmaking at NYU. She travels to other countries to explore the work of small NGOs. Her goals are to facilitate opportunities in development & education for women and children, to promote international grassroots philanthropy and donor involvement, and to encourage the next generation to end global poverty.