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Rizwan Adatia is an accomplished to work harder. Since conception the community work has touched upon the
entrepreneur with business lives of over 600000 extremely poor households through an array of programs
across businesses in 10 African in healthcare, nutrition, water and sanitation, education, economic integration
countries, employing over 4000. (for women and youth) and interventions in humanitarian response.
He has passion for community
development and works at the During the pandemic, Rizwan’s team reached over 100000 vulnerable
grass root for uplifting lives among households through special initiatives around health and nutrition. Over 200000
the rural communities across meals were served, reaching about 17000 people. Water and sanitation form an
Africa and India. Presently Rizwan integral part of our long-term work that protects households from infections
is a social entrepreneur but his during pandemic. It has been an incredible effort considering that about 90 per
story began as a teenage boy who cent of the funding for social development initiatives is contributed through
came from the sleepy town of Rizwan’s personal philanthropy. It is a commitment to promoting community
Porbandar and worked his way to philanthropy and aiming to pledge bulk of his personal wealth for the promotion
create value not only for himself of public causes, especially espousing the cause of the most marginalized.
but for communities wherever he
went. He is also the Chairman of Rizwan is the Chairman of RAF Global which actively collaborates with the
COGEF Group & VISION EXPORTS. Government, civil society and the private sector, individuals who share similar
Incorporated in 2007, Vision Exports FZC is a rapidly developing trading vision, mission, and values. The NGO partners with more than 100 organizations,
network that aspires to establish long lasting relationships between buyers and and communities in the specific areas for better and improved results.
suppliers worldwide. The company’s head office is based in Dubai, United Arab Collectively, the reach is more than one million people through long-term and
Emirates, with branch offices in Yiwu, China as well as Nairobi, Kenya. Having emergency programs.
initially focused entirely on fulfilling customer requirements in the Eastern
African region. Vision Exports FZC has now mastered the craft of cross trade What started as a humble beginning of personal philanthropy to working on
with multiple warehousing facilities globally and enhanced its capacity to meet sustainable international development with a long-term focus with significant
requirements in any part of the world. presence in Africa and Asia, RAF Global has come a long way. RAF Global is
one of the leading international NGO employing some of the finest international
development professionals, working tirelessly to improve the quality of life for
Over time, Vision Exports FZC has also developed an exciting range of in house
products emphasizing elegance, durability, and value for money. have-nots. RAF Global focuses on five main verticals – Economic Integration
and Livelihood Support for Women and Youth, Climate Smart Agriculture,
Today, Rizwan heads a global business and a not-for-profit organization Health and Nutrition Initiative, Education and Technology Programme, Good
having operations in Africa across DR Congo, Mozambique, Swaziland, and Governance Programme, Humanitarian Response.
Madagascar ¬¬– he leads a team that works tirelessly to build a multi-sector
approach through customized solutions, responding to needs of marginalized Our initiatives have benefited over a million households, not only in improving
communities. The efforts, commitment have garnered support and partnership their quality of life, but also guarding fragile livelihoods particularly during
through like-minded partners who joined the initiative to expand the scale and the pandemic. Plethora of development initiatives around health and hygiene,
scope of community work and its mandate to address disparities. The idea is drinking water and sanitation, education, and both on-farm and non-farm
to develop innovative, practical solutions with people/ popular participation to livelihoods has brought about visible and lasting change in the living conditions
bring skills, healthcare, education, financial inclusion, and self-reliance. Rizwan in some of the remotest and inaccessible geographies that RAF Global serve.
aims towards reinforcing recognition, and determination of a renewed promise
For more info, please feel free to visit our websites www.cogefgroup.com,
http://visionexports.org/homePage and www.rafglobal.org .
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