Hope Rising for Africa: Keynote speaker:  Immaculée Ilibagiza

Join us on the night of Wednesday, September 19th at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Calgary to hear from Immaculee Ilibagiza and Bob Lawless (Opportunity International President & CEO) about Rwanda, Africa, microfinance and more. Further details coming soon.

About Immaculee Ilibagiza

Immaculée Ilibagiza was born in Rwanda and studied electronic and mechanical engineering at the National University. She lost most of her family in the 1994 genocide. Four years later she emigrated to the United States and began working for the United Nations in New York City. Now a full-time public speaker and writer, she is the author of Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust and two new books, Led by Faith: Rising from the Ashes of the Rwandan Genocide and Our Lady of Kiboho: Mary Speaks to the World from the Heart of Africa.

Ilibagiza was awarded the 2007 Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Reconciliation and Peace and is the recipient of honorary doctoral degrees from the University of Notre Dame and Saint John’s University. In 2007 she founded the Left to Tell Charitable Fund to support orphans in Rwanda. Learn more...

Sponsors

We would like to extend our sincere thanks to the following sponsors, and more will be added in the coming weeks.

If you are interested in learning more about this exciting event please contact either Peter Thorpe at 403-232-4342 or via e-mail at peter.thorpe@avisonyoung.com or Simon Ward at 587-580-8198 or by e-mail at simon.ward@shaw.ca.