“Wherever I go, I create a little bit of trouble.” - Gouri Mirpuri

Gouri Mirpuri creates just the right kind of trouble wherever she goes, and today she and Judithe are stirring some up together. As co-founder of The Learning Farm and wife of Singapore’s Ambassador to the United States, Gouri has some fantastic stories about her travels and career.

In today's episode, Gouri talks about The Learning Farm and its efforts in Indonesia to aid struggling youth by engaging them in farming and teaching environmentally sustainable farming practices. Through three focal areas of curriculum--the Heart, the Head and the Hands--The Learning Farm is rebuilding people who will rebuild their nation and world.

“Unfortunately, I feel like these kids didn’t fail the educational system, the education system actually failed them--failed to teach them any of these life skills that were so important.” - Gouri

Find out more about The Learning Farm here: http://www.thelearningfarm.com/

Judithe is joined by her long-time friend, Mona Gulaid, to discuss Mona's travels and
life and her journey to mobilize support and raise awareness for the draugth/in Somalia. Mona is a Somali-born British woman currently based in Dubai. She is currently the lead on the Dubai Acts 4 campaign "Every Dirham Counts," in partnership with  Emirates Red Crescent, to support the drought relief in Somalia.

“We were local professionals who had day jobs. Not members of organization or a foundation or a charity. We just decided to come together and do something.”

In this episode, Mona gives us a roadmap for taking direct action to better the lives of our fellow human beings and bring the world closer to the one we imagine. She shows us that we do not have to wait for opportunities to advance the causes we care about-- we can create our own opportunities from anywhere, at any time.

“They’re just another human being. They have a life, they go on, they’re strong, resilient, they’re just going through a difficult time. We try to create that human element.”

“Without internet access it’s very difficult for you to start a business... even more than a physical location, it’s having access to the internet, because that’s your access to the world.”

Judithe is joined in this episode by Adi Abili, the American Regional Director of the Global Startup Ecosystem, advisory board member at SXSW and former program director at Draper University and investor at Glassroots Ventures. Adi and Judithe crossed paths at the Haiti Tech Summit, where Adi was a speaker. Their conversation focuses on the power and importance of technology in balancing the global economic scales.

“What you really need is buy-in. More than the actual technology itself is the buy-in of the people who can make the changes.”

From quality of life, economic opportunities and even slowing the rate of immigration, the spread of technology is a theoretical panacea for the problems of the Developing World. With political and corporate partnerships, a future where technology is used to improve the human condition worldwide which is not only possible but profitable!

“It’s so much easier for us to travel, and therefore people are a lot more comfortable moving from place to place...more than just seeing a place, it’s now about wanting to experience that place too.”

“Women are more than just having husbands.” - Abenaa

Abenaa Akuamoa-Boateng joins Judithe Registre in this special episode to discuss her passion for the women of Ghana as well as her work improving these women's lives and changing cultural attitudes about them.

Born in Kumasi and raised in Accra, Ghana, Abenaa is the Founder and Executive Director of Women’s Health to Wealth. She is a courageous advocate and leader for the health and development of the Ghanaian people, especially women and girls. Abenaa grew up in a household of discipline, determination, and love. Sending their children to the best private schools they could afford, her parents strongly emphasized the importance of education, dedication, and hard work. In this episode, Abenaa reveals what continues to inspire her in her work, and ways other people can help from wherever they are in the world.

“I saw myself in these women and their troubles... That is why my mission since that time has been how to make women take control of their own destiny.” - Abenaa