Mexico City, August 28, 2024
The Regional Advisory Council is Plan International’s new strategic commitment to strengthen support and fundraising aimed at empowering the opportunities and rights of girls and adolescents.
Mexico City brought together leading figures from the Latin American business world who officially assumed the commitment to work hard to promote the rights of children, especially girls, by being appointed members of the Regional Advisory Council, an initiative created by Plan International, which has a presence in more than 80 countries and carries out development and humanitarian projects.
Two years ago, Plan International began operating in Mexico to promote different actions aimed at the prevention of migration, psychosocial care and to promote the rights of girls, boys and women in contexts of mobility, providing humanitarian assistance to more than 2,500 people.
The reason for bringing the businessmen and women together in Mexico City was because they visited Ciudad Juarez to learn how the projects that provide assistance in the shelters work and also to identify new opportunities to support these populations, as well as other initiatives of the organisation.
Regional Advisory Council
The members of the Regional Advisory Council are:
- Erika Quevedo, General Director of the Global Business Council since 2019, where she coordinates the efforts of more than 60 large international companies in Mexico, promoting a favorable environment for long-term investment.
- Anna Völpel de Borja, German resident in El Salvador and President of the largest toy and baby store chain in the country who also has 14 years supporting Plan’s initiatives in El Salvador; Uruguayan.
- Daniel Panedas, who has lived in Guatemala for more than 22 years and is currently the Director of Siete Zero, a company dedicated to the development of large events in Guatemala and has specialized as a real estate developer with an emphasis on sustainable construction.
- Isabella Amui Rizzo, from Brazil, C-level marketing and business executive for more than 20 years, contributing for large companies such as Kraft Heinz, Unilever and ABInbev, today dedicated to training and development of senior leadership.
The presentation event was also attended by prominent businessmen and businesswomen, Mexican leaders who learned more about Plan International from its Regional Director, Carmen Elena Alemán, who said, “In Latin America and the Caribbean we are in 12 countries where in the last year, we have served more than 9 million children and adolescents with an average of 288 projects that seek to respond to the most pressing needs of these groups. Our purpose is to add allies to continue promoting innovative ideas that allow us to improve the conditions of children, especially girls.”
Plan International’s goal for 2025 is to create a comprehensive strategy of solidarity actions, aimed at involving philanthropists in the short and medium term, through the experience, resources, advice and network of contacts of the members of the Regional Advisory Council, with the main objective of continuing to have an impact on the lives of children in Latin America.
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