Palm to Palm: Sustainable Development in Sierra Leone and the Impact of the Ebola Outbreak
When: Thursday, February 5th - 6:00 pm
Where: Rutgers-Camden
Business & Science Building (BSB)
Executive Conference Room
Map and Directions: Hyperlinked for directions and map (or see attached pdf map)
RSVP: One RSVP per car to orsa.joseph@yahoo.com required if driving so that the appropriate number of parking passes can be obtained. The chapter will cover the $2.00 cost of each parking pass. Parking is in Lot 13 (Resident Parking) adjacent to the Business & Science Building (BSB).
Abstract: Palm to Palm (P2P) is an economic development project that aims to put the people of Kono District to work by producing products (palm oil and soap) that are used by the residents of Kono. P2P's slogan "By the people of Kono, for the people of Kono" therefore reflects the project's multiple goals: producing products the residents of Kono use daily in a sustainable manner. Producing these products in a sustainable fashion will help build an economy in Kono (and Sierra Leone) that is not based on the extraction of nonrenewable resources. In 2014, the production of palm oil soap gained increased importance due to the Ebola outbreak and the potential link between soap production and health.
Speaker Bio: Neil Desnoyers - Adjunct Faculty, Saint Joseph's University
Mr. Desnoyers is currently an adjunct instructor in the Decision & System Sciences Department of the Haub School of Business at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, having previously spent eight years teaching at Drexel. His teaching responsibilities have included statistics, operations management, and business analytics courses (face-to-face, hybrid and online formats). In addition to his teaching duties, Mr. Desnoyers has worked on numerous research projects with undergraduate students.
Mr. Desnoyers earned an MS in Decision Sciences and an MBA from Drexel's LeBow College of Business after earning an undergraduate degree in architecture. ------------------------------
Neil Desnoyers
Adjunct Faculty
Dept of Decision & System Sciences
Haub School of Business
Saint Joseph's University
Philadelphia, PA
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