Zuriel Oduwole, an American education advocate for FRAUSUSS Monthly Food Drop-Off Sunday Feb 16

CEO, FRAUSUSS Children Empowerment Foundation (FSCEF)

Zuriel Oduwole

All is set for FRAUSUSS Children Empowerment Foundation (FSCEF)’s monthly Food Drop-Off programme/Seminar for orphans and less privileged children this weekend.

The event is scheduled Sunday February 16, 2020 at H4A, Fash Estate, 2/4, Felicia Kolesoho Street, off Agbaoku Street, Opebi-Ikeja, Lagos by 12:00 noon

 Interesting thing about this month’s Food Drop-Off Programme/Seminar is that, the World Most Youngest Influential Personality, an American Education Advocate and Self Taught Filmmaker, Zuriel Oduwole, 17 years, who has met with over 30 Presidents and Prime Ministers in the world in line with her education advocacy work will be the guest speaker.

According to the organizer, FRAUSUSS Children Empowerment Foundation, “This month food drop-off event is special, because apart from presenting foods, gifts item to the less privileged and orphans which is our usual practice, we will also have a special guest, the world most influential, talented, youngest American Education Advocate, Zuriel Oduwole, who will be delivering a lecture at the event.

“Zuriel Elise Oduwole is an American education advocate and film maker best known for her works on the advocacy for the education of girls in Africa. Her advocacy has since made her in the summer of 2013 at the age of 10, the youngest person to be profiled by Forbes. In November 2014, at age 12, Zuriel became the world's youngest filmmaker to have a self-produced and self-edited work screened, after her film showed in two movie chains, and then went on to show in Ghana, England, South Africa, and Japan.

Oduwole has met with 31 presidents and prime ministers in line with her education advocacy work. Some of these include the leaders of Jamaica, Croatia, Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Liberia, South Sudan, Malta, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Guyana, Sierra Leone and Namibia. She has also appeared in popular television stations including CNBC, Bloomberg TV, BBC and CNN. In 2013, Oduwole was listed in the New African Magazine's list of "100 Most Influential People" and in October 2017, Harvard University graduate school featured her development story.

Zuriel Oduwole was born in Los Angeles, California in July 2002. Her first venture into media and advocacy was in 2012 when she entered a school competition with a documentary film about Africa titled The Ghana Revolution. For this she conducted her first presidential interviews, when she met with two former presidents of Ghana: Jerry Rawlings and John Kufuor.

In 2013, after the release of her documentary film titled The 1963 OAU Formation, Zuriel Oduwole was profiled in Forbes Magazine.[13] As part of this second documentary, she interviewed the President of Malawi (Joyce Banda ), the President of Tanzania (Jakaya Kikwete) and the President of Mauritius (Rakeshwar Purryag). In March 2013, Oduwole formally started a project called "Dream Up, Speak Up, Stand Up", a campaign, which was first launched at the Lagos Business School's Pan-Atlantic University, for the advocacy and promotion of girl-child education in Africa.

In 2014 at age 12, her self-produced documentary film titled A Promising Africa was screened in five countries. On 21 April 2014, Oduwole was listed as the most Powerful 11 year old in the world by New York Business Insider's in their listing of "World's Most Powerful Person at Every Age". In February 2015, Elle Magazine listed her in their annual feature of "33 Women Who Changed The World", alongside Fed Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen and President of General Motors, Mary Barra.”

“We are very fortunate to have this UNESCO ambassador with us. This is a testament that, the world is watching and taking note of our little work of kindness to the needy and less privileged.”

 “We appeal to the general public to join us as we ensure that the orphans and less-privilege children under our care do not go hungry, we plead that you make donation of food items, cash and other things that will put a smile on their faces,” the organizer added.

Below is the account detail for cash donation:

Fraususs Children Empowerment Foundation.

Guaranty Trust Bank (Gtbank).

Account No: 0118164323/ Sort Code 058152214

Drop-Off Food Items at:

Venue: H4A, Flash Estate, 2/4, Felicia Kolesoho Street, Off Agbaoku Street, Opebi-Ikeja, Lagos.

We are looking forward seeing you at the event this Sunday February 16, 2020.

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