Farouk Jiwa, CARE Canada
He is also the Co-Founder and Director of Honey Care Africa, an innovative fair trade private sector social enterprise promoting sustainable rural community-based apiculture across Eastern Africa.
Farouk has worked with the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development in East Africa, and served as a Consultant for the World Bank - IFC in the Balkans, the Swiss Foundation for Technical Cooperation in Tanzania, and CHF International in Ethiopia.
His recent achievements include being recognized as one of the “Most Outstanding Social Entrepreneurs” by the Schwab Foundation at the World Economic Forum (2005). Other recent honors for his work include the Bryden Alumni Award from York University (2005), World Business Award from the Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum & UNDP for his contribution towards achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals (2004), Ismaili Youth Award for Entrepreneurship from His Highness Prince Amyn Aga Khan (2004), Equator Initiative Prize at the World Summit on Sustainable Development for his contribution to poverty reduction & biodiversity conservation (2002), and the International Development Marketplace Innovation Award from the World Bank & Soros Open Societies Institute (2002).
Farouk has also served as an international jury member of the Supporting Entrepreneurs for Environment and Development (SEED) Awards funded by UNEP, UNDP and IUCN (2005), as a member of the Technical Advisory Committee of the UNDP Equator Prize (2006), and currently serves on the Board of the Honey Care Africa Foundation. He is also a guest lecturer at a number of universities and business schools across North America.
He is an Aga Khan Foundation Scholar as well as a Sauvé Scholar (McGill University) and holds a Master’s in Environmental Studies from York University, a Post-Graduate Diploma in Business & Environment from the Schulich Business School, and a BSc. (Honours, First Class) in Environmental Biology from Queen's University, all in Canada.
