The Tembusu (Fagraea fragrans) is a large evergreen tree in the family Gentianaceae. It is native to Southeast Asia. Its trunk is dark brown, with deeply fissured bark, looking somewhat like a bittergourd. It grows in an irregular shape from 10 to 25m high. Its leaves are light green and oval in shape. Its yellowish flowers have a distinct fragrance and the fruits of the tree are bitter tasting red berries, which are eaten by birds and fruit bats. Source: Tembusu, Wikipedia
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Student’s Tea with Mr. Matthew Spacie

4 Mar 2015 | 4:00 pm |
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Tembusu college student’s tea

Matthew Spacie Founder and Chairman Magic Bus India

4th March 2015

4:00pm, Wednesday

Common Lounge

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More about Mr Matthew Spacie:

In 1999, Matthew established Magic Bus, and he has grown the organisation from volunteers conduction informal rugby sessions and one-off outdoor camps for disadvantaged children, into Asia’s largest non-profit mentoring organisation working in the area of youth and livelihood empowerment reaching out to more than 300,000 underprivileged children and youths on a weekly basis across 19 states in India with offices in U.S., U.K., Singapore and Germany.

Formerly Chief Operating Officer of Cox and Kings and Founder of Cleartrip.com, Matthew comes with extensive experience in senior positions within the corporate sectors and an intuitive understanding of the needs of the development sector.

Matthew has been elected an Ashoka Fellow, a TED Fellow and an ACSEP Asia Centre for Social Entrepreneurship and Philanthropy (ACSEP) Fellow. In 2007, he was awarded an MBE for services to children in the Commonwealth. He also serves on the board of number of non-profits

Highlights:

Join Matthew in an insightful and inspiring discussion about how social innovations and human development initiatives like Magic Bus are key to solving major challenges the world is facing today. He will also share his experience of having served in senior positions in both private and non- profit sector.Magic Bus is also established itself in the international landscape and hear directly from Matthew about how Magic Bus works with more than 50 corporate companies like BMW, J.P. Morgan and many others, including the United Nations to archieve her vision.