Stephen K. Robert is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Investment Committee of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation. For several years, Stephen Robert and his wife, Pilar Crespi have initiated and supported philanthropic causes through their jointly-founded organization, the Source of Hope Foundation. Since its inception, the foundation has expanded to various countries and supported numerous charitable efforts, including the Juan Felipe Gomez Escobar Foundation (JUANFE), a nonprofit organization in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.
Created in 2001 by Catalina Escobar, JUANFE seeks to improve the physical and mental well-being of children under 2 and their mothers, specifically teenage mothers and those in the lower-income bracket. JUANFE caters to over 20,000 patients annually. The organization employs a holistic approach that includes economic empowerment through education and job training, healthcare services to tackle diseases and malnutrition among toddlers and their mothers, and workshops on reproductive health and sex education.
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