The Island’s global poverty ambassador will attend a lecture hosted by one of the world’s greatest entrepreneurs today.
Kristina Crawford will be a guest at the BBC’s Richard Dimbleby Lecture in London.
Guest speaker at the event is Bill Gates – a leading philanthropist who is currently working towards eradicating polio.
Kristina, who's been in her role for a year now, told us more about the event:
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