Kevin Wessell is an consultant for a multitude of businesses around the world. Outside of his professional life, Kevin Wessell is dedicated to philanthropy and community involvement and works with a number of charities, including the Hope for Congo Foundation.

1. By Kevin Wessell

2.  Kevin Wessell is an consultant for a multitude
of businesses around the world. Outside of
his professional life, Kevin Wessell is
dedicated to philanthropy and community
involvement and works with a number of
charities, including the Hope for Congo
Foundation.

3.  The Hope for Congo Foundation, started by a
former Congolese child soldier, is a nonprofit
organization that works to break the cycle of
poverty for individuals living in the Congo. By
educating people, teaching leadership skills,
and providing for their basic needs, the Hope
for Congo Foundation is trying to make
improvements in the quality of life for
Congolese communities.

4.  With the high-profile help of Green Bay Packers
quarterback Aaron Rodgers as a spokesman, a parallel
foundation has rolled out a Conflict-Free Campus initiative
in an attempt to inform students about the mineral trade
in the Congo and how profits from that trade are used to
fuel the conflict raging in the nation. Recently speaking at
a rally called Raise Hope for Congo, Rodgers told students
that changes in sourcing policies by electronics
companies, who buy a lot of the minerals, can have a
profound effect on the level of violence and the suffering
endured by the Congolese people. He urged students and
college trustees to take action and persuade the
electronics firms they have invested in to make more
responsible sourcing decisions and stem the flow of funds
to combatants.