Anna Ferrer

Anna Ferrer (maiden name Essex) is the president of the Vicente Ferrer Foundation (FVF) and executive director of the FVF in India.{{Cite web|url=https://fundacionvicenteferrer.org/es/noticias/conoce-anna-ferrer-y-su-compromiso-por-crear-una-sociedad-mas-igualitaria|title=Conoce a Anna Ferrer y su compromiso por crear una sociedad más igualitaria|website=fundacionvicenteferrer.org|language=es|access-date=2019-12-04}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/internacional/noticia-anna-ferrer-si-cada-hace-algo-podemos-tener-mundo-mejor-20181118094634.html|title=Anna Ferrer: "Si cada uno hace algo, podemos tener un mundo mejor"|date=2018-11-18|publisher=Europa Press|access-date=2019-12-04}} FVF has helped 3.5 million Indians out of poverty, focusing on women.{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/3495261/0/anna-ferrer-medio-siglo-india-ong-diferente-alli-para-ellos/|title=Anna Ferrer, tras medio siglo en la India: "Nos ven como una ONG diferente porque estamos allí para ellos"|last=20minutos|date=2018-11-20|website=www.20minutos.es - Últimas Noticias|language=es|access-date=2019-12-04}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.es/sociedad/abci-vicente-y-anna-ferrer-medio-siglo-revolucion-india-201906160137_noticia.html|title=Vicente y Anna Ferrer, medio siglo de revolución en la India|date=2019-06-15|website=abc|language=es|access-date=2019-12-04}}

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She was born in Britain on April 10, 1947. She moved to India in the 1960s where she became a reporter for the Current weekly. While working for the paper, she interviewed the civil rights leader Vicente Ferrer Moncho and eventually joined the Citizens for Justice Committee which he started. They married in April 1970 and had three children, Tara, Moncho and Yamuna.{{Cite web|url=https://fundacionvicenteferrer.org/es/anna-ferrer|title=Anna Ferrer, arquitecta de sueños imposibles {{!}} Fundacion Vicente Ferrer|website=fundacionvicenteferrer.org|access-date=2019-12-04}} Together, in 1969, they started the Vincent Ferrer Foundation.{{Cite web|url=https://www.efe.com/efe/espana/gente/anna-ferrer-50-anos-ayudando-a-los-intocables-escribir-su-destino-en-india/10007-4104308|title=Anna Ferrer, 50 años ayudando a los "intocables" a escribir su destino en India|website=www.efe.com|language=es|access-date=2019-12-04}} She and her husband worked together, building and developing the organization until his death ten years ago, when she took over.{{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/epsocial/cooperacion-desarrollo/noticia-anna-ferrer-presidenta-fundacion-vicente-ferrer-erradicacion-pobreza-posible-20190825131439.html|title=Anna Ferrer, presidenta de la Fundación Vicente Ferrer: "La erradicación de la pobreza es posible"|date=2019-08-25|publisher=Europa Press|access-date=2019-12-04}} She works to improve the situation of Indian women and to help them to achieve positions of responsibility.{{Cite web|url=https://spainsnews.com/anna-ferrer-wants-to-start-a-project-in-spain-here-there-is-a-need/|title=Anna Ferrer wants to start a project in Spain: "Here there is a need"|date=2018-11-17|website=Spain's News|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-04}}