Memorable donor events
2008 October 8
Chris Logan tells a great story on Jason Dick’s A Small Change blog about an exceptional dinner event that almost went awry, but in the last moment was saved by an astute and warm-hearted Brit.
A number of years ago, I lived and worked in the former Soviet Union for an international NGO. Our primary focus was social policy reform for kids and families. I wanted very badly to change one particular orphanage for disabled girls. The place was horrific primarily because of a very corrupt director. Many organizations had been trying to bring about change in this place since the mid-nineties. In the particularly bad winter of 1996, 35 of the 200 girls died from exposure and starvation.
Not relevant to this post, but I just returned from a seminar in WA yesterday and wanted to see what your response would be if I introduced a few foundations to you. Just for transparency, I don’t work for them but I do support them.
If you’re interested, I’d love to see what might come of the connection.
L