Well, here's the answers, and I've been running them around in my own head for years.
Why bother? Because the solutions are so simple, so easy to get your head around and and it takes a lot less effort to do something creative and helpful than make up excuses not to.
Why not be something else? There seems to be this idea around that aid work, event management and fundraising is only for nannies with nothing else to do, or women who have no families or other commitments. Or worse- girls with ambition but who give them up, or "grow out of it". Well, I'm not planning on being any of those.I love planning events, getting a team together and pull off a great event, I love finding new ways to solve big problems, I love meeting new people, traveling, spending time understanding situation I've never been in, and I love learning new things. It gives me a buzz, it gets me out of the bed in the morning and it makes me excited about the future.
And since I love this line of work I'm really good at it
But that's the only real difference between me and other people, I love this kind of stuff and some people don't. I have no agenda getting everyone to go down to Africa to build wells or give up half their house for a charity. But I want to encourage a better way of looking at it- what do you have to spare? Some companies have boxes in storage, with t-shirts, school uniforms, books, toys and so on. I have connections to redistribute almost anything. And as a family maybe you have something in the attic to sell on ebay and give that money to a charity you like? Everything helps.
And if anyone needs advice about charities, what they do, what they are like to work with, or just a good cause to support with guaranteed good results then let me know,I'm sure I can help you out :)
No guilt, no pity, just really good ideas, now thats worth being a fan of
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