3 comments I read a nice post today on Virginia's his blog . It 'a post that talks about the work of fundraisers, what it means to work in fundraising, why choose to be fundraisers. I'll carry you, inviting you to read and comment on the blog here and Virginia.
He had just finished the Christmas campaign. Haiti and the emergency breaks out in fundraising you start over.
For Oxfam Ireland we have collected about 800 thousand euros in two weeks, with about 5000 donations and almost as many new contacts / donors, who are organizing concerts, events, shows, activities' to raise funds for Haiti. One thing never seen before to Oxfam Ireland, not even five years ago for another great disaster that has shaken the souls (and wallets) of the people, the Tsunami.
My plan for the coming months also included to come home for a visit in late January, then I think of February as the best option, now it seems that not until March I'll be able 'to leave the land of Ireland.
From the human point of view, and 'needless to say, the earthquake seems to have brought hell on earth. Personally, in front of the images on TV almost makes me close my eyes. Oxfam has lost two of its employees in the earthquake, we can count a number of dead and missing among the families of our staff in Haiti. The office of the capital and 'half destroyed'.
But the fundraising and ultimately 'a buiseness, and rides the wave of this type of emergency. The word Haiti today assume a value of magic emotionally if they collect funds, a sort of fairy dust like Peter Pan, where used, allows you to fly. Since 'fundraising must go on - after all there are other dire emergencies in the world who are not "lucky" to have such a media appeal - use the word Haiti today allows you to arrive earlier and with more' power to the hearts of people . Cynical, no?
For a fundraiser, and at these particularly 'hard to complain about their jobs, or boasted of their successes, because' people do not understand. I get home every night and meeting my roommates: the difference between me and them, 'until they can complain' that they want to work so hard, stressed, etc. etc.. I do not, even if they are forced to spend weekends in the office, work 12 hours a day and I had to postpone my vacation. 'Cause how can you complain when there are thousands of people dead, missing, homeless and more' family?
But a fundraiser must ultimately make money. The fundraiser should make for an event like an earthquake, an economic value, must grasp the potential 'and earning them the best in the future. The fundraiser so 'a figure extremely cynical, perhaps more' than any other, more 'divorce lawyer, the notary, the funeral company.
And yet I am proud to be a fundraiser. For me, the fundraiser and 'the one who' capable of putting aside all moralistic platitudes and 'cause he sees clearly the point of arrival, and why' need for an organization. The fundraiser is not crying over past events, but uses the emotions that follow for a better future.
I am a fundraiser 'cause I chose the head to the heart. Otherwise I would think that the writer, reporter, perhaps the artist.
I apologize, thoughts in freedom 'An evening of luck to all the fundraisers that are taking care of Haiti these days.
