Thursday, 8 October 2009

STARS Foundation Impact Awards


Its STARS time again next week. Each year the STARS Foundation brings over the recipients of its annual Impact Awards for an incredible round of training, networking, media interviews and sharing, culminating in the Award Ceremony.

Its an extraordinary opportunity to work with some of the most inspiring people we come across in an average year. Their enthusiasm for the little work we do with them is boundless and refreshing. These are people you don’t forget, the kind who make a real difference in the lives of children by being intelligent and clever and passionate and who stay in the mind and heart long after they’ve returned to Africa.

The first year the Awards were held we met Val and Dickson from the Island Hospice in Zimbabwe – an outstanding organisation which whom we still work and who’s 30th anniversary year we’re supporting while the organisation struggles under very difficult circumstances. Getting ready to work with this year’s recipients – which include three from Asia for the first time – reminded me of the first Awards and the optimism with which Val and Dickson spoke about the future of Zimbabwe. No comment.

To find out more about the STARS Foundation, please visit: http://www.starsfoundation.org.uk/

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