In April it was exactly one year since I started working at the Belarusian Children’s Hospicе. Time has flashed by, as is its wont. I have to say that I have no regrets about my decision to come and work here. Although more than once during this year I have quailed at the goal set before me of finding full funding for the hospice from within Belarus, there have been just as many occasions when I have thought, yes, it is achievable. The doubts usually seem to assail me at the end of the month when I am analysing what has been done and what is still to do. However, there is no question about it, the situation is improving - and this despite the world economic crisis, constantly rising prices, bills going up, fuel increases etc. To compare this year so far with last year since I joined, it turns out that giving from within Belarus has risen about 2.5 times and now represents 36% of the overall hospice budget for the year. During the rest of 2010 I plan to increase this further to 44% of budget and in 2011 I am aiming to achieve 50%. Of course we will do our best to do even better than these figures but I have set goals that are realistic and based on analysis.
Our Man in Minsk
Meet Maxim, the first dedicated fundraiser at the Belarusian Children’s Hospice.Maxim says: ‘I realise that I have set myself a huge task to raise the profile of the Belarusian Children’s Hospice in Belarus, to educate the public in what a hospice is and what a hospice does. I am also going to try to make businesses in Belarus aware of their social responsibility and to take an active interest in supporting the Hospice. These aims will require a great deal of time, energy and creativity on my part. I am determined to succeed and to set the Hospice on the path to being able to finance itself from within Belarus instead of relying on help from abroad.’ |
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