My Nonprofit Reviews

The 15 months since I have begun to volunteer for HAF has been a period of transition which is both exciting and demanding, as the organization moves into creating a for profit enterprise to ensure a solid financial basis for future project development.

I have witnessed the consolidation of a dedicated and talented core team - and of the overall vision of the organization - as well as the creation of documentation and procedural guidelines necessary as HAF grows in size.

Involved mainly in editing and administration, I have also been responsible on an ad hoc basis for attracting support and publicity for the organization, in the form of donors, partners, interns, academics and journalists.

What impresses, from the feedback I receive as well as from my own perspective, is the presence of several 'soft' elements - at both beneficiary and staff level - that contribute greatly to project success. These include a commitment to ethics and fairness and to personal development, the pursuit of intellectual rigor and the employment of best practice, along with a democratic and convivial atmosphere in a multilingual and multicultural setting.

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