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Meet the fourth of this year’s Olga Prize finalists – Neville Gabriel from South Africa

Alliance magazine 10 November 2016

About Neville Gabriel Neville Gabriel is executive director of the Other Foundation, an African trust dedicated to advancing human rights in Southern Africa, with a particular focus on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) …

Meet Audrey Elster from South Africa – another of this year’s Olga Prize finalists

Alliance magazine 8 November 2016

About Audrey Elster Audrey Elster is executive director of the RAITH Foundation in South Africa, a locally funded foundation committed to financing social justice work. In 2012, she was instrumental in setting up the Social …

Meet Artemisa Castro from Mexico – another of this year’s Olga Prize finalists

Alliance magazine 8 November 2016

About Artemisa Castro Artemisa Castro is executive director of the Fund for Solidarity in Action (Fondo Acción Solidaria – FASOL) in Mexico. She is also a member of the Global Funders Alliance for Social Environmental …

Meet this year’s Olga Prize finalists – starting with Paul Bacher, founder of ORTJET

Alliance magazine 7 November 2016

As we count down to the unveiling of the 2016 Olga Alexeeva Memorial Prize winner, over the next seven days we will be profiling each of the seven finalists, giving you an insight into their …

Interview with He Daofeng, winner of the Olga Alexeeva Memorial Prize

Caroline Hartnell 16 April 2014

The winner of the Olga Alexeeva Memorial Prize was announced on 27 March at WINGSForum in Istanbul. After the announcement, He Daofeng, who is executive president of the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation (CFPA) and …

And the winner of the Second Olga Alexeeva Memorial Prize is …

Alliance magazine 1 April 2014

It is with great pleasure and pride that we can now announce the winner of the Second Olga Alexeeva Memorial Prize: He Daofeng, executive president of the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation and chair of …

The Olga Alexeeva Memorial Prize “readers’ winner” is …

Alliance magazine 6 March 2014

Our online poll closed on Friday and the Olga Alexeeva Memorial Prize “readers’ winner” is … Dhaval Udani, CEO of GiveIndia. Congratulations, Dhaval! Dhaval Udani started volunteering for GiveIndia seven years ago, joined GiveIndia as …

Who do you think should win the Second Olga Alexeeva Memorial Prize?

Alliance magazine 27 February 2014

Voting for the readers’ winner of the Olga Memorial Prize closes at the end of tomorrow, so vote now! The shortlisted are as follows: Dhaval Udani of GiveIndia He Daofeng of China Foundation Center and …

Meet He Daofeng of the China Foundation Center, another of this year’s Olga Prize finalists

He Daofeng 5 February 2014

At CFPA, a former GONGO (government organized non-governmental organization), his introduction of business management methods has had spectacular results: its annual revenue has grown from US$2 million in 1997 to more than US$87 million in …

Meet Natalya Kaminarskaya of the Russian Donors Forum, another of this year’s Olga Prize finalists

Natalya Kaminarskaya 31 January 2014

Natalya Kaminarskaya is executive director of the Russian Donors Forum, a coalition of donor organizations that brings together leading Russian and outside foundations and companies working in Russia. Under her leadership, the Forum has become …