You're currently viewing:
Interviews
Interview – Martin Brookes
Various influential pieces of research have suggested that donors would give more if only they knew where and how to give it, and that most of the sources to whom individuals and organizations turn for …
Interview – Kumi Naidoo
Few people would disagree that the outcome of the recent Copenhagen conference was very disappointing. But are there positive things that we can build on, Caroline Hartnell asked Kumi Naidoo, the new executive director of …
Interview – Pieter Stemerding
Established in 2005 by the Van Vliet family, following the sale of their asset management company, the Adessium Foundation can be hailed as a newcomer to that all too select group: philanthropy infrastructure funders. Having …
Interview – Nabil Qaddumi
Giving a percentage of your wealth in alms as zakat is one of the five pillars of Islam, but giving has generally been ‘charitable’ in nature and has not tended to support human rights and …
Interview – Chulpan Khamatova
In November 2006, two actresses and friends set up Grant Life, a foundation to raise funds to treat children with cancer. Today it is one of Russia’s most successful fundraising operations. Last year it raised …
Interview – Irina Prokhorova
The Mikhail Prokhorov Foundation was established in 2004 to promote Russian culture and further its integration into the global context. It carries out national and international activities, but is very keen to stress the importance …
Interview – Olga Kurylenko
Ukrainian actress Olga Kurylenko is best known as Camille, the ‘Bond girl’, in the most recent James Bond film Quantum of Solace. She is determined to use her growing celebrity to help improve life for …
Interview – Regina Vidigal Guarita
Based in São Paulo, Brazil, the Fundaçao Maria Cecília Souto Vidigal describes itself as an ‘intelligence organization’, helping to produce and disseminate ideas and information on solutions to Brazil’s social problems. Olga Alexeeva talked to …
Interview – Jet Li
Actor Jet Li is one of the world’s most famous martial arts experts. He was born in Beijing, the old Beijing, with dusty hutongs and hardly any cars on the streets, in 1963, when Mao …
Interview – Sigrid Rausing
The Sigrid Rausing Trust was founded in 1995 to promote international human rights. Why is this such a priority, Alliance asked founder Sigrid Rausing, and shouldn’t local donors be supporting human rights in their own …
