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Stop by to visit Kabissa at World Bank NGO Fair on 23 May, 2012
Submitted by Tobias Eigen on 16 May, 2012 - 18:06
I will be representing Kabissa at a table in the World Bank atrium for the World Bank NGO Fair on 23 May from 11:30am to 2pm, alongside fellow board members Jeff Thindwa and Neema Mgana. Stop by to see us!
Former board member Daniel Ritchie will be nearby representing the Partnership for Transparency Fund. The NGO Fair is being organized by the 1818 Society of World Bank Retirees: "Our basic objective is to highlight worthy non-profits, encourage colleagues to consider creating their own NGOs, serving on Boards or as volunteers and to promote philanthropic giving by Bank staff and retirees to our organizations."
Kabissa is honored to have been invited to join the fair in recognition of the vision of Peter Eigen and Daniel Ritchie, two World Bank retirees and 1818 Society members who were instrumental in creating and guiding Kabissa over many years. Both Peter and Daniel retired from the Kabissa board this year after many years of valuable service but remain actively involved in an advisory capacity.
I am greatly looking forward to meeting friends at colleagues at the World Bank who stop by at our table to get updated on Kabissa activities these days and to discuss opportunities for getting involved in our work or supporting us. World Bank Staff and retirees can donate to Kabissa through the Community Connections Campaign and have their donation go twice as far, since the Bank makes a corporate matching contribution to all donations. For details and to donate, please contact Viki Betancourt at (202) 473-9127 or by email vbetancourt@worldbank.org. (in last year's campaign, World Bank staff donated nearly $5,000 - thank you!).
Our main program is to serve the networking, ICT peer learning and information sharing needs of African NGOs through our volunteer-led online community platform. African NGOs can sign up for free to create profile pages in the Kabissa directory, contribute to the community blog and subscribe to our regular member newsletter.
A new program started this year is the Africa Roundtable, a lunchtime event to bring people together (face to face and remotely via Skype) with a shared interest in Africa for lightning introductions and to learn from featured speakers. A roundtable event in DC will take place on 24 May at the Washington International School, featuring three remarkable organizations: Aid for Africa, Lubuto Library Project and the Maasai Girls Education Fund. Click here for info and to register!
