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Honored to be a part of this beautiful reflection Willeke van Rijn, and to serve on The Resource Alliance board. And amen to this perfect quote as well.
"The more you do the right thing, the harder it is to do the wrong thing" This quote from Maria Ressa is so simple and yet so powerful and true. A reflection of the year 2024 of course starts with a challenging world as we're in the midst of a #polycrisis. Yet, within that crisis we see so many living heroes, doing incredible things at a global, national, local level - just to do the right thing. They do not always get the attention they deserve, or are not breaking news items. Yet, they are the driving force in the world we live in at the moment. At The Resource Alliance we are in the luxury position of meeting some of them and showing their work, impact, and, exchange the "how to" - for others to build on their learnings, to be inspired and motivated or seek collaborations. I name a few of them: Jady, Archana and Mathilde - young leaders who created change in their countries from breaking poverty cycles, to building movements and impacting policy change resulting in 50,000 schools with running toilets - see more here: https://lnkd.in/ejijZGWJ Or Hani and Chef Mahmoud (RIP) with the Gaza Soup Kitchen, feeding 100s of families. Think about the impact of our board member Asha Curran's work with showcasing generosity of millions of people via the #GivingTuesday campaigns across the world. Or Svitlana, Liudmyla and the Ukrainian civil society consortium, bringing fundraisers and campaigner together to initiate their first conference and form a community, bringing solutions and inspiration. Imagine we would share all our examples about "doing the right thing" - and amplify their stories and impact. We will overshadow the "wrong thing to do"! Thanks to everyone for doing the right thing and for being living heroes.