Richard Branson’s Marshall Plan
On 16th March 2009, I wrote to Virgin Unite who were soliticiting project ideas. What Richard Branson was saying at Davos had been argued in our 2007 ‘Marshall Plan’ for #Ukraine
Hello Virgin Team,
I’d submitted several suggestions to your website with no response and this was a follow to explain our work.
At the Ukrainian lunch in Davos, Richard Branson gave a talk suggesting that business should focus more on social problems.
http://pinchukfund.org/en/news/archive/2009/01/29/986.html
This is what we’ve been doing in Ukraine for 7 years to reach the point that our efforts have persuaded government to adopt changes to childcare policy. We’re a small business rendering 100% profit to do something about the plight of orphans and street children in Ukraine.
One of my submitted suggestions was about raising funds to help the founder of a charity Happy Child who support sick and disabled children in Ukraine. She herself is disabled and in need of surgery.
Another suggestion is the proposal to create 10 models of excellence for the rehab centres Ukraine’s government agreed to last year. Little has been done since the announcement.
If the Ukraine lunch speech was an indication of intent to apply this in Ukraine, then we’re able to show the way.
Regards,
Would you be surprised to learn of a ‘Marshall Plan’ for the Caribbean?
https://www.virgin.com/richard-branson/creating-marshall-plan-caribbean
So why not Ukraine?
