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09/10/2010 • 4:11 pm Comments Off on 10.09.2010 Sometimes….

10.09.2010 Sometimes….

… a week is gone and you don’t know why and how it has happened. And even my addiction to internet comes to a hold, it must be serious.. 🙂 But also good to have friends beaming one out of stress for a couple of hours.. what a delight.. 🙂

Preparation for Management meeting of HOPE Cape Town Association, meetings with several interesting persons involved in the field of HIV and AIDS, meeting with a TOP (two ocean production) to discuss the possibility to update our HOPE Cape Town trailer as the old one is now 7 years old and outdated. I was amazed to learn what it means on time and effort to have a 3 min trailer done.
And of course not to forget: The HOPE Gala Dresden is on track: 30.10.2010.. not to be missed out. And for the Germans reading the block here an appetizer:

http://www.dresdeneins.tv/nachrichten/5_HOPE_Gala_Dresden-355.html

And to book go onto: http://www.hopegala.de

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09/02/2010 • 7:11 pm Comments Off on 02.09.2010 Thursday…

02.09.2010 Thursday…

It is always difficult to adjust after travelling. Too much is sometimes waiting to be answered or acted on…
So the first day after coming back I usually sit in the office to get an overview what has to be done and to start sending out the necessary emails and replies.
Today I met after an early hour office session with the senior staff of HOPE Cape Town.  The variety of discussion points employees bring in is always amazing for me – and I like this frank and open discussion. Too often those sitting in the driver seat are in the danger to miss out on the realities at the bottom of the ladder. Therefore we encourage within HOPE Cape Town an honest and direct approach to avoid unnecessary struggle.
Since month we are working on our new website and it looks like we can get it “live” on the 1.10.2010. Hard work has been done by the people concerned and it takes real dedication to get a way through the different companies involved and their willingness or not so willingness to cooperate to get it technically done without flaws. Not sure how many gray hairs were produced in these months…

After a two-hour meeting then quick back to town to attend the meeting of the Rotary Club of Signal Hill. Catching up after being away for a while – it feels good to meet with people one is somehow connected for now almost 14 years. I am asked if I am prepared to give talks about HOPE Cape Town for other clubs – and yes, I am prepared to spread the word and to discuss the situation of HIV and AIDS in South Africa with my fellow Rotarians. Looking forward to it.

Back to the office then – Releasing transfers, again answering emails, preparing statements and proposals – it seems that the to-do list never ends but what for a feeling if one can scratch out one of the items: done! And after this blog entry: done for the day!
Wonderful 🙂

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08/31/2010 • 7:58 pm Comments Off on 31.08.2010 Back..

31.08.2010 Back..

… again in Cape Town and I am welcomed by wind and rain – just the weather I left in Europe’s late summer. The last days were quite tough working days – Saturday the BuPo2010 in Bielefeld and Sunday then the next meeting regarding the WAAE II which translates into World AIDS Awareness Campaign II. A real challenge and after the day’s meeting a lot of thoughts are going around in my head about the requirements for such a challenge. But what would be life without a challenge?

Another meeting concerns the HOPE Cape Town Trust – and an intensive discussion about the way, the South African trust is presented in Germany and how to better the income, especially when it comes to additional capital for the trust. At the end the work of the association HOPE Cape Town can only be sustained if a trust provides for the basic work independent of currency rate and donation income. To secure the work in a jumpy economic environment is the key for further success.

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08/25/2010 • 7:35 am Comments Off on Some impressions…

Some impressions…

Hamburg

A personal signature

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08/22/2010 • 5:42 pm Comments Off on 22.08.2010 A lucky day for HOPE Cape Town

22.08.2010 A lucky day for HOPE Cape Town

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