Tuesday, 23 November 2010

a diplomat for the poor

I never personally met him. Yet I speak passionately about him. An encourager. An inspiration. His memory and actions are re-lived and accounted for in story and warming anecdote. Someone who dared to challenge their status quo. To question others to see something greater. A servant. I wish I had walked with him.

Their motto: be the change. Words that resonate and uttered by another great.

His name was Ells Culver. He co-founded the group Mercy Corps. I'm an invitee of theirs in the Scottish House building just up from Downing Street. The minister opens his welcome with these words:

"There are International development agencies and then there's Mercy Corp..."

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