28 MARCH 2014 • WORLD AQUACULTURE • WWW.WAS.ORG Patronage Thanks to one of our chairmen, the late M.C. Nandeesha, we are fortunate to have the patronage of Professor M.S. Swaminathan, FRS, who has been described by Time magazine as one of the twenty most influential Asians of the 20th Century, the only other Indians being Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore. Professor Swaminathan is widely regarded as the scientific leader of the green revolution. Funding From 2003 to 2012, AwF raised almost US$450,000 for its work. Nearly $264,000 was administered for AwF by other organizations (Table 4) and over $181,000 was donated to AwF directly (Table 5). All expenditures were destined for project work. Its only expenses were for registration fees, the submission of reports to charity and taxation authorities, and communications. Until mid-2012, management costs were zero – a claim that very few charities can make. These remarkable achievements were made possible by the generosity of its donors and the voluntary work of its directors, its technical advisory group and other supporters. During the first ten years of AwF, funding came from multiple sources, including personal donations from AwF directors and their families and friends, and local fund-raising activities. Charities and corporate donors were also generous (Table 6). Many donations were in kind, rather than money, including the design and placement of our advertisements. The original advertisement contained a picture from David Little, who later became an AwF director. Further advertisements were designed by Peter Chettleburgh’s team in Capamara Publications and are still being used. (See page 23 of this magazine.) Our advertisement campaigns cost us nothing. Many aquaculture magazines and internet sites kindly placed them without charge, including Aquaculture Europe, Aquaculture Asia Pacific, Aquafeed, FIGURE 1. Aquaculture without Frontiers fundraising activities. (a) Abseiling in Belfast, Northern Ireland (Photo: Scott Peddie). (b) Art exhibition in Montpellier, France – the organizer Denis Lacroix is shown at left in photo with AwF founder Michael New (Photo: Denis Lacroix). (c) Dragon boat racing on the Thames in Marlow, England. (d) Street party in Marlow, England. (a) (b) (c) (d)
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