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In early September, Zoe Burr, MSIF International Development Manager, spent a week visiting the All-Russian Public Organization of Disabled People with Multiple Sclerosis (All-Russian MS Society). The visit formed part of MSIF's Associate Membership application process.
From left-right: Anastasia (interpreter in Samara), Prof Yan Vlasov (President, All-Russian MS Society), Zoe Burr (International Development Manager, MSIF), Dr Nadezhda Kuznetsova
Such visits can help MSIF to develop a more personal, face-to-face relationship with both a society's staff and volunteers and the people affected by MS it supports; to further understand a society's strengths and weaknesses; review their structural and organisational arrangements and agree a programme of development.
During her visit Zoe carried out a variety of activities, enabling her to gain a better understanding of the Society and its work. These included visits to the ‘Bereza’ Neurological Rehabilitation Centre and Social Services Centre in Samara; a meeting with the Coordinator of the Samara State University Sociology Department volunteer programme; a visit to the Moscow MS Society office and a roundtable discussion with four people with MS and their caregivers in the home of writer Alexandr Popov, a 2009 MSIF James D. Wolfensohn Award candidate.
From left-right: Irina Kozlova (Director, ‘Bereza’ Neurological Rehabiltation Centre, Samara), Oleg Ipatov, (Head of the Information Centre, Samara MS Society and Chief Administrator of the All-Russian MS Society’s website), Svetlana Goronkova (Executive Director, Samara MS Society), Andrei Frolov (Vice President, All-Russian MS Society Urals Federal District, and Director, Sverdlovsk MS Society), Alla Beltyukova (Director, All-Russian MS Society)
A report from the visit will be submitted to the MSIF Board in advance of its meeting in Chicago, USA, for their consideration.
All-Russian MS Society
Source: MSIF
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