Word: projects
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rest of the funding came from theassociates of the Harvard International EnergyProgram, a group of donors which includes Apache,Chevron, Texaco, the DOE and the governments ofVenezuela, Spain and Japan. Except for Apache, allof those donors strongly oppose any oil importfee. But each contributed only a small fraction tothe project and none had specially earmarked thefunds for the study...
That needs some explaining. The foundation is called the Giraffe Project, and its aim is to recognize people who "stick their necks out for the common good." Risk must also be involved: the chance of losing a job or being ostracized by a community. "Each of these individual acts," says Medlock, "teaches the rest of us important lessons about learning to cope in an unsafe world...
Since the project was founded five years ago, 252 Giraffes have been named, and each has been sent a certificate commending the "courageous actions." Apart from whatever publicity the couple can drum up, that's it. No foundation bequest. No fancy banquet. Its charm lies in its simplicity...
...hands out gloves to the homeless. Consider Ray Buchanan and Ken Horne of Big Island, Va., who collect farmers' discarded potatoes and deliver them to the hungry. And consider lanky, 6-ft. 4-in. Graham, 46, and petite, vivacious Medlock, 55, who flirt with financial disaster to keep their project going in order to spread the word about good deeds in an unkind world. The object, says Medlock, is to inspire everyone "to stop being an ostrich...
Callers send in their suggestions for new Giraffes to the project's tiny office off Langley's main street, next door to a beauty parlor and across from the volunteer fire department. Many nominations come from 2,000 widely scattered members, most of whom pay $25 a year to support the project's work...