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By: Laurie McMahon

Laurie McMahon is chief development officer at Room to Read

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    Cast your minds back to March, when the world watched as markets tumbled further each day.  As the sheer magnitude of the global crisis gradually became apparent, charities were picking up the phone to corporate and private donors, asking them to give urgently. I remember the conversations vividly with our long-term supporters from the business [...]

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