{"id":36250,"date":"2020-08-04T18:05:46","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T18:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/?p=36250"},"modified":"2025-12-14T04:26:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T04:26:47","slug":"humanium-holds-its-2020-general-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/humanium-holds-its-2020-general-assembly\/","title":{"rendered":"Humanium holds its 2020 General Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On Tuesday, 21 July 2020, Humanium held its annual General Assembly, attended by the Humanium Team, supporters and friends. The General Assembly was an opportunity to review Humanium\u2019s activities, endeavours in 2019 and our work so far in 2020. Each Department Manager, as well as Humanium\u2019s Co-founders Arndt and Olivier Soret, delivered their own insight on priorities and highlights from Humanium\u2019s efforts to advance child rights<\/a> in the past year, outlined in our Annual Report 2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

General Assembly Highlights<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Humanium\u2019s Co-founder and CEO Arndt Soret chaired the General Assembly and opened the event by welcoming everybody present. Arndt emphasised that a highlight for him of the year so far has been Humanium\u2019s Team coming together like a family and working closely alongside each other for the respect of child rights<\/a> everywhere. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arndt went on to underline the importance of empathy and its role in allowing each person to embrace a more collective and heartfelt solidarity; an authentic connection with others no matter who they are (see our methodology page). Every person who participates in Humanium is valued, appreciated and makes Humanium what it is: volunteers<\/a>, interns<\/a>, managers, directors, members, donors<\/a>, sponsors<\/a> and every person engaged with their own efforts to advance child rights has had a part to play in what has been accomplished over the past year. \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Humanium\u2019s Year<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In-Country Work and Development<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Emilie Compignie, Development Officer, spoke of Humanium\u2019s role in responding to the Coronavirus pandemic in Rwanda<\/a>, initiating an Emergency Appeal<\/a> for the first time ever after a cry for help from our local partner AVSI<\/a>. Humanium managed to raise funds for an Emergency Relief project in record time in order to see Rwandan<\/a> children supported during the pandemic. Emilie also provided an overview of Humanium\u2019s fiscal year and its 2019 launch of a Special Residential Training Centre for children at risk of forced labour in Madhya Pradesh, India<\/a>, alongside our partner Hand in Hand India<\/a>; the training centre being the first of its kind in the region and hosting 60 girls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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