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Draper Richards Foundation Awards Global Heritage Fund Three Year Fellowship

April 2003

 

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Draper Richards Foundation Awards Global Heritage Fund Three Year Fellowship

Palo Alto April 30, 2003 - The Draper Richards Foundation has awarded the Global Heritage Fund (GHF) its coveted Fellowship for Social Entrepreneurship, a three-year, $300,000 Fellowship enables GHF to expand its innovative ‘Adopt-A-Site program matching U.S. donors with world-class conservation projects at endangered ancient world heritage sites in Asia, the Middle East, South and Central America and Africa humankind’s Cradles of Civilization.

In addition to mobilizing a multi-million dollar global philanthropy campaign to save endangered world heritage sites in developing countries, the Draper Richards Fellowship for Social Entrepreneurship will help GHF develop regional Conservation Leadership Institutes (CLIs) for training GHF Leaders in Conservation and world heritage site conservation teams in he latest science and conservation techniques. This support also enables GHF to expands its Global Heritage Network (GHN) of experts and technology (GIS, satellite imagery, mapping, materials science, planning, knowledge sharing) for GHF Leaders in Conservation in the field.

“We are extremely pleased to receive the Draper Richards Fellowship to expand our Adopt-A-Site program and Conservation Leadership Institutes in GHF’s Asia Pacific, Americas, Europe, Middle East and African regions”, said Jeff Morgan, Executive Director of the Global Heritage Fund. “The Draper Richards Foundation team has been very supportive of international development. Earlier in his career as United Nations Development Program Administrator, Bill Draper was involved in the early funding of conservation for Angkor Wat in Cambodia and knows what an asset world heritage sites can be when they are protected”. Following his responsibilities for the United Nation Development Program, Mr. Draper joined Robin Donohoe in launching Draper International, an international venture fund.

“We were impressed not only with the Global Heritage Fund’s excellent conservation work, but also with Jeff Morgan and his team’s incredibly strong administrative skills. Global Heritage Fund’s unique Preservation by Design strategy and impressive Advisory Board are key to its success,” said Jenny Shilling, Executive Director, Draper Richards Foundation. “GHF’s partnership with conservation experts and local organizations has proven successful in countries like China, Ukraine and Guatemala.”

GHF and Draper Richards have jointly set three-year milestones for the development of GHF and its global conservation programs, and will work together on strategic growth and organizational issues.

About Draper Richards Foundation

The Draper Richards Foundation (http://www.draperrichards.org) provides fellowships to outstanding social entrepreneurs. The Foundation selects new organizations that demonstrate innovative and highly leveraged ways to solve existing social problems. The Foundation seeks organizations that are or plan to be national or global in scope. The Foundation was founded by venture capitalists William H. Draper III and Robin Richards Donohoe.

About Global Heritage Fund

The Global Heritage Fund’s mission is to enable successful long-term preservation of humankind’s most important archaeological sites and ancient townscapes, creating new engines for economic growth in developing countries. GHF works to develop comprehensive Master Conservation Plans, provides early matching grants and training, builds local institutions and promotes sustainable tourism development to ensure permanent protection for global cultural treasures. The Global Heritage Fund is a registered non-profit conservancy based in Palo Alto, California.

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