Christmas 2010: In the Name of Victoria

Line and Mads published their article series “In the Name of Victoria” over Christmas: www.b.dk/victoria

Since then, time has not stood still: Christian and I decided to use the publicity to raise money for Annapurna and Paropakar Hospitals, to help some of the other “Victorias” out there, now that “our” little Victoria didn’t make it.

Attention has been overwhelming: I have put my emotions on hold and thrown myself into the charity work full-time, aside from my job and family: I answer the 300 emails I get every day in person: appear in DR’s “Aftenshowet” (select 3 January 2011) and TV2’s “Go’ Aften Danmark” and “Lounge"; set up the website www.victoria-foreningen.org in order to raise money, which includes getting municipal approval to collect money from the public; engage a pro bono authorised accountant to keep the books; set up separate bank accounts, make a charter and constitute a board for Victoria-foreningen / The Victoria Association.

As offers to donate medical equipment began to pour in, I managed to get a container donated by my employer A.P. Moller – Maersk to ship to Kathmandu when filled with used hospital devices.