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I have sent emails to many companies, organizations and foundations during the period from January 29th till February 6th 2005.
I have tried to include the maximum number of names in the following list:
- Pepsi
- Vodafone Egypt
- Mobinil
- Raya
- Orascom
- Mena for Contracting and Trading
- Astrazenica
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Bristol Myers Squibb
- Novartis Pharma
- Uniliver
- Sanofi Aventis
- Pfizer
- Nestle
- Heinz
- Vitrac
- Ahmed Bahgat group
- Mercedes
- Toyota
- BP Egypt
- Tarek Nour Agency
- Shell Egypt
- Rotary
- British Council
- Amideast
- AUC
- GUC
- CIC
- MIU
- MSA
- UFE
- Wanati Newspaper
- Al Ahram Foundation: Mr Ibrahim Nafie
- Al Gomhoreya Foundation: Mr Samir Ragab
- Teen Stuff Magazine
- El Beitbeitak program on Egyptian TV (through the telephone)
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Download the package which I have sent to these companies:
The fundraising request
My CV
Preliminary schedule of events of the conference & partial list of former speakers
From all the above list which I have emailed or faxed, I have only received the following replies (Up till now) and I am waiting for more, hopefully:
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From: info <>
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 11:36:04 +0800
Subject: From Teen Stuff
To:
Dear Evronia,
Reading your e-mail we felt so proud knowing that there are still youth such
as yourself who are enthusiastic with big dreams and the will to achieve
them. we are really proud of you and so happy to know that you got such an
opportunity. Make sure to benefit the most out of it. Concerning helping you
with your fundraising we would have really liked to help you but unfortunately at the moment we can not participate in any sort of sponsoring or fundraising. We know that this might come as a disappointment for you but unfortunately there is nothing in our hands. We wish you all the best in your trip and Good luck with your fundraising. Hope to hear more of your experience and keep us posted with your latest news.
Take care
--
Marwa Yehia
Managing Editor
TPA - Teen Stuff Magazine
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From: Zaher,Amany,CAIRO, Nestle Corp. Sensory & Consumer Services Mgr <>
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 07:18:29 -0000
Subject: RE: Sponsorship / Funds Request
To: Evronia Azer <>
Dear Evorina,
Thank you for contacting us again, I have submitted your CV and the programme to the Market head of Egypt, he was very impressed by your CV and your qualifications but unfortunately, all our sponsorship budget for this year has already been committed to other matters.
Nevertheless, I still hope that you can go to the conference as you are really a great girl and anyone would be very proud to sponsor you. (Don't give up)
Have a great day and hope you can contact us in future and we can be able to serve you.
Best regards,
Amani Zaher
Corp. Sensory & Consumer Services Manager
Tel. no. 002- 02- 345 27 69
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From: MIU - International Office <>
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 15:37:23 +0200
Subject: RE: sponsorship
To: Evronia Azer <>
Cc: Backup <>
Dear Evronia,
Thank you for your interest in MIU. I will forward your email to Ms Dina El
Rafie, the coordinator of the students acivities in the faculty of Business
Adminstration, and she will return to you as soon as possible.
Best Regards,
Yasmine Hassan
International Officer
International Office
Misr Inetrnational University
Km 28 Cairo - Ismalia Road,
Cairo - Egypt
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From: CCFEEDBACK <CCFEEDBACK@pfizer.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 14:52:24 -0500
Subject: RE: fundraising request
To: Evronia Azer <evronia@gmail.com>
Dear Evronia Azer,
Thank you for contacting us. Pfizer Inc and the Pfizer Foundation's
charitable giving programs provide grants for targeted initiatives
focused primarily on health care and science education. We do not
accept unsolicited requests.
Thank you,
Pfizer Corporate Citizenship
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From: SPA - Board Of Directors {PEP} <SPA-BoardOfDirectors@pepsi.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 15:05:14 -0600
Subject: RE: fundraising request
To: Evronia Azer <evronia@gmail.com>
Thank you for your message and your interest in PepsiCo. Please note,
however, that this email address is for the purpose of reporting complaints
about PepsiCo's accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing
matters.
For information regarding community involvement, contributions and donations
from PepsiCo, please refer to www.pepsico.com under Citizenship. You may
also write to the Director, Corporate Contributions, PepsiCo, Inc., 700
Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, New York 10577.
PepsiCo Law Department
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(Please note that this is the only email I found for pepsi and there was no way I could write a letter to NYC, as it would take forever to arrive + they are not concerned with Egypt!)
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From: Abaza, Nevine (Egypt) <Nevine.Abaza@britishcouncil.org.eg>
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 14:59:20 +0200
Subject: Re: Fundraising Request
To: evronia@gmail.com
Dear Evronia
Your request has been forwarded to us here in Alexandria. Unfortunately
we do not have funds to support this. It seems like a great opportunity
for you though, so I hope you will be able to secure funds from other
appropriate organisations that can fund such initiatives.
I wish you the best of luck in your fundraising/search.
Kind regards
Nevine
- "The British Council, my deep thanks goes to them because they always support me and my fellows during their events and efforts, has sent me a reply, which is expected from a respectable place like that. I would like to note that the British Council is registered as a Charity, so I didn't expect to receive funds from them in a monetary form, just probably guide me towards companies. But probably they prefer not to fundraise in Egypt because they know how 'fruitful' it is to do so!!!"
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From: Soha Elsherif <Selsherif@amideast.org>
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 13:13:51 +0200
Subject: RE: fundraising request
To: Evronia Azer <evronia@gmail.com>
Cc: Sohair Saad <SSaad@amideast.org>, Abir Khater <AKhater@amideast.org>, Nelly Elzayat <NElzayat@amideast.org>
Dear Evronia,
We certainly appreciate your interest in Amideast. Nevertheless, I am
sorry to inform you that Amideast does not offer financial assistance.
Amideast is a private, nonprofit organization promoting understanding
and cooperation between Americans and the people of the Middle East and
North Africa through education, information, and development assistance
programs.
Please do not hesitate to contact me should you need any inquiry. I will
be delighted to serve you.
Again thank you for your interest in Amideast and best of luck.
Have a good day!
Regards,
Soha El Sherif
Assistant Educational Advisor
Educational Resource Center
Amideast/Cairo
23, Mossadak St,
Dokki, Giza, Egypt.
Tel: 337-8265 Ext:287
Fax: 3376913
E-Mail:selsherif@amideast.org
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From: Customer-Serviceeg <Customer-Serviceeg@vodafone.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 11:00:48 +0200
Subject: RE: Fundraising request
To: Evronia Azer <evronia@gmail.com>
Dear Lady,
Thank you for applying to Vodafone. Your C.V. has been received.
In case of suitable vacancy, selected CV applicants will be contacted by human resources, and then appointed for interviews.
Appreciate your choice of Vodafone as your employer and we look forward to contacting you in the future.
Sincerely yours,
Customer Service.
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It is very clear from their reply they hadn't taken any time to read my email! So I resent it again and explained, and I got this reply:
From: Noha Saad <Noha.Saad@vodafone.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 13:05:29 +0200
Subject: Sponsorship offer
To: evronia@gmail.com
Dear Ms. Azer,
I would like to thank you for your email and interest in Vodafone Egypt to sponsor your attendance in the Student conference.
Unfortunately , we do not sponsor individuals , as per the company policies and the Vodafone Egypt Foundation policy.
I have to tell you that am impressed with the way you structured your CV and the other attachment, a well done job.
I suggest you try other sponsors who can support individuals.
Thanks,
Noha Saad
Senior Team Leader
Corporate Social Responsibility and Foundation Vodafone Egypt
Direct : +202 5292111
Fax: + 202 5294499
General Secretary - Vodafone Egypt Foundation
Registered in Egypt with Ministry of Social Affairs (5416 Nov. 03 )
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From: Ann Boudinot-Amin <annbamin@aucegypt.edu>
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 08:01:01 +0200
Subject: RE: Fundraising request
To: Evronia Azer <evronia@gmail.com>
Dear Evronia,
Congratulations! This sounds like a wonderful opportunity for you. I
wish you the best of luck.
Unfortunately, AUC cannot use its funds to support non-AUC students in
this kind of endeavor. As a fundraiser myself, I would recommend that
you approach companies in the area, both Egyptian and multinationals. I
am sure that many companies would be more than happy to support you for
the conference. Your letter is quite good -- phone the companies to find
the general manager's email address or fax number and then send them
your request, with a phone call follow-up after a few days.
Once again, congratulations and best of luck,
Ann Boudinot-Amin
Director of Annual Giving
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I would also like you to read the names of companies who I tried to contact but could neither find a fax number or an email for them on the Internet!!
- Microsoft Egypt (!!!!)
- Telecom Egypt (!!!)
- Egypt Air
- MI Bank
- Louis Bishara BTM (E-mails fail to reach)
- McDonalds' Egypt
- Chipsi for Food Industries
- El Beitbeitak program on Egyptian TV (E-mails fail to reach, though they say they receive lots of emails daily!!)
Quite Disappointing ha?!
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Now after I have got bored from all this, I decided to write to Barid El Ahram, I sent them my message through fax, email, letter. I hope they publish it, though I doubt they will. Even if they do, they would certainly cut it in half!
I would just like to add that the people responsible for Barid El Ahram don't read emails, I just did what I had to do!