Meet the Danish UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador Hanne-Vibeke Holst is appointed as UN Population Fund Goodwill Embassador for Denmark
	Face to Face Celebrity Interview: Xavier Sardā An interview with the Spanish televison personality.
	Campaign Management Ideas Successfully managing the Face to Face campaign

The Danish Family Planning Association has nominated, and UNFPA has agreed to appoint Hanne - Vibeke Holst as UN Population Fund Goodwill Ambassador and Face to Face Campaign Spokesperson for Denmark.

Hanne is a well known and popular Danish columnist, tv-journalist and best-selling fiction writer. Her novels deal with modern women, their new options and old problems, in a complex world of challenge, freedom and love. Hanne's books are translated into several languages, including German, Dutch and Swedish.

In her home country, Hanne is known and respected as an outspoken advocate for women's rights as well as the building of a global, common conscience in the 21st century. She serves on the Board of Governors of the Danish Family Planning Association and is a personal appointed member of the Danish UNESCO National Commission.Hanne will be writing in-depth articles on reproductive health issues, population and development matters and women's rights for the Face to Face Campaign, commencing with a visit to Albania to report on the women of Kosovo.

Hanne will be the designated journalist accompanying the Danish delegation on the IPPF-organized Parliamentarian visit to the developing world in January, 2000.

"Why Does Xavier Sardā Speak Up For Women?" is the headline of the feature length article in the May 13, 1999 issue of Voluntarios, an influential magazine published in Madrid, Spain for NGOs and other civil society organizations.

Xavier Sardā was appointed UN Population Fund Goodwill Ambassador and Face to Face Campaign Spokesperson for Spain in February, 1999 at a press conference in Barcelona organized by the Federaciķn de Planificaciķn Familiar de Espaņa (FPFE). Xavier is a highly-acclaimed television and radio presenter. His nightly television show, "The Martian Chronicles," reaches 2-4 million Spanish viewers.

Xavier is devoting a generous amount of his time and energy to the first and second objectives of the Face to Face Campaign, namely building public awareness of women and youth denied reproductive rights and services and building public awareness and support of the NGOs working to assist them.

FPFE has a close working relationship with Xavier Sardā for the Face to Face Campaign. Each week Xavier receives a bulletin from FPFE, Butlleti Cara a Cara. It contains information on campaign issues and events some of which Xavier can use in his television and radio programming. This same information is reproduced monthly in Boletin Cara a Cara, and addressed to NGOs, Members of Parliament, governmental institutions and other interested parties.

For Update readers, we have translated and excerpted the Voluntarios interview with Xavier Sardā.

What opinion do you have of the [Face to Face] campaign?

I think this campaign is a good one. There are certain sensibilities that I like. For example, rather than speaking of population control, here it is a question of people being able to choose children or not; and when people can do that, they opt for fewer children. I prefer this freedom to the idea of population control. The fact that you neither avoid having children nor do you consider them a numerical question is important.

What does your work consist of?

The idea is to have a Campaign Spokesperson who comes free of charge and who is on call. I told them I was at their service, [and] to tell me the priorities and what messages they wanted to get out. Professionally, the flow of information that I am receiving [from FPFE] is fantastic. For example, it struck me to learn that this October there will be 6 billion people on the Earth. And, that we would have reached this number [earlier] if not for AIDS.

Does [Face to Face] have a place in "Martian Chronicles"?

Yes, it does have a place. On many occasions I bring up these kinds of questions. There are moments when the television program is pure show, pure entertainment. But it contains a progressive elixir within the context of current television. There are moments when we deal with completely serious topics and Face to Face is compatible with this format.

What do you think about the fact that every minute a woman dies due to a problem during pregnancy?

It's a shame. It makes you feel that the human condition is something that is debatable, relative. That there are some people who are able to live and others who cannot. And if we don't feel concerned, we are lacking a sense of humanity. That's what my father used to say, that this sense can't be bought or sold. You can buy culture, but not a sense of humanity.

Do you see men as being responsible for female genital mutilation?

Without a doubt. For instance, in some countries, we have seen how they burn the face of a woman who rejects a man. Women have been sentenced to death for attempting to defend themselves. I consider the social framework responsible, but each man is also responsible. Progressive people have to be careful with the idea of respecting cultural differences. If we respect this, we have to respect clitorectomies as well . . . The contradiction is extreme. [In the end] I believe that human rights should be placed above respect for cultural differences.

Are we Spaniards a people who support causes?

I believe so. I am very optimistic about one thing: at no time has there existed such sensitivity to what is happening outside of Spain as today. Television and radio have provided a massive amount of information. There are the NGOs ... and the support mechanisms created by people that make it possible. The work of NGOs is noteworthy, but the politicians, members of parliament, and the EU ... continue to be important. Making demands, sensitizing people ... should this always be the primary role of NGOs?

What must be achieved?

Yes, and greeting the faithful and fundraising, helping out. There are many causes but politicians must not disengage and ever think the humanitarian challenge has been resolved. In order to prevail [and achieve our goals], we must have information, data and a certain ethical profile allied with common sense.

This column is devoted to ideas for managing the Face to Face Campaign. The issues addressed here range from using campaign volunteers, to developing positive relationships with the media, to budgeting. The information in this column is based on the Guide To Campaign Management by Coddington Management, issued to Campaign partners in June 1998.

Fundraising

Fundraising can increase the financial resources of a campaign and enable it to more vigorously promote its issues and goals to a wider audience. Effective fundraising is based upon three management principles: advance planning and organization; accurate, ongoing recordkeeping; and actual fundraising events.

Some guidelines to consider:

* Organize fundraising teams with individuals who have finance and fundraising experience.
* Estimate your fundraising financial goals as accurately as possible.
* Plan a combination of fundraising activities rather than concentrating on a single type of activity.
* "In-kind" contributions of goods and services in lieu of cash can be useful.
* Assemble a prospect list of friends, associates, past contributors, and members of similar groups.
* Conduct individual solicitations by telephone, mail or in person.
* Create an internal reporting system: essentially a master file of names, types of contacts, dates of contacts, responses and amounts contributed.
* Brief thank you letters should be sent to all contributors.

The real return from direct mail solicitations and door-to-door canvassing is usually very low. Generally speaking, personal solicitations and specific, appealing fundraising events are the most profitable methods of adding money to the campaign.