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First published on 24 February 2013. Updated on 4 January 2024.
'I chose the vocation'
Camila Batmanghelidjh (کامیلا باتمانقلیچ) CBE, Founder, Kids Company,
born 1 January 1963, Tehran, Iran- died 1 January 2024, London.
RIP Camila and thank you for the generosity and kindness, help and support, you gave to so many kids. I am praying in my own way for you, may God grant you rest; you were, in the old idiom, a lovely lady, who, if required, may still be a peacemaker in heaven.
Camila Batmanghelidjh. Photo: Sam Frost/Via The Guardian
(Excerpts from an article first published on 22 February 2013)-- Camila Batmanghelidjh ("Batmanjelidge", born 1963, Tehran, Iran). She is founder of two charities - the place2b and Kids Company, where she and her team care for 17,000 vulnerable children and young people in London. The charity operates from three street-level centres in Southwark, Lambeth and Camden, as well as working in 41 inner-city schools. She lives in West Hampstead, London.
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Recently I was at a gathering with some family and friends and the topic of blogging came up. I was asked why I am drawn to, and interested in writing and posting these thought-provoking blogs. It was, I must admit, an interesting question and discussion which I would love to share the gist of it with you too.
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