1.0HappyCowhttps://www.happycow.net/blogJohn Edmundsonhttps://www.happycow.net/blog/author/johnnysensible/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="jZshzxaG2U"><a href="https://www.happycow.net/blog/on-humanitarian-finance/">On Humanitarian Finance</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.happycow.net/blog/on-humanitarian-finance/embed/#?secret=jZshzxaG2U" width="600" height="338" title="“On Humanitarian Finance” — HappyCow" data-secret="jZshzxaG2U" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.happycow.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/WalkerMilesmini.jpg579231Here is an article from 1896 – unattributed – but written very much in the style of Edith Carrington – proposing ‘networking’ for better-financing humanitarian projects. The author reflects specifically on the challenges of funding a humanitarian monthly magazine / journal. Building audiences – attracting paying advertisers – carefully managing & expanding your projects – the advice can be adjusted slightly & applied to many different great projects today, it is still  relevant 118 years on. Ernest Bell financed his anti-vivisection, vegetarian (vegan), animal rights, humanitarian projects, etc., with his share of the profits from George Bell & Sons. Edith Carrington was a wealthy heiress. Her father was Henry Carrington (d-1859) – her mother was Emily Heywood Johns Carrington (1814-1890). See – here. The Ernest Bell Library & The Humanitarian League are both running strongly. However, we do have very long ‘Wish Lists’ of items which we need to add to the library, & a large number of items which we would like to republish. Financing anti-vivisection projects, vegan projects, animal rights projects, humanitarian projects are almost our full time activities. From the article – ~ For instance, with the active co-operation of a few score persons, why should not any paper, as an […]