Val, our Programme Action Officer, was honoured to represent the club and be one of those who met HRH the Princess Royal at the recent SIGBI Conference in Glasgow.
The Princess had asked to meet representatives of the three clubs with proposals that had made the short-list for the new Federation long term project.
Val said ‘Federation President Jenny introduced me as representing SI Manchester and the Princess shook my hand. I had a short time to tell her about our HEAL Malawi project and how it aims to help young women find a way out of extreme poverty.’
Unfortunately, our project did not win when delegates voted later that afternoon, but Soroptimists do not give up when faced with a setback and the Princess will not be the last person to hear about HEAL Malawi.
