Naked Heart Foundation

Naked Heart Foundation
Naked Heart Foundation
Founder(s) founder Natalia Vodianova
Founded 2005
Location London, Great Britain
Key people Natalia Vodianova: founder; Justin Portman: co founder; Amy Bramley: International Executive Director; Asya Zalogina: Executive Director, Russia
Area served Russia
Focus Providing facilities where under privileged children can play.
Mission "to provide a safe and inspiring environment in which to play for every child living in urban Russia"
Method Constructing Play Parks
Motto Play Parks with Purpose
Website nakedHeart.org

The Naked Heart Foundation is a charity whose mission, broadly outlined, is "to provide a safe and inspiring environment in which to play for every child living in urban Russia." [1] Or more specifically the "objects of the charity are to provide assistance to underprivileged children in russia through: the provision of recreational facilities, designed to improve their conditions of life; providing financial assistance to help with the medical care of such children; making distributions to charitable entities that further the afore-mentioned objects." [2]

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Founding

It was founded by the model and actress Natalia Vodianova. She has explained her motivation behind its establishment in terms of her perception of the importance of play for children and the lack of playgrounds in Russia.[3] She was inspired to found the charity after visiting Russia with her son Lucas and finding there were no suitable places for children to play.[4] Ms Vodianova has also reported the 2004 Beslan School siege as a motivation - she was in Russia at the time and the crisis had a profound effect on her.[5]

Philosophy

The organisation's basic argument is that play should be viewed as necessity rather than a luxury and that there has been insufficient attention paid in Russia to making sure that many children have safe environments to play in. The organisation's website identifies Lev Vygotsky, via a quotation, as providing some motivation for the Foundation.[1] "A child's greatest achievements are possible in play, achievements that will tomorrow become his basic level of real action and morality. It is the essence of play that a new relation is created… between situations in thought and real situations."[6]

The Play Parks and Playgrounds

The organisation built its first Play Park in 2006 in Nizhny Novgorod. It has since built nearly 30 more Play Parks and Playgrounds. (The distinction between the Play Parks and Playgrounds being that the latter are smaller affairs.) [1] Architect and artist Adam Kalkin provided the design for the recreation centers for the parks, to be built of shipping containers.[7]

In July 2008 Petrozavodsk joined the growing list of cities to have had a playground constructed. Petrozavodsk's playground included sandboxes, rope-way and a roller park.[8]

The Love Ball

There have been several high profile events to raise funds for the foundation - most notably the Love Ball.[9] The Foundation's Love Ball (12–14 February 2008) was perhaps the largest charity event in Russian history. This was organised as a three day event that culminated with a Valentine’s evening Love Ball. This gala dinner had over 400 guest attending including Lucy Liu; Natalie Imbruglia; Eva Herzigova; Mario Testino; Diane von Furstenberg; Andrei Shevchenko; Paolo Roversi, Alfonso Cuaron; Rustam Tariko. Around $6 million were raised for the Foundation.[10]

History and organisation

The organisation has offices in London and Moscow and three principal staff: Amy Bramley (Executive Director, International), Asya Zalogina (Executive Director, Russia) and Oxana Medvedeva (Program Officer). The Foundation's revenue and expenditure in 2007 was in the order of $1 million.[11] More recent accounts are available at the Foundations entry on the Charity Commission's website. By May 2009 the charity had constructed 23 playgrounds, with plans underway to build 15 more.[5]

External links

References

  1. ^ a b c http://www.nakedheart.org/aboutus_ourmission.php
  2. ^ http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/ShowCharity/RegisterOfCharities/CharityWithPartB.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1122345&SubsidiaryNumber=0 Naked Heart Foundation at the Charity Commission
  3. ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/jan/13/fashion.features2 How I get dressed: Natalia Vodianova, one of the world's richest models on fame, fashion and a life in poverty in Russia, The Observer, Sunday 13 January 2008
  4. ^ Natalia Vodianova (13 January 2008). "How I get dressed". London: The Observer. http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/jan/13/fashion.features2. Retrieved 2009-05-26. 
  5. ^ a b Russian supermodel's playful ambition CNN May 15, 2009
  6. ^ http://google.com/search?q=cache:jAnXvDUketoJ:www.suepalmer.co.uk/articles/LEV%2520VYGOTSKY.doc+%22A+child's+greatest+achievments%22&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk Lev Vygotsky by Galina Dolya and Sue Palmer (TES Primary Forum, 2004)
  7. ^ Gordon, Alastair (2005-12-01). "Heavy Metal Jacket With a Luxe Lining". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/01/garden/01kalkin.html?pagewanted=all. Retrieved 2010-05-19. 
  8. ^ http://google.com/search?q=cache:mlziEN2iFIcJ:www.petrozavodsk-mo.ru/files/upload/Petrozavodsk%2520Newsletter%2520October08.doc+%22Naked+Heart+Foundation%22&cd=139&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk Главная страница Petrozavodsk Newsletter October, 2008)
  9. ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/style/3364504/The-stars-come-out-for-Supernova.html The stars come out for Supernova, By Yasmin Mills The Daily Telegraph Feb 2008
  10. ^ http://www.dnamodels.com/newsletter/?p=48 Dna Model Management
  11. ^ http://www.nakedheart.org/ The Naked Heart website

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