Opinion
Steering clear of the missionaries
1 December 2006
Alliance magazine
Not every reader of Alliance will be familiar with the Ryder Cup, which is a golf match between the best 12 golfers in Europe and America. For years America won it. They had the best players, the best courses, the best clubs; their professionals received millions of dollars, owned private jets, and, in one case, travelled with an attendant chef. Well, this year for the third time in a row the best of Europe has trounced the best of America 18½ points to 9½ points – and even the Achilles of America, Tiger Woods, lost a game.
I long to see the time when philanthropy in Europe can look US philanthropy in the eye and say ‘we are your equals’.
