Carolina Galvani on growing Sinergia Animal in The Global South and the optimism and self compassion that drives her work.

How I Learned to Love Shrimp

Carolina is the ​​founder and Executive Director of Sinergia Animal, an Animal Charity Evaluators’ StandOut charity working in nine countries of The Global South.

Carolina has twenty years of experience in advocacy, fundraising, strategic planning, management, and campaigning. Before founding Sinergia, she worked in more than thirty countries as an investigative journalist for various animal welfare, environmental and social justice organisations.

In this episode Carolina talks us through the growth of Sinergia, their current programmes and the importance of diversifying tactics across the movement.

Relevant links to things mentioned throughout the show:

• Sinergia Animal’s Website
  • Financial Institutions Campaign
  • Meat Reduction Campaign
  • Job Board
  • Donate to Sinergia Animal
• Brazil Bans Live Cattle Exports article
• Managing to change the world - Alison Green, Jerry Hauser
• Self Compassion - Dr Kristen Neff

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