World Vision Shifts the Focus of its Development Efforts From Silos to Support and Gets Everyone Working Together to Engage Donors in Saving the World’s Children

By Margaret Battistelli Gardner

But this is the real world, and not many organizations can afford to try a stunt like that.

Throughout the transformation effort, Tandon says, it pretty much has to be business as usual as far as specific fundraising programs go, and certainly in regards to on-the-ground projects.

“It’s like fixing the engine of an airplane while it’s flying,” he laughs. “And it’s not just any airplane; it’s an airliner. There are lots of people on board. If it goes wrong, they’ll all crash and burn. You have to keep the organization running; you can’t just let it all fall into the ocean.