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Charlene Pagett, Founder, Executive Administrator & Secretary for Board of Directors
Char Pagett started Assist International with her husband Bob in 1990. Since the early days of working out of a spare bedroom in their home, the Pagetts have watched AI grow into a highly respected agency operating in 56 countries on 5 continents (Australia and Antarctica so far haven't been visited by AI, but that could change). Char is instrumental to the success of our projects and always a calming presence when situations or budgets become tight...she is our guidepost in many ways, and we love her dearly!
Q & A with CHARLENE PAGETT:
What's Your Most Memorable Moment with Assist?
"(Yikes, there are lots of them.)
- Watching one of the first little orphan girls that was rescued in Romania come running up to Bob, grab his leg and say "Here's Pop Magic!" or
- Visiting the maternity ward in Zanzibar, Africa. The first night there we saw two women laboring in the same bed without sheets on the bed. One of those women gave birth to twins that night. Being the grandmother of twins, I went back the next day to check on them and their crib said 'orphan.' Their mother had died in the night, but about that time another mother was in trouble and I ran upstairs and got our OB nurse, she ran back down to the Maternity Ward and immediately hooked this mother up to a monitor that Assist International had brought, and her life was saved because they could tell what was wrong with her.
- Making rooms of death into rooms of life with the modern medical equipment and training."
You have 30 seconds to tell someone about Assist International...
"Assist works very hard to make a difference for some of the poor and needy of this world through building family villages and installing high-tech medical equipment."
What AI 'Issue' is Most Profound to You & Why?
"I would say the Orphan and Widow Projects...because when they are rescued and helped, you give them an immediate sense of hope and a much brighter path toward a real future."
Is there a country or region you have a particular affinity for?
"Probably Africa in general, because there is such need among orphans and women, and we feel such a sense of urgency to do all we can. Our donors and partners are key to helping us achieve dramatic results in a place used to so much tragedy."
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Charlene works in the World Headquarters Office in Scotts Valley.
Hobbies: "I enjoy spending time with my grandkids, and walking!"
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