Meet our speaker - Carmen Uscatu
BIO
Founding Member, President at Give Life (Dăruiește Viață) NGO
Founded and co-managed one of the most well-known NGOs in Romania for more than 10 years, and NGO that gained the trust of over 500,000 individual donors and 7,700 corporate sponsors.
Developed the strategy and vision for Dăruiește Viață, from the first infrastructure project to the biggest grassroots movement in Romania – WeBuildAHospital initiative.
Led teams of fundraisers, communicators, advocates, attorneys, etc. to develop and implement solutions to protect Romanian patients.
Co-managed, for the last 10 years, more than 35 projects for the medical system (infrastructure, equipment acquisition, education, lobby and advocacy, protecting patients’ rights, reacting to emergency crisis, etc.).
Coordinating numerous suppliers team for the implementation of WeBuildAHospital initiative – building a children’s hospital from scratch.
As the founder and President of Dăruiește Viață / Give Life NGO, dedicated to bring about significant changes within the Romanian healthcare system, for the benefit of patients with cancer and other severe diseases, both children and adults, as well as for the medical staff.