Camila Batmanghelidjh

Founder and Director of Kids Company in UK

Camila Batmanghelidjh is the founder and director of UK's Kids Company and has been a psychotherapist for more than twenty years. In her early twenties Camila founded her first charity: ‘‘The Place To Be’ which is now a national organisation reaching thousands of children. In her early thirties, Camila founded Kids Company in six converted railway arches in London. During the first few months, the team spent time integrating with the local young people, who tested their resilience and commitment with the challenging behaviour that had given them the label ‘hard to reach’>>>

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Nahzi

Touched & Proud

by Nahzi on Sat May 28, 2011 10:13 PM PDT

I am touched by her passion and proud of her action.


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bahmani

Eccentric, Spooky, Bizarre, Beautiful

by bahmani on Fri May 27, 2011 09:29 AM PDT

Part of the great crime that Iran has tried to perpetrate on us, is the stifling of the evolved Iranian.

Miss B, proves that while you can try, you can never stifle weird. And that weird is good. Weird questions the commonly held beliefs that have often been more of the problem, than the cure or solution.

Weird is also brave enough to weather criticisms and threats, and push through the dark into the light.

Miss B wonderfully illustrates that weird can conquer everything from a simple odd look on the sidewalk, to the most difficult challenges a person can face.

A question was raised as to what Miss B could have done if she had stayed in Iran, I think the answer is obvious.

Long live the weirdos, too bad we don't have more of them!


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Emrooz

Woman of the year 2006

by Emrooz on Fri May 27, 2011 12:17 AM PDT

 She is the realest of the real. She has done so much, given so much of herself to establish her charities to take care of the needs of these children. Among which, she has mortgaged her flat/apt and used the money for the kids and as a result almost became homeless herself....
She came from a very wealthy family and lead a childhood full of all kinds of privileges.

I wish her, her children, and children all over the wold the very best. 

She is Truly ONE OF A KIND.

Can you imagine...What if she had been " able" to remain in Iran??

//news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6056196.stm


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amirkabear4u

BEAUTIFUL

by amirkabear4u on Thu May 26, 2011 11:58 PM PDT

I always liked her for what she does.

I really do not want to sound political but if pahlavis were like her, we did not have to put up with mollahs for over 30 years.

I also think the last part of this video, about british society, was so accurate.

Fairness and Equality in Justice 


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Soosan Khanoom

So Amazing

by Soosan Khanoom on Thu May 26, 2011 10:15 PM PDT

Oh I so love what she does ... I have room in my heart for all the orphans in this world but i just wished I was able to do something that actually counts and here she is with this amazing job that she has done .... I envy her 

Thanks CC for letting us know about Camila 


I like the way she dresses ... I mean her independent choice ... She  has her own mind and does not give a damn 


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Mehrban

CC

by Mehrban on Thu May 26, 2011 06:58 PM PDT

Are you revising your view of psychotherapy? ;)

Camila is so eloquoent "quietly, gently and eccentrically ...." (her words in the video)

Thanks CC. 


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Azadeh Azad

A wonderful woman

by Azadeh Azad on Thu May 26, 2011 04:43 PM PDT

doing a commendable job. Very proud of her.

Cheers, ~  Azadeh

 


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tissa

Amazing

by tissa on Thu May 26, 2011 01:36 PM PDT

What wonderful work she is doing.  And I love what she said at the end about the British.


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Darius Kadivar

Great lady

by Darius Kadivar on Thu May 26, 2011 10:33 AM PDT

She is doing an amazing job. 


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Faramarz

Iranian Batman of the Day!

by Faramarz on Thu May 26, 2011 10:12 AM PDT

CooCoo Sabzi,

Thanks for the post!

What a wonderful woman!


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What a lady!

by Mahvash Shahegh on Thu May 26, 2011 09:18 AM PDT

More power to her! It is so heart warming to see Iranian like her.


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Bavafa

Very touching…so compassionate

by Bavafa on Thu May 26, 2011 08:47 AM PDT

These are the people that they actually make a difference, they put their money where their mouth is and walk the walk

My hat off to her and what she has created

Mehrdad


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ComraidsConcubine

THANK YOU, Admin/JJ

by ComraidsConcubine on Thu May 26, 2011 08:23 AM PDT

 for a beautifully done presentation of her!

She is quite a bit of a giant in many ways; larger than life vision so to speak, she works, works, works 24hrs a day full-swing, knows everyone in town and is deservedly very well-respected. Amazing woman.

 



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