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her inspiration "This is all part of my personal recovery; to bring my 10 years of humanitarian experience and what's happened with the tragedy to go forward with my new life..." earthquake. It was important for us to have a focus for where we were going to help because we would have been overwhelmed by the amount there was to do. We sent over emergency funds and resources to help re-establish their school and community, and we have now established connections with two more schools." emily created Purple Cake Day on 1 March, which became the Trust's day of celebration, education and action to raise awareness and funds for children in need. It has been inspired by Kofie's compassion for street children and by Zenzie who wanted not one, but two purple cakes for her 4th birthday. The earthquake struck a week before she turned four. Purple Cake Day is now a day of celebration for children globally. There are opportunities for everyone to get involved through song, art, wearable art, cupcake sales, mufti days, garage sales – the list goes on. On March 1, 2011 purple-themed celebrations were held across his all to helping the disadvantaged throughout the world in his roles with the United Nations – a passion he shared with his wife. After completing a law and politics degrees at Otago University, Emily backpacked around the world before meeting up with her parents who were serving as VSA volunteers in Cambodia. "Upon visiting them I saw first hand what an impact you can have working with communities living in poverty. I signed up with the United Nations programme there and then and haven't looked back." Using nearly a decade of experience with the United Nations and the International Rescue Committee, Emily set up the Kenbe La Foundation using her knowledge of processes, global objectives and systems. "Our initial goal was to raise funds and awareness to help the children of Haiti. We had a project from the start to support a particular school of 120 children that had been destroyed by the 48 | February/March 2012 | HER MAGAZINE schools and communities in over 10 locations worldwide, including New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Singapore, Japan, the united States, nigeria, Burundi, the Democratic republic of Congo, Australia and Haiti. "There are hundreds of individuals who support the foundation," Emily says with pride. "There are people who want to do something for me personally because of the tragedy that I've faced. The foundation has given me a sense of purpose and a reason to get up in the morning – to channel my energy and not go off the rail." More than $30,000 was collected on Purple Cake Day through small fundraising activities, done mainly by children. Funds have been used equally to support education programmes at the Children of Haiti Project School and psychosocial programmes through Save the Children's Journey of Hope Programme in Christchurch. Proceeds from fundraising activities were initially planned to provide educational opportunities to children in severe need