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2006-12-01 | Beijing

European Chamber's Charity Gala Dinner "Touch an Orphan's Life" will be held on 8th Dec.

Beijing, 1st December 2006. European Chamber’s Charity Gala Dinner “Touch an Orphan’s Life” will be held at the Kempinski Hotel on the 8th December. This is the 6th edition of the Charity Dinner organised in association with the EU-China Managers Association, with Operation Blessing and the China Charity Federation. The Charities that will be supported this year are Operation Blessing, the China Charity Federation, Bethel Foster Home and Braille Without Borders. All of them run dedicated projects to help improve the lives of the 21 million orphans in China.

Last year the European Chamber raised over one million RMB for orphans and it hopes to raise double that amount this year with help from our sponsors, ticket sales and through the raffle where fantastic prizes can be won. We would like to thank the companies who continue to support this great event through valuable donations. This year’s Diamond sponsors are BMW and ClearWorld Energy. Our Platinum sponsor this year is Nokia with Gold being Airbus, Telefonica and France H.C.S Group (China) Ltd.

About the Beneficiary Organisations

Operation Blessing runs several projects with the donations it receives from the Charity Dinner. The majority of the money is used to fund essential surgery for orphans, which not only improves their health but also increases their chances of being adopted. Last year 20 orphans received life-saving surgeries and 20 more received life-transforming surgeries. Furthermore, training was provided to 36 caregivers to help them deal with orphans with hearing and speaking difficulties.

Bethel Foster Home runs several homes for blind orphans on the outskirts of Beijing. Their goal is to care for, educate and train visually impaired orphans to live and work independently in the future.

Braille Without Borders runs a similar scheme in Tibet where the proportion of blind people is well above the world average. Through this vital training and education these orphans will be able to lead a normal life and integrate into society.

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For more information, please contact:
Grace Yao, Press Officer of the European Chamber
Phone: +86 10 6462 2066 – 30; E-mail: gyao@euccc.com.cn 

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