IIAF hosts a variety of special events. Through these events we raise some of the much needed and much appreciated funds that we direct to charities in Latin America. We hope you will have an opportunity to join us and to lend your support:

Silent Auctions   (Photos of 2007 Auction)  (Sampling of 2008 items)  

Holding Little Hands for the Americas Luncheon

• 2005 Beneficiaries
• 2003 Beneficiaries

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SILENT AUCTIONS

IIAF raises a significant amount of funding through silent auctions organized by the Ivy Peru Committee. The most prominent event is the annual Silent Auction, held in Washington, DC in November. In a pleasant low-pressure atmosphere our guests enjoy leisurely conversation and frequently live music and hors d'oeuvres, while perusing and bidding on fine arts, indigenous crafts, and various other quality items often donated by generous and committed individuals or organizations. Items have included travel packages, airline tickets, paintings, wine and jewelry.

The next Silent Auction will be held on Friday, November 7, 2008 in the Hall of the Americas, Organization of American States, Washington, DC. To be added to the list of invitees for future Silent Auctions, contact ivy_peru@hotmail.com.

For a photos of last year's Silent Auction Items, click here.

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HOLDING LITTLE HANDS FOR THE AMERICAS LUCHEON

This luncheon is held every other year to call attention to the millions of orphaned and abandoned children in the Americas and to promote goodwill throughout the hemisphere. It raises critical funds needed by organizations that help disadvantaged children. The winner of the prestigious Ivy Humanitarian Prize is announced at the luncheon. In addition, a silent auction to raise funds for the organizations is held in conjunction with this luncheon.

This is a biannual event is usually held at the Organization of American States in Washington, DC. The First Lady of the United States usually serves as Honorary Char of this event.

Proceeds from our luncheons have assisted children in Ecuador, Guatemala, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay, Argentina, Nicaragua, Haiti, Bolivia, Honduras, Paraguay, Peru and the US. Through this event, IIAF has acquired the funds that furnished a nursery in Ayacucho, Peru, helped keep a home for unwed teenage mothers running in Recife, Brazil, and expanded a home for handicapped children in Planes de Renderos, Nicaragua.

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2005 BENEFICIARIES

Proceeds from the 2005 luncheon benefited the organizations below.  Read our press release for more details.

• Fundacion Amor y Vida, San Pedro Sula, Honduras - Founded by concerned citizens in 1994, this was the first in Central America to provide care, protection and love to children infected with HIV.

• Friends of Fort Liberte, Fort Liberte, Haiti - director Rev. Mario "Andre" Jean.  This organization helps hundreds of children by providing essential health services, food and education.

• Fundacion Ideas, El Chaco, Argentina - Founded by a group of young professionals, this organization works with indigenous people to provide food and assistance to severely malnourished children and their families.

• Asociacion la Familia Padre Fabretto, Nicaragua - director Kevin Marinacci. Serves 3000 abused, orphaned and neglected children in six locations. 

• Growing Together, Washington, DC, USA - directed by Therese Knudsun. Uses a highly successful method of turning around students who are filing in school.  Accepts disadvantaged students in great need of help.  Has expended to public schools and includes training and supervision of volunteer tutors.

• Joy! Child Development Center, Dodge City, Kansas, USA - Founded in 1994, this center provides quality childcare to low-income families.

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2003 BENEFICIARIES

The proceeds from the 2003 luncheon benefited these organizations. 

• Dispensario Bethania, Jocotan Chiquimula, Guatemala - directed by Dr. Carlos Arriola.  This food dispensary serves the indigenous Chortis who live in extreme poverty, made worse by the drought of 2001.

• Corporacion Gral. Gustavo Matamoros D'Acosta, Bogota, Colombia - directed by Ms. Catalina Giraldo.  Established in 1986 to rehabilitate young soldiers and policemen, ages 18-22 disabled in combat or duty.  It also provides psychological and financial support to widows and orphans created in the defense of their country against terrorism.

• Fundacion Pacha, Lima, Peru - Helps promote the development of Quecha, Aymara, and Amazonia populations through education, training, technology, and product sales.

• Sayre Revitalization Project, Sayre Community, Alabama, USA - directed by Bonnie Roberts. Provides tutoring and school-age children in this depressed low-income rural community. Prior to the project's founding, the area high school graduation rate was less than 20%.

• House of Bread, Dayton, Ohio, USA - directed by Edward Evans. Started by Sister Dorothy Krammer, this organization provides nutritious means in a safe and quiet environment to those in need. Children also receive tutoring and personal mentoring.  

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