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IIAF SPECIAL EVENTS IIAF hosts a variety of special events each year.
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:
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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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Proceeds from the 2005
luncheon benefited the organizations below. Read our
press release
for more details.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Asociacion la Familia Padre Fabretto,
Nicaragua - director Kevin Marinacci. Serves 3000
abused, orphaned and neglected children in six locations.
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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.
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Joy! Child Development Center, Dodge City,
Kansas, USA - Founded in 1994, this center provides quality
childcare to low-income families.
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The proceeds from the
2003 luncheon benefited these organizations.
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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.
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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.
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Fundacion Pacha, Lima, Peru - Helps promote the
development of Quecha, Aymara, and Amazonia populations through
education, training, technology, and product sales.
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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%.
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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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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. sometime 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.
This year's Silent Auction will be held on Friday,
November 10, 2006 in the Hall of the Americas, Organization of
American States. To be added to the list of invitees for future
Silent Auctions, contact us at ivy_peru@hotmail.com
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