Nzirambi Photo Exhibition Fundraiser in Support of Ugandan Orphanage
(firmenpresse) - TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 10/24/11 -- Editors Note: There are 3 photos available with this Press Release.
The "Nzirambi Photo Exhibition," providing a glimpse into life at a Ugandan orphanage, will be unveiled during a special fundraising event on Oct. 27. Funds raised will go toward the Nzirambi Education Fund which ensures the boys and girls of this orphanage have access to higher levels of education, including senior levels of high school, college and university.
"Most of the children at the Nzirambi Orphanage are there because their mothers died during childbirth or due to AIDS. Some are there because they have been abandoned by their families," said Karen Snider, co-founder of the Canadian-based Nzirambi Education Fund. "Despite the odds, these children are striving and healthy. We hope the resilience of these children, as captured in this photo exhibition, will inspire others to give so that we can continue to help these children go to school."
The collection of photos, taken by photographer Brian Pieters, will be on display at Pikto Gallery in Toronto's Distillery District on Oct. 27. Doors open at 7 p.m. Along with the exhibition, there will be a silent auction and raffle for which local businesses have donated more than $6000 in gifts. There will also be a live African drumming performance by Meditative Arts. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at .
Among the silent auction prizes included are: an iPod Touch with Beats by Dre headphones; $500 dinner for four in your home catered by chef Matt Kantor; a limited edition print valued at $400 from local artist Arto Yuzbasiyan; certificates from Toronto's top restaurants; and a 1.5 hour social media consulting session with Canada's leading tech guru Amber Mac. There will also be a $500 Toronto 'foodie' raffle prize with gifts, restaurant certificates, Niagara wine tastings, a special Starbucks Reserve coffee tasting and cupcake making class.
Food and drinks at the event will be sponsored by: Caplansky's Deli, St. Louis, Le Dolci cupcakes, Underdog Wine and Mill Street Brewery.
The Nzirambi Education Fund would like to thank the following organizations for their sponsorship and donations:
About the Orphanage
The Nzirambi Orphanage was started by Dorothy Nzirambi more than 20 years ago when she took in an abandoned baby whose mother had died during childbirth. She was living in a grass-thatched home at the time, with little means. However, under Ms. Nzirambi's care, the child flourished and this was the humble beginnings of the orphanage.
Today at this family-run orphanage there are more than 85 boys and girls, ranging from newborns to 21-year-olds. Many of the children lost their mothers in childbirth and their fathers could not, or would not, care for them. Some are there because their mothers have died of AIDS, or because the children have been abandoned by their families.
About the Nzirambi Education Fund
This Canadian grassroots initiative aims to raise funds to ensure that every boy and girl reaching the levels of higher education can afford to go. Primary education in Uganda is free. However, higher levels of education are especially critical for these children, giving them additional resources to become leaders in their communities and break free of the cycle of poverty they are in. The Fund aims to raise $30,000 in the next three years to pay for nine children who will be in post-secondary school.
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Nzirambi Education Fund
Karen Snider
416 518-2844
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Datum: 24.10.2011 - 14:00 Uhr
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