The laguna resort & spa, nusa dua, bali celebrates The convention on the rights of the child
September 6th, 2007
Thousands of children are set to benefit from The Laguna Resort & Spa’s latest fundraising event on Saturday, 1 September 2007 where vital funds will be raised for UNICEF immunisation projects in the Asia Pacific region.
The event will be held as part of UNICEF’s Check Out for Children Challenge.
This fund raising event is held in collaboration with Bali’s Fashion Designer Association’s annual fashion show named “Fashion Tendance 08. (Asosiasi Perancang dan Pengusaha Mode Indonesia – cabang Bali: APPMI-Bali chapter).
Fashion Tendance is the annual fashion event where 10 young and dynamic designers from Bali present 12-15 pieces from their latest collections. The Fashion Designer Association represents the new wave of design, with many of these young designers already making names for themselves in Bali and Jakarta, as well as overseas.
The following themed collections will be presented: Out of Bali by Ali Charisma, Neo Ori by Angelica Wu, The Secret of Art by Dewi Suarjani, BeTa Beda by Dwi Iskandar, Non Ordinary by Eny Ming, Me and My World by Putu Aliki, A Touch of Spirit by Yenli Wijaya, A Hope for Tomorrow by Monika Weber, Trap in the Border Line by Muji Ananta, and The Silk Road by Oka Diputra. The fashion designers will invite guests from the fashion community across Indonesia as well as fashion media from Bali and Jakarta.
The fashion association is also supporting Starwood Hotels & Resorts Asia Pacific’s UNICEF Check Out For Children Challenge 2007 in order to raise money for underprivileged children in the Asia Pacific region. Selected pieces from APPMI’s Bali chapter member designers will be auctioned during the event on September 1st. 100% of proceeds from the auction will be donated to UNICEF and all APPMI’s Bali chapter members will be selling selected pieces from their collections at a designated stall at the Ballroom Foyer, where 50% of the proceeds of sales will be donated to UNICEF.
Now in its fourth year, the UNICEF Check Out for Children Challenge is an annual fundraising challenge among staff at Starwood Hotels and Resorts. Each year the challenge goes from strength to strength and this year the fundraising target for the Asia Pacific region is US$90,000.
The theme of the 2007 Challenge will be the celebration of 18 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In 1989 governments around the world united to sign the Convention on the Rights of the Child and demonstrate their commitment to children. 18 years later a generation of children have been protected by this Convention.
Funds raised by The Laguna Resort & Spa, Nusa Dua, Bali will assist UNICEF to immunise thousands of children in the Asia Pacific region. More than 30,000 children die every day, mostly from preventable diseases. Thanks to Starwood Hotels efforts in 2006, UNICEF has worked to immunise vulnerable children in Myanmar, Mongolia and Bangladesh.
Source: http://www.etravelblackboard.com/
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