FUNDRAISER TO BENEFIT THE CHILD PROTECTION AND EDUCATION CENTER AT MAE TAO CLINIC

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FUNDRAISER TO BENEFIT THE CHILD PROTECTION AND EDUCATION CENTER AT MAE TAO CLINIC

On Wednesday, April 7th, 2010 Free Burma Alliance and Network 355 are holding a fundraiser to benefit the Burmese children refugees at Mae Tao Clinic in Thailand (www.maetaoclinic.org). Established in 1989, the Mae Tao Clinic (MTC), founded and directed by Dr. Cynthia Maung, provides free health care for refugees and other individuals, who cross the border from Burma to Thailand, escaping armed conflict and rampant human rights violations in their homeland. There are currently approximately 2,500 Burmese children living on the premises of Mae Tao Clinic, many of whom are orphans and former child soldiers. Recognized as an “Asian Hero” by TIME magazine in 2003, and nominated for 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, Dr. Cynthia Maung has received many honors for her humanitarian work, including the Ramon Magsaysay award (known as the Asian Nobel Peace Prize) and the John Humphries Freedom award in Canada.

This Black Tie Gala event will take place from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm at the renowned Friar’s Club, located at 57 East 55th Street in New York City (www.friarsclub.com). The program will include traditional Burmese dance performance, photography exhibition by Soros Foundation, brief presentation by Heroes Serving Humanity, personal video message from Dr. Cynthia Maung, video clip from an upcoming documentary by Jeremy Taylor “Burma: An Indictment” and a silent auction. Premium Open Bar and Buffet Style dinner will be served.

The event will be photographed by Adam Bernstein Photography Studio and video taped by Georgia Hilton from 1Line Media. Among the sponsors are Elle Magazine, Lindt Chocolates, StubHub!, Hit Parader Magazine, Crunch Fitness, Delirius Design, Kimberly Hotel, Ito En, Julia Dale Group, Naxart and Mednik Events. The invitation to the fundraiser will be sent out to thousands and will be posted on various websites. VIP guests, such as political figures and celebrities have been invited, and will be announced upon firm confirmation. The expected number of guests is 150.

ORGANIZERS: FREE BURMA ALLIANCE (FBA) is a recently formed coalition of human rights and humanitarian relief organizations dedicated to raising awareness about humanitarian crisis in Burma. The coalition was created in order to present a unified voice focusing attention on the crimes against humanity in Burma and to provide advocacy strategies to encourage international community to take a strong stand against the military junta in Burma. Organizations joined FBA include National League for Democracy-LA, NCUB, Burma Point, Thai Burma Border Consortium, Backpack Health Workers Team, Heroes Serving Humanity, Mae Tao Clinic, Women League of Burma and Amnesty International USA.
NETWORK 355 is a New York City based network of women entrepreneurs who volunteer their expertise to raise public awareness about humanitarian and cultural causes.

Tickets on sale from 03/07/10

For details and sponsorship opportunities contact
Jeremy Taylor: jeremy@freeburmaalliance.org & Elena Tchainikova: et@network355.org
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