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Samia Elwazer, 1st Vice President of the United Nations Women's Guild, welcomes an audience of more than 200 people to the UNWG's annual Charity Presentation Ceremony in the IAEA Board Room on 17 October 2008.
UNWG-supported charities are mother-child focused. This year's event was entitled A Celebration of Children and included presentations of song and dance by groups of youngsters. Here, children from the VIC Child Care Center entertain the audience with an energetic dance.
Ann Heard, UNWG President, told the audience that the Guild has been in existence for 40 years and currently has 500 members. Its aim is to reach out to the world's most disadvantaged children.
The UNWG's activities begin with the annual Christmas Bazaar—its main fund-raising event—and end twelve months later with the grant-presentation ceremony. Each year, the UNWG raises approximately 250,000 Euros which are distributed among selected charities.
Ann Heard presents honorary membership certificates to Aida ElBaradei and Philomena Yumkella.
Nadia Jenane, Africa Team Leader, presents grant certificates to representatives of her region's 12 selected charities.
Children from the Institut Sacre Coeur perform two traditional Austrian dances.
Representatives of charities from the Asia and Pacific regions receive their grant certificates.
Children from the Institut Sacre Coeur choir sing songs in German and English.
Representatives of charities from the Europe/Central Asia region and UN Co-Action groups receive their grant certificates.
Representatives of charities from the Middle East/North Africa region receive their grant certificates.
Children from the Arabische Schule in Vienna perform dances filled with colour, excitement and humour.
Representatives of charities from Latin America display their grant certificates.
19-year-old Music student Pawel Markowicz dazzles the audience with virtuoso performances of Chopin and Gershwin.
Massoud Samiei, Head of the IAEA's Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy (PACT), displays the UNWG grant certificate dedicated to providing five pediatric beds and associated equipment in the proposed new palliative care unit at the Ocean Road Cancer Institute in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
