ADVERTISEMENT: CHRISTMAS BENEFIT DINNER

[Maria Peressi]

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CHRISTMAS BENEFIT DINNER
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The Association of Volunteers in International Service AVSI organizes
                                   a benefit dinner
to support specific development projects in :
- Paraguay (Support a hospice for the terminally ill of the San Rafael  
Foundation in Asuncion)
- India (Give children a bright future by investing in a new school  
building at Pudukkottay)
- Holy Land (Support the schools of the Franciscan Custody for the  
children of Jerusalem and Bethlehem)
- Uganda (Help children to study and teachers to educate at the  
Permanent Educational Center in Kampala;
support the Meeting Point International caring for women and orphans  
in Kampala)
- Ivory Coast (Support St. Camille Hospital caring for women and  
children, in Bouake)

Thanks to the ICTP, the dinner will take place in the

             Leonardo Building Cafeteria,  Friday, December 12th,  8  
p.m.

During the dinner, volunteers directly involved in the projects of  
last years will briefly present the Association and give reportages.

We ask for a participation fee of 35 Euros and reservation within Dec.  
9th.
For further informations and for reservations:
Maria Peressi (local contact), ext. 242, room 217 MB; peressi at ts.infn.it
(official e-mail of the Association: avsi.trieste at email.it)

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The  AVSI (http://www.avsi.org)  is  an international  not-for-profit,
non-governmental organization, promoting cultural, social and economic
development, according  to Catholic social  teaching, especially among
the  most  disadvantaged  in   developing  nations  and  countries  in
transition.  Every  year, in the  Christmas period, AVSI  organizes an
awareness and fund  raising campaign, which goes under  the heading of
"Tende di  Natale".  AVSI  is also promoting  an important  program of
distance  adoptions for children and teenagers.


Maria Peressi
Department of Theoretical Physics
University of Trieste
Strada Costiera 11
I-34014 Trieste
tel. +39 040 2240242
fax. +39 040 224601