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WIWI N News lletter JJ ews Volumeetter 3, Issue 3, Summer 2006 Global Champions Tour Special Issue JustWorld International Benefi ts from Global Champions Tour Partnership As the offi cial charity partner of the Global Champions Tour, JustWorld International has been enjoying unprecedented exposure and promotion of its humanitarian efforts within the international show jumping community. Following March’s successful kick-off in Wellington, Florida, the Global Champions Tour moved across the Atlantic for events in Cannes, France; Monte Carlo, Monaco; and Estoril, Portugal, in June and July. It wraps up in August and September with events in Valkenswaard, Netherlands, and Lanaken, Belgium. At each of the prestigious and well-attended show jumping competitions that have been selected as member events of the Global Champions Tour, JustWorld International benefi ts from fundraising and promotional efforts. During CSI4* Monte Carlo, a fundraiser was held for the benefi t of JustWorld International. In addition, JustWorld Rider Ambassadors have been enjoying great success on the Global Champions Tour and winning large amounts of prize money, which means that, in turn, they are able to make larger donations to JustWorld. GCT Generously Supports JustWorld Leitgeb Manfred © Photo An evening dedicated to focusing the spotlight on the Global Champions Tour’s charity partner, JustWorld International, was held on Thursday, June 22, during CSI4* Monte Carlo. Many of the top names in the sport, including several JustWorld Rider Ambassadors who were competing at the Monaco fi xture, turned out to support the not-for-profi t organization working in impoverished countries for the benefi t of underprivileged children. Jessica Newman (center left) and Hilary Betaille (center right) receive a cheque in the amount of €100,000 on behalf of Held at the Monte Carlo Beach Hotel, the evening JustWorld International. Presenting are, left to right, Gene Mische of the Winter Equestrian Festival, featured music and dancing. A live auction Anita Ernesaks of CN WorldWide, Jan Tops of the was staged with numerous equestrian artefacts Global Champions Tour, Hunter Harrison of CN, and Duarte Guedes of CSI5* Estoril. offered up for bid, including one of six limited reproductions of Jan Tops’ Olympic Gold Medal horse Top Gun, a Piaget necklace, and two clinics with international jumping riders. The bidding was fi erce and generous, and all had a great time! Promoting awareness and raising funds, the evening was a great success. During Saturday evening’s Grand Prix, the Global Champions Tour presented a check in the amount of €100,000 to JustWorld International. Coverage of the GCT continues on pages 5-7 Thanks to a private foundation covering operational costs, over 95% of ALL public donations goes directly to projects and programs. 1 JustWorld International Visits Cambodia In May, JustWorld International (JWI) Director of exponentially. Operations Hilary Betaille and Projects Manager The school is Astrid Corvin-Brittin visited JWI’s projects in Cam- now formally bodia. JWI has been present in this poverty-strick- r e g i s t e r e d en country since 2003 and has partnered with the with the Cam- People Improvement Organization (PIO), a Cam- bodian gov- bodian grassroots ernment and organization work- can therefore ing in the capital expand to be- of Phnom Penh, come a fully since late 2004. functioning primary school. Almost 200 students PIO is dedicated to study English, Khmer, math, social studies, and helping the under- personal hygiene. JWI has also established privileged people of a daily nutritious snack program at the school. Cambodia through With the burden of feeding their children alleviat- education. ed by the snack program, more families are able to send their children to the Stung Mean Chey In 2002, PIO es- School instead of keeping them in the garbage tablished a non- dump to work. Additionally, the program provides formal education center in Stung Mean Chey, the fi ves kilos of rice per student per month to com- municipal garbage dump of Phnom Penh. Many pensate families for the loss of income caused by Cambodian families work and live in the garbage their children going to school instead of picking dump in the daily struggle to earn a living. Educa- garbage. Finally, JWI has most recently estab- tion is completely foreign to most of these families lished a health program for the benefi t of the stu- and is just a dream for those few who understand dents. A full-time nurse is now employed at the the doors that education can open. The establish- Stung Mean Chey School, and basic medicines ment of the PIO School has allowed hundreds of are available for the children who are often af- children to learn skills that can take them from the fl icted by disease and wounded from working in never-ending cycle of garbage sorting and vend- the dump. ing and give them hope for a brighter future. During the May visit, JWI established a new When JustWorld decided to sponsor the PIO partnership with the Psycho-social Services Or- School in 2004, it was in dire need of funding ganization (PSO). PSO is another grassroots and structure. The potential Cambodian NGO and was was strong, but the situation established in 1999 by a at the time had the children group of psychologists, crammed into a building mental health special- that was too small, had ists, social workers, and no running water, and was nurses. The organization unhygienic. Through JWI’s assists people living with support, the Stung Mean HIV/AIDS with integrating Chey School has improved into Cambodian society. PSO has established com- 2 3 Cambodia Con’t... munity programs in some of the worst slums of improve individual understanding of HIV/AIDS, Phnom Penh: Borey Keila, Stung Mean Chey provides the children with the coping mechanisms and Sansam Kosal. These programs consist of to survive the mental strain of the disease, and support groups for people affected and infected provides the children with basic education. If suc- by HIV/AIDS, community education campaigns cessful, funding will be expanded to include other about the mental and physical effects of HIV/ PSO programs and more children in need of edu- AIDS, and schooling for children infected and af- cation. JustWorld International looks forward to fected by HIV/AIDS. PSO has functioned mostly the success of this project and its partnership with through volunteer efforts among local communi- Psycho-social Services Organization. ties, which is highly impressive considering that most of these volunteers cannot afford to give JustWorld International is proud of the positive their time but do so because they are convinced change that it and its partner organizations have of the positive impact PSO has on their communi- made in Cambodia for the benefi t of underprivi- ties. leged children. JWI will continue to search for means to improve the lives of Cambodian children JustWorld has begun funding the non-formal edu- in the future through further investment and new cation center that PSO has established in Borey partnerships. Keila on a trial basis. The PSO school works to 2 3 Fashionable Fundraiser for JustWorld International When Danielle Dichter and her sister Marlee, a JustWorld Junior Rider Ambassador, visited at the JustWorld projects in Honduras in Decem- ber of 2005, Danielle was struck by the needs of the children she met, so she became determined to get involved in humanitarian efforts. Combining her desire to help with her passion for fashion, on May 3 Danielle and fellow designer Jessica Afl alo launched a fashion show in Montreal that caught the attention of young Montreal and brought proceeds of near $8,000 for JustWorld International. Expressions: A Celebration of the Arts featured Danielle’s and Jessi- ca’s designs and those of four other up-and-coming fashion designers, Danielle Dichter organized a fashion two jewelry makers, and one handbag designer. These designs were show in Montreal to raise funds for showcased at two shows, each attended by more than 200 people. JustWorld International. Twenty-three models presented the fashions on stage, having worked their networks of friends and family to sell the majority of tickets. Danielle and Jessica spent three months recruiting models, sponsors, and other contributors to the evening’s success. They were able to fi nd underwriters for the costs of producing the event, thus allowing all pro- Dichter Marlee © ceeds from ticket sales and program ads to benefi t JustWorld. In ad- dition to showcasing the designers, the event featured musical perfor- mances by the hip-hip artists of ICM Records and a rock performance by Lindsay Robins, a Canadian singer whose credits include the theme music for the Canadian music-video channel Much Music VJ search. Local comedian, Joey Elias, hosted the event and encouraged an at- mosphere of fun combined with doing good works. The appearance of dancers from Studio A, World Hip-Hop Champions, rounded out the evening as a rich cultural event that appealed to audience members Danielle during her trip to JustWorld’s project site in Honduras in of a range of ages. All the entertainers donated their time to perform. December of 2005. The venue that hosted the event, Newtown - a popular restaurant and bar - likewise donated use of the space. Danielle also recruited family members to help, including her father who built the stage and was a big help with recruiting sponsors. Danielle promoted JustWorld through the initial solicitations of spon- sors and through the poster and program cover featuring a painting by Alisa Rosenbloom based on photos taken at the Honduras project for abandoned children. The event opened with a slide show of pictures taken by Danielle and Marlee on their trip to Honduras, honoring the work done by JustWorld and sharing with the audience images of the children and the projects that would benefi t from the evening’s show.