Embassy Of Hungary To Host Benefit For Children In The Middle East

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FALLS CHURCH, VA - The Embassy of Hungary will come alive with the true holiday spirit of giving on Friday, December 9, 2016, when it hosts a VIP gala dinner with music and entertainment for a select group of 200 prominent diplomats, socialites, and government and business leaders. The gala dinner will be a premier fundraiser to benefit children in the Middle East, caught up in the crossfires of war and poverty.

Sponsored by the Azar Foundation for Children of the World and the Middle East Children’s Institute, this gala night of song, fine food, and entertainment will be hosted by H.E. Dr. Réka Szemerkényi, the Ambassador of Hungary, in the embassy’s grand ballroom at 3910 Shoemaker St, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20008. Shahin Mafi, founder/Trustee of the Azar Foundation for Children of the World and Lena Alfi, Director of Strategic Partnerships for the Middle East Children’s Institute, will donate the profits from the gala to aid educational programs for children in the Middle East.

Internationally renowned Opera singer Lubana Al Quntar will offer her rich, expressive coloratura voice to the evening’s entertainment by singing traditional Arabic songs and romantic arias from her favorite operas. Joining her in the entertainment will be Egyptian composer and musicianRamy Adly who will perform Arabic music on the Oud, a round-back, guitar-shaped Middle Eastern musical instrument.

The gala fundraiser, which begins at 6 p.m., will continue until 9 p.m. There will be a silent auction of luxury gifts for the guests to choose from for their holiday gift giving. All proceeds from the dinner will benefit the forgotten and lost children of the Middle East, tragically caught up in the cross-fires of war. The ticket price, which can be used as a tax-deductible contribution, are $150 for seniors and $250 for general admission.

Shahin Mafi, the Azar Foundation for Children of the World, has been a long-time advocate and supporter of underprivileged and orphaned children and women internationally. Monies that she has raised over the years has been used to aid those needing healthcare, education and housing. Since the foundation’s inception in 2003, when it began as a private family foundation with limited outreach, it has grown to include a larger community of women and children living in the U.S. as well as around the globe. This growth has been made possible by a strategic plan to redefine its mission and give it a sustainability by developing a funding protocol with other groups in order to enlarge its philanthropic outreach.www.azar4children.org

Lena Alfi, Middle East Children’s Institute, believes, that through education and the development of skills, children and women from vulnerable areas in the Middle East can become agents of change, as well as positive role models and leaders. By providing them with support, the institute is encouraging them to form vibrant communities that will bring stability to the region. This can best be achieved by meeting the required educational, psychosocial, health, and other essential needs of women and children that will give them the strength to deal with their impoverished condition brought about by war. With this goal in mind, the Middle East Children’s Institute is using its energy to target vulnerable communities and to present to them the tools that will allow these communities to develop in a sustainable manner. www.mecinstitute.org

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