Please join us for an evening of gourmet italian food, selected wines and dazzling live entertainment, on November 3rd, at 7 pm, at the Shangri-La, Tower Ballroom, to raise funds for education for underprivileged children in Thailand and Cambodia.
"A scuola per la vita" (“School for Life”) Charity Dinner, supported by the Shangri-La Hotel and Denise Wines, will be conducted by actress/media celebrity Vernetta Lopez, and will feature a liveperformance by highly sought-after and accomplished jazz vocalist Rani Singam.During the evening, you will have a chance to learn more about the Foundation’s recent achievements, and to participate in auctions with exciting items from Zegna, Missoni, Furla, Audemars Piguet, Autium, and many more.
The event will be graced by Guest of Honor, Mr. PhilipYeo, Chairman of Spring Singapore, former Chairman of the EDB from 1986 to 2001 and of A*Star, as well H.E. Ambassador of Switzerland Jörg Reding, H.E> Ambassador of Italy Folco de Luca Gabrielli, and by Founder and President of the Foundation, Mr. Pasquale Pistorio, Honorary Citizen of Singapore and former CEO and President of STMicroelectronics.
The Pistorio Foundation is dedicated to improving the living
conditions of underprivileged children in developing countries, with a focus on education and primary health care, by providing long-term scholarships and building and improving school infrastructure.To date we support the long-term education and health of 1140 children across the four regions - Burkina Faso, (Tibet) China, Thailand, and Cambodia.
The Foundation operates through a network of volunteers in close
partnership with selected local NGOs.We currently operate with no
overhead costs so that 100% of all funds raised at the event will be devolved to support school infrastructure projects and scholarship programs for disadvantaged ethnic minority children in Thailand and children of families living and working on the capital’s dumpsite inCambodia.
Please also consult our website for more information on our
The Pistorio Foundation is dedicated to improving the living
conditions of underprivileged children in developing countries, with a> focus on education and primary health care. In addition to providing> long-term scholarships and primary health care, the Foundation buildsand improves school infrastructures.
In its first three years of operation, the Pistorio Foundation has
achieved sustained growth. To date we support the long-term education and health of 1140 children across the four regions - Burkina Faso, Tibet (China), Thailand, and Cambodia. We have successfully completed the construction of one dormitory in a school campus in Lithang, Tibet (China); one secondary school in Burkina Faso; two primary schools, one dormitory, and one kindergarten in Thailand; and significant infrastructure expansions and improvements of a primary school in Burkina Faso and one in Thailand.
The Foundation operates through a network of volunteers in close
partnership with selected NGOs. We currently operate with no overhead costs: 100% of all donations and resources go directly to projects on location to benefit the children we support.
Our vision is to provide long term scholarships to 10000 children
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