Artists for Charity (AFC) will hold the 8th Annual Holiday Benefit and Art Auction on Saturday December 13, 2014. (Photograph: Courtesy AFC)
Tadias Magazine
Events News
Published: Thursday, November 28th, 2013
Washington, DC (TADIAS) — The 7th Annual Artists for Charity (AFC) Holiday Benefit is scheduled for Saturday, December 7th at the DC Architecture Center. The yearly event helps raise funds for AFC’s group home in Addis Ababa that houses children orphaned by HIV/AIDS. The D.C.-based Ethiopian-American organization has been on the forefront of efforts that have seen vast improvements in awareness and education. The AFC Children’s Home serves as a residence for young people who have lost both their parents and was one of the first few places to accept children living with HIV in Ethiopia.
“Today, AFC is proud to have sent two children to college,” the organization said in a press release. The home provides food, shelter, medical care, school fees and supplies for the children in addition to an Artist-in-Residency program, which allows qualified volunteers to spend up to a year in Ethiopia while sharing their creative talents with AFC children.
“Less than a decade ago having HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia meant a life of stigma and no chance of achieving your dream,” the press release highlighted. “Today we have seen vast improvements in medicine, education on HIV/AIDS and organizations dedicated to the cause. AFC is one of those that is making a momentous impact on the lives of countless orphaned children who live with HIV/AIDS.”
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IF You Go:
AFC’s 7th Annual Holiday Benefit & Art Auction
Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 7:00 PM
DC Architecture Center
421 7th St. NW Washington, DC 20004
Tickets $45 in Advance, $50 at the door
To donate artwork for the event please contact Hanna Tadesse at hanna@artistsforcharity.org.
Interested volunteers please contact Anne Batchelder at anne@artistsforcharity.org.
For media inquiries please contact Bethel Tsegaye at bethel@artistsforcharity.org.
www.artistsforcharity.org.
Related:
Photos: The 6th Annual Artists for Charity Holiday Benefit
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