April 22, 2010
Launch party for new project in Osenetoi, Kenya. SVQF held a cocktail party and screening
at the home of Advisory Board member Marie Samuels to benefit its new community
development project in Osenetoi, a Masai village in rural Kenya. Photos of the evening can be
viewed on SVQF’s Facebook page here
July 27, 2010
Screening of “Salabwek: Not Far From Here” about SVQF’s work in Kenya. SVQF presented a film screening of “Salabwek: Not Far From Here” at Guild Hall in East Hampton, NY. The film highlights SVQF’s sustainable community development project in the rural village of Salabwek in Kenya’s Masai Mara, where SVQF has provided schools, [...]
November 18, 2008
Screening of “Bound by Promises: Contemporary Slavery in Rural Brazil.” SVQF hosted the screening of a film exposing issues of debt bondage, a form of contemporary slavery, in rural Brazil. The film was produced by Comissão Pastoral da Terra (CPT) and Witness, an international human rights organization that provides training and support to [...]
November 3, 2007
Portraits of Commitment: 2007 Clinton Global Initiative documentaries. The screening benefit was held on November 3, 2007, at the Broad Street, Ballroom in New York City with over 150 guests. The program featured documentary shorts, which included global health in Benin, poverty alleviation in New Orleans, and human trafficking in Thailand. The multi-media [...]
October 14, 2007
Fundraising event at the home of Dr. Shahnaz Quraishi and Dr. Hamid Quraishi. Dr. Bruce Charash, the founder of Doc to Dock, made a presentation to Maryland, Virginia, and DC physicians regarding Doc to Dock’s work and its latest shipment of medical equipment to Benin. The guests included Cyrille S. Oguin, Ambassador [...]
July 29, 2006
Multi-media exhibit featuring SOW’s documentation of CGI commitments in Ethiopia, India, Israel, and Mexico. The event was attended by over 150 guests and representatives of the CGI participant organizations. Video clips and poster-sized photographs depicted stories of struggle and progress: a newly constructed health clinic, Palestinian and Israeli children playing basketball, a group [...]
