Under the Patronage of Her Highness
Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak
Ladies Only Gala Dinner
Friday6th, December 2013
Emirates Palace
Last Friday,
at the Emirates palace,
Ewa’a shelters and The Enthusiastic volleyball team
organized
their first ever ladies only gala dinner
under the patronage of
HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak
to raise awareness and money for the victims of Human trafficking.
This event was attended by
HH Sheikha Shamsa Bint Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Nahyan,
ladies from the diplomatic corps
and some prominent women from the Corporate sector.
The Enthusiastic volleyball team
was also in sparkling evening gowns for the occasion.
H.E Sara Shuhail,
Director General of Ewa’a shelters
delivered the official speech on behalf of
HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak.
Guests were treated with some fairy moments offered by
Meera Ghobash,
the young violonist playing the UAE national anthem,
the first Emirati soprano Sara Al Qaiwani
together with the mezzo soprano Renata Lamanda
accompanied by Irina Orlova.
Fantasia ballet managed by Svetlana Al Neyadi enchanted the audience
with her little ballerinas.
In terms of awareness,
a video showed the reality of human trafficking and how it happens here.
To raise money for the Ewa’a shelters victims, a live auction took place with two collection pictures of Late Sheikh Zayed donated by the famous French photographer
Jack Burlot who also came from Marseille to attend the evening ;
three paintings created by the victims themselves,
a 6 night stay at the Saint Anne Resort and Spa Seychelles
plus 2 Air Seychelles Business class tickets
and finally 2 Etihad Pearl Business Class tickets to Maldives were also on auction that night.
The Enthusiastic volleyball team gave to HE Sara Shuhail, the director general of the Ewa’a shelters a 50,000 dirham check
as a result of their fundraising work for the last two years.
The team has been very active in tournaments and in various activities at grassroots level to raise funds for the shelter
( garage sales, team sponsors, tournament registration fees).
The total amount raised during this Gala dinner reached
nearly one million dirhams
including money raised from the sponsors, namely
Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, as platinum
National Rehabilitation centre as platinum,
Power Print, Bourn Hall fertility clinic,
Injazat,
St Anne resort and spa, Seychelles,
Air Seychelles,
Etihad Airways as Silver sponsors,
Madame magazine,
Emirates Palace,
Inspire Sports Management,
Cameron,
Fantasia Ballet
And a trophy for Isabelle and Sandrine
for the organization of this event.
GALA DINNER PICTURES
