Associated
charity events
are special events organised by charitable organisations proudly supported by Miss Commonwealth
through publicity on the pageant's websites.
EVENT on 7th
December 2008:
All are invited to a
beautiful Christmas carol singing evening.
The
Sri Lanka
Christian Association invites you to its
22nd Annual Christmas Carol
Service on Sunday 7th December 2008 at
6:30pm at the Kensington United Reformed Church at Allen Street, London W8,
which is just off High Street Kensington W8.
The Sri Lanka Christian
Association (SLCA)
is a charity with a wide range of humanitarian
projects. The charity has educated many children giving them a better future. It
has dedicated itself to 22 years of humanitarian work hosting very unique and
diverse fundraising events bringing people together to help those who go hungry,
ill, disabled and unloved, etc. The charity's Brail library is enjoyed by
thousands of blind people of all faiths, creed, classes of society and
nationality.
The Christmas carol eveningis an
opportunity for generous members of the local and the wider community to learn more about the
charity and make donations to the
charity's humanitarian fundwhich helps to deliver many of the charity's
projects including the following:-
Feed 50, 000 families, the Aged, Orphans and the Sick
New Projects - A poultry farm for 6
families affected by the Tsunami and sufferers of Leprosy
"Our Fathers home" - a home for
mentally handicapped men and women
Support Home for boys with learning
difficulties
Projects to help Cancer Families,
Leprosy families, Drug Victims and their families, the Blind, scholarships for
university students, and support orphanages.
Gifts, stationary and school books to
thousands of orphaned children.
Contribution of support to over 20
charities in Sri Lanka.
For more about the Christmas carol, see
the flyer below, and read on....
YOUR GENEROSITY WILL SAVE MANY LIVES
We would love to see you at the
Carol service, but if you are unable to attend, please be generous and send your
donations, as below:-
SEND YOUR DONATIONS
(made payable to SLCA)
TO:
Marie Ryde
63 Dartmouth Road
Hendon, NW4 3HY
Donations can also be made online
Sri Lanka Christian Association
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Your Generosity...
---Your generosity will go a long way to
help SLCA put a smile on the faces of disadvantaged and orphaned children this
Christmas.
Your donations will help SLCA transfer
abandoned orphans from a life of hunger, disease and sickness in filthy slums to
comfortable existence in decent homes, and to feed, clothe, nurse, and provide
general care and attention to them.
Donations help SLCA to give the children
education, the only way to free them from their generational poverty cycle and
change their lives for the better.
Donations at the Carol service and at any
other time are enjoyed by over 20 charities in Sri Lanka, including:-
Drug Centre,
Jeevani Home
Painter Homes
Deaf and Blind
Ugodawatte
Slums
Wanatamulla Slums
Four Square Church
The Leprosy Centre,
Visually Handicapped
Bethlehem Day Centre
Christ Church Mirihana
Lankadhara Orphanage
Children's Cancer Ward
Mother Theresa's
Home
Orphanage in Wellawata
Help the Aged
Ratmalana
Friend In Need Limb Centre
St Margaret's Home Colpetty
Cancer Hospital Maharagama
Mental Children's Home Wellawata,
Lasallian Community Education Centre
Children removed from slums to a new life of hope
Home for Abandoned Girls
oooo
A Disability Project A
Leprosy Hospital
Help SLCA do more for
disadvantaged children and families through your generous donations...
The reigning corporate Queen of the Mrs -
Mrs Commonwealth International (Alison
Jayne Taylor) and 1st. and 2nd. Runners Up
(Lynne Bennett - Guyana; and Carolyne Martin - England) know the
joy of taking part and being formally empowered as national and international
culture and charity ambassadors... the joy of
serving the global community as true role models for women.
2009-2010
2006 - 2008
MISS
The reigning Miss Commonwealth International
(Joanna Peagrum - England) and 1st. and 2nd Runners-Up: Veronica Khosa -
England-Art; Bonnie Cooper - England-Tourism.
2009-2010
2009-2010
Runners Up
2006-2008 Aquelle
Plakaris Miss C'W Int'l
TEEN
The reigning Miss Teen Commonwealth Int'l (Elisa
Bolli - Nigeria), and 1st.and 2nd. Runners-Up: Georgie May and Tove Pearce -
England
PRINCIPAL
4 CULTURAL SECTOR QUEENS
Miss Commonwealth Asia-Pacific
(Attika Choudhary)
Miss Commonwealth Africa
(Amaka Oguchi)
Miss Commonwealth Caribbean
(Lynne Bennett),
Miss Commonwealth Euro-Atlantic
(Veronica Khosa),
CHARITY QUEENS
Champion
and exemplary international volunteer and world-renown charity-fundraiser
(over £1.5M raised to December 2006): Dental Hygienist,
Professional Model and Singer, Amanda-Jane Taylor, reigning Miss
Commonwealth Charity International, Miss Commonwealth Scotland 2004-6,
Miss Commonwealth International 1st.Runner-Up 2004, and due to be
crowned Miss Commonwealth Eternal. An official North-East Region Ambassador,
and winner of the 2007 North Sounds Radio's Outstanding Contribution To The
Community Awards. Awareness campaigner and mentor for Huntington's Disease.
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Exemplary
charity-fundraiser (over £800K raised): Jayne-Louise Slatter, Miss
Commonwealth England 2004/6, and Miss Commonwealth Sport International 2006.
Qualified Physical Education Teacher who is also renown for her work in
raising awareness about Alopecia and mentoring and promoting self-confidence
among sufferers.
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Kate Hallam,
Former Miss Commonwealth England Inner Beauty.
Former Face of Debenham. Super Model. One of Miss Commonwealth's top 3 charity
fundraisers in 2004. Awarded the Special Reserve title of Miss Commonwealth
Culture International 2006.
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Sonnia Hassanien,
Former Miss Commonwealth England Inner Beauty. International Super Model.
One of Miss Commonwealth's top 3 charity fundraisers in 2004. Awarded the
Special Reserve title of Miss Commonwealth Inner Beauty International2006.
QUEEN OF FRIENDS
OF THE COMMONWEALTH
Karina Dempster
Slovakia Queen Of Friends
Of The Commonwealth 2009-2010
Queen of Friends of the
Commonwealth 2009-2010 Runners Up (Dorota and Marta Lopatynska de
Slepowron)
