Alinghi Swiss Sailing Grants 2010 Awarded
ALINGHI GRANTS AWARD CHF 150,000 TO SEVEN SWISS SAILING PROJECTS FOR 2010
The Bertarelli Foundation, in collaboration with Swiss Sailing and the UBS Foundation for Social Issues and Education, have created the Alinghi Swiss Sailing Grants to
Opening of new classroom at Henna Pre-School
The Henna Pre-School, in the North East of South Africa, celebrated the opening of a new classroom, supported by the Bertarelli Foundation, on 17 March 2010.
FC Sarina: 50th Anniversary Celebration
In collaboration with many other local entities and friends from Saanenland, the Bertarelli Foundation is proud to have supported the renovation of the soccer ground in Saanen.
Smiling Children Gala raises CHF 1.4 million
22.01.2010
The Gala held in favour of Smiling Children took place at the prestigious Country Club Geneva in Bellevue during the night of 21-22 January 2010.
Contemporary art work, select jewellery, luxurious sojourns and numerous other invaluable and original items, most of them magnanimously donated to the cause, were auctioned off for well over CHF 800,000. Other activities and exclusive sales met with the participants’ generosity. Music performances by Kirsty Bertarelli and Yannick Noah completed a entertaining night of solidarity.
Smiling Children will use the revenues to pursue its important projects for women, girls and underprivileged communities in Morocco, Israel, the West Bank and Afghanistan. Through its new “WomenChangeMakers” project, Smiling Children will assist social entrepreneurs with innovative ventures favouring women’s socio-economic empowerment.
In Haiti, Smiling Children will work in partnership with the Global Fund for Women to bring immediate relief as well as supporting medium- and longer-term reconstruction projects.
“We are overwhelmed and grateful for the commitment and generosity of our sponsors and of our guests,” said Yann Borgstedt, founder of Smiling Children. “The onus is on us now to mark tangible progress for women and their communities in some of the most remote places on earth. We are ready to take on the challenge.”
