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Dear friend,
We are delighted to present the Annual Activities Report 2012 available on this link.
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Update from Thailand and Cambodia
We are very proud of our students who graduated at the end of the academic year in spring 2013. Congratulations to all 47 of our students who completed professional school in Chiang Rai Thailand and to the 22 who are on track to complete their Professional School degrees by the end of the year in Phnom Penh, Cambodia! Since the start of our scholarship programs, this year a total of 189 underprivileged youths will have completed their professional school degree in top schools, enabling them to compete on a fair basis in the job market, and to break their families' intergenerational cycle of poverty. They will be able to help support their younger siblings and families in the villages, and be able to chose their destiny, escaping the risks of exploitation and trafficking. 
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Singapore Chapter News
A big thank you to our Singapore Chapter Members and supporters for the many activities that have been run successfully in the past months.
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Moroccan Cooking Class and Dinner
Juliana Benelli organized a fundraising event at the Singapore Island Country Club on March 4 with a delicious Cous Cous Cooking Class offered by Laila Jabry, and attended by an international group of ladies. The event raised over 1,300 SGD.
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Italian Wine Degustation Dinner
The event featuring a Gourmet Dinner prepared by Chef Roberto Galetti, was organized by Juliana Benelli, and held at the China Club in March and featured also a live performance by an east-west fusion band formed by Tze, Wendy Stimpson and other musicians. 100% of funds raised from the silent auction went to benefit the Foundation. Over 25,000 SGD were raised on this occasion.
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Julian Gargiulo Charity Concert
 A highlight of the year was the Concert by the fabulously talented and world renowned pianist Julian Gargiulo. The Concert, held at the Jubilee Hall of the Raffles Hotel on May 31st, was a huge success and helped raise over 43,000 SGD for the Foundation's Scholarship Programs. Thank you to Julian for his generosity and to our Event Partners STMicroelectronics and the Italian Cultural Institute; to our Sponsors Borneo Motors, Crossinvest, Encore, Keppel Offshore & Marine, National Instruments, Union Bancaire Privée, Small Luxury Hotels, Zardoze, Alfero Gelato, Havoc, Singapore Tatler, Autoctonous Wines, Green Prints, and System Sovereign; and to the many volunteers who made the event possible.
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Zuri Zumba Fundraiser
Thank you to experienced Zumba Instructor Zuri Kumarly for offering the proceeds from one weekly Zumba class to the Foundation! The fundraiser kicked-off @ Scape on Orchard Road, and raised for the first class alone over 450 SGD! For more information on the classes, please contact singapore@pistoriofoundation.org.
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Intel and Standard Chartered drive
Congratulations to the tireless volunteers from Intel led by Peggy
Khoo and Ee Lin Tan from and from Standard Chartered led by Umberto Alessandria, for their in kind donation drive of children's clothes, books, and toys at their headquarters in Singapore. Thanks for their contribution, 42 boxes for a total of over 800 kg in weight of items will be distributed to underprivileged hill tribe minority villages and schools. Thank you also to DB Schenker who sponsored the entire shipping to Thailand!
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Laptops Donations
Thank you once again to Intel for the donation of 6 used laptops for our teaching staff in our schools in Chiang Rai Thailand! The laptops will be used by teachers to help them organize and plan their work, curricula, classes, and records of students' profiles. The teachers can also use the laptops to prepare educational worksheet activities and resources for children. |
Milan Chapter News
We are pleased to announce our Inaugural Charity Dinner in Milano, Italy, run by our Milan Chapter. The Event will raise funds for the Burkina Faso Village Project Scholarship and Infrastructure Programs. During the event, Pasquale Pistorio, President and Founder, will introduce the Foundation to guests, and Margaret Dragone will give a presentation of the recent developments of our Burkina Faso Project. To join this event and contribute to our cause, please contact Margaret Dragone at margaret.dragone@pistoriofoundation.org. 
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Address of Pasquale Pistorio at "The Art of Donating"
Pasquale Pistorio took part as Speaker in the Conference "The Art of Donating", organized by CIAI (Centro Italiano Aiuti all'Infanzia), in April in Cervia. Stella Pende then moderated a Panel Discussion amongst speakers including also Alessandro Villa of Prosolidar and Stefano Podini of Fondazione Podini.
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"On the way to school, on the way to life"
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