Tuesday, 25th November 2008 - 14:20CET

L-Istrina 2008 launched

L-Istrina 2008, the charity fund-raising event, was launched this morning by President Eddie Fenech Adami.

He said that half of the donations from the event would go to the Malta Community Chest Fund. The remaining funds would be distributed to the Malta Hospice Movement, Ejjew Ghandi children's homes, Dar Sagra Familja, Don Bosco House, the Salesians of Don Bosco, Oasi Centre;

Casa Leone Home for the Elderly, the Holy Family Home for the elderly, SOS Malta, Special Olympics Malta, Dar il-Kaptan, LAND Group, the Richmond Foundation, Fondazzjoni Suret il-Bniedem, the Malta Community Chest Fund and Jesus Crucifacado a parish in South America run by Maltese priests.

The 12-hour marathon will be held at Montekristo Estates in Hal Farrug on Saturday December 27 between noon and midnight. The comperes will be Peppi Azzopardi and Valerie Vella.

Works of art will be auctioned on December 21 and a gala dinner will be held at Montekristo wine vaults on December 20, the proceeds also going for Istrina 2008.

Collections started earlier this month when the BOV Piggy Bank campaign was launched, with some 5,000 piggy banks distributed to all classrooms in Malta and Gozo

Other events linked to Istina 2008 include a DJ Ruby 24 hour marathon at Axis on December 13, Street Theatre at City Gate on December 14, a Christmas Fayre at Montekristo between December 19 and 21, and an Equestrian Treasure Hunt on December 20 at Sunflower Stables, Maghtab.

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Comments

I. Galea (on 26/11/08)

I truly wish l-Ghabex would get some funds.

the place is so shabby and tiny.... women (and their children) leaving their abusive partners at least deserve the dignity of living in a decent place while they try to get back on their feet and protect themselves from danger.

Manuel Mifsud (on 25/11/08)

Charity begins at home. We should donate whole heartedly, who knows? Maybe one day we will be the ones who need other people's assistance.

John Carmel Navarro (on 25/11/08)

It is sad that all the worthy causes cannot benifit but it is just impossible, so good to see that the Malta Hospice Movement is going to recieve something after so many years of being overlooked. Without speaking out of term maybe HSBC who I am led to believe are a sponcer, should review the amount of interest thay are charging Puttinu Cares on the loans to buy the said properties, this would of course help this very wothwhile charity..

Jeffrey Abela-Wadge (on 25/11/08)

Am I correct in noticing that the PUTTINU CARES FOR CHILDREN are not listed in this article as one of the beneficiaries of the Istrina funds? I stand to be corrected if this is not the case. Puttinu Cares asist the children suffering from cancer and their parents, who require treatment abroad in the UK. They are also paying for the recently purchased property in Sutton, which cost quite a lot, to provide lodging for these families during their ordeal to lessen their hardship. All help to this organisation will go a long way to help the cancer children and they need all our support.