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The THI Annual Gala 2020

Saturday, 14 November 2020

On Thursday, November 12th 2020, Mrs. Marianna V. Vardinoyannis, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador and member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of The Hellenic Initiative, participated in The THI Annual Gala 2020 which was held virtually.

 The Hellenic Initiative, one of the most important organizations of the Greek diaspora, held the Annual Gala 2020, aiming to support people in Greece living in extreme vulnerability due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and managed to raise more than 1.6 million dollars.

ERT-1 NEWS BULLETIN- INTERVIEW WITH MARIANNA V. VARDINOYANNIS

Athens, 14 October 2020

Mrs. Marianna V. Vardinoyannis, Goodwill Ambassador of UNESCO, spoke in the ERT-1 News Bulletin, and specifically to the journalist Mrs. Adriana Paraskevopoulou, on Tuesday, October 13, 2020.

Mrs. Vardinoyannis gave an interview on the occasion of the 2.500th Anniversary of the Battle of Thermopylae and the Naval Battle of Salamis. She spoke about the great humanitarian work that was carried out with the funds of the Marianna V. Vardinoyannis Foundation dedicated to the Anniversary Year “Thermopylae-Salamis 2020”,

APPEAL FROM NOBELISTS AND LEADERS OF THE WORLD FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN

Athens, 14 September 2020

Mrs. Marianna V. Vardinoyannis, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, participated in the two-day virtual Summit of the “Laureates and Leaders for Children” Organization, founded by Kailash Satyarthi, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, which was held on Thursday, September 10, 2020.

The aim of the Summit, which was attended by leaders, Nobel laureates, activists and leading international personalities, was to highlight in the most urgent way the rapidly emerging global crisis of children’s rights arising from the COVID-19 pandemic and to find appropriate solutions to confront it.

MARIANNA V. VARDINOYANNIS AWARDED THE GRAND CROSS OF THE ORDER OF BENEFICENCE BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC KATERINA SAKELLAROPOULOU

Athens, 9 September 2020

The President of the Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, conferred the Grand Cross of the Order of Beneficence on UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Marianna Vardinoyannis.

The President of the Republic delivered the following address:

Marianna Vardinoyannis had the opportunity in her life to make safer and more personal choices. However, she chose the path of giving, focusing initially on children, and then on the crucial matter of human rights. I would like, in particular, to underscore her work with the ELPIDA Foundation for children’s cancer, which has already been operating for 30 years.