The 7th Educational Seminar for Teachers of the Speak the Truth to Power Programme was held on Monday 18 March 2019 at the NJV Athens Plaza Hotel. The event was organised by the Marianna V. Vardinoyannis Foundation and the invited guests included Mrs Kerry Kennedy, daughter of the late Robert F. Kennedy and President of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights.
The UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador and President of the Foundation, Mrs Marianna V. Vardinoyannis,
The Marianna V. Vardinoyannis Foundation actively stands by athletes with disabilities, following the decision of its President and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Marianna V. Vardinoyannis to sponsor four athletes with disabilities.
Specifically, the Marianna V. Vardinoyannis Foundation is sponsoring the following athletes: Stefanos Diamantis (wheelchair tennis), Stylianos Bakopoulos (athletics), Evangelia Nikou (alpine ski) and Alexandra-Alkistis Stamatopoulou Ghiatis (swimming). It will support their efforts towards the Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympics and the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics.
Mrs Vardinoyannis met with the athletes on Friday 1 February 2019,
The Marianna V. Vardinoyannis Foundation and Special Olympics Hellas jointly organised a touching night filled with hope and optimism to support the Greek Delegation to the Abu Dhabi 2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games. The event was hosted at the NJV Athens Plaza Hotel on Wednesday 23 January 2019.
Distinguished representatives from the political, diplomatic, academic, business, sports, journalism and arts arenas attended the event to show their support for the great efforts of the athletes.
“I am truly touched that all of us here tonight are becoming a great chain of love and strength for our athletes,
A great distinction for the vast humanitarian work of UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Mrs. MARIANNA V. VARDINOYANNIS by the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades, on Tuesday 9 October 2018.
During a modest ceremony held at the Presidential Palace of Cyprus in Nicosia, in the presence of the Defense Minister of the Republic of Cyprus, Mr Savvas Angelides, the undersecretary to the President Mr Vasilis Palmas, government spokesman Mr. Prodromos Prodromou, and top officials of the Cypriot Government,
UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Mrs Marianna Vardinoyannis completed her visit to New York, in the framework of the 73rd UN General Assembly, by receiving two honorary distinctions, for her rich humanitarian work, from the Georgian and Romanian Governments, and by taking part in the 14o High Level Meeting of the International Organisation “Nizami Ganjavi International Centre”
During a special event, organised by the “Nizami Ganjavi International Centre”, the International Organisation for the promotion of dialogue between peoples, the Georgian President,
UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, Mrs. Marianna V. Vardinoyannis, attended the annual charity dinner organised by the international non-profit organisation “Global Hope Coalition”, on the margins of the 73rd United Nations General Assembly, on Thursday 27 September 2018.
At this special event, organised with the cooperation of the United Nations Office of Counter Terrorism, and centered on peace and the creation of a better world, leaders and activists from all over the world, received awards for their contribution to dialogue and cooperation between peoples.
This year’s Global Hope Coalition awards were given:
UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Mrs. Marianna V. Vardinoyannis attended the “summit meeting” of the global elite at the annual awards ceremony of the “Appeal of Conscience” Foundation in New York on Wednesday 26 September 2018.
At the event, which brings together Presidents of countries, Ministers, heads of international organizations, and powerful businessmen from all over the world, important personalities are given awards each year for their contribution to establishing peace and defending the freedom of religion.
At this year’s event, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund,
UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Mrs. Marianna V. Vardinoyannis made important international contacts and attended meetings centred around social contribution and solidarity, within the framework of her visit to New York, in the margins of the 73rd UN General Assembly, on Tuesday, 25 September 2018.
Mrs. Vardinoyannis also attended a formal meal organised by the First Lady of Canada, Mrs. Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, at the Canadian Ambassador’s Residence in New York. Thirty female Prime Ministers and First Ladies from all over the world were present,
On Monday, 24 September, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Mrs Marianna V. Vardinoyannis participated in the proceedings of the annual “Concordia Summit” held in New York.
Heads of state and government from around the world, heads of international organizations, as well as business executives participate in the Summit, which is held every year in New York, at the same time as the 73rd UN General Assembly.
Present on the first day of the Summit were, among others, daughter and advisor to the President of the United States Mrs.
The meaning of our national identity and the challenges Greek society faces inside a complex international environment were the topics of reflection of the important thinkers, academics but also athletes who took part in the one-day Conference called “Greece in the Modern World: National Identity and the Challenges of the 21st Century”, organised by the Marianna V. Vardinoyannis Foundation in cooperation with the Panhellenic Women’s Organisation “Panathinaiki”, under the auspices of His Excellency the President of the Republic, Prokopis Pavlopoulos, on Thursday 21 June, at the Amphitheatre of the Acropolis Museum.