On the 23th of July, in the auditorium of the Museum for Cycladic Art in Athens, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Mrs. Marianna V. Vardinoyannis and Mrs. Kerry Kennedy, daughter of Robert Kennedy, of lasting remembrance, and Ethel Kennedy and author of Speak Truth to Power, gave a press conference and signed a memorandum of cooperation between their two foundations the Marianna V. Vardinoyannis Foundation and the RFK Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights. As announced, the first step of this cooperative endeavor will be the implementation of the “Speak Truth to Power” program in Greece.

In May 2013, on the occasion of the inauguration of the RobertF.Kennedy(RFK)InternationalHouseofHumanRightsin Florence, RFK Europe organised a Round Table on the Economy with a human face with the Indian philosopher and economist, Prof. Amartya Sen, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences and the Founder of of the “RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights”, Mrs. Kerry Kennedy, daughter of the late Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy, as the key note speakers.

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The International High Level Strategic Meeting on Education was held on 29 April 2013 in Doha, Qatar, sending a message of hope since the ““Educate A Child”” initiative (EAC) helped UNICEF keep 250,000 children from Syria, victims of the local armed conflicts, in school and that it plans to implement educational programs in other countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America.

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On 18 April 2013 on the occasion of the International Day for Monuments and Sites, or as it is better known World Heritage Day, the Belgian Embassy in Athens and the “Marianna V. Vardinoyannis” foundation held a lecture by Jan Driessen Professor of Archeology at the Amphitheatre of the Acropolis Museum, on the subject “In the shadow of the Minotaur: New archaeological discoveries at Sissi, Crete.”

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UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador and member of the Board of Directors of the organisation “End Human Trafficking Now“, Mrs. Marianna V. Vardinoyannis, made an appeal to the international business community and political leaders to put an end to human trafficking,

Prominent persons from all over the world attended the 12th Annual Meeting of UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors, which took place in Paris, on 16 October 2012, at the UNESCO’ s headquarters. This year, for the first time, the Goodwill Ambassadors were joined by Artists for Peace, Champions for Sport and Special Envoys for Education; all the categories of UNESCO emissaries.

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The internationally renowned Cirque du Soleil, described as “the greatest show on earth”, came to Greece for the first time in September 2012, and dedicated one of its performances to the Association of Friends of Children with cancer “ELPIDA”, in order to support the new vision of the Association, the establishment of a Volunteer Bone Marrow Donor Bank.

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The Association of Friends of Children with cancer “ELPIDA” stands with care and dedication at the side of sick children and their families and announced the next important project that will be implemented inside the Children’s Oncology Hospital. […]

In May 2012, through an initiative of the Founder of Nasioutzik Museum, Mr. George Nasioutzik, a group exhibition of 32 distinguished visual artists was organized at Nasioutzik Museum, in support of the work carried out by the Association of Friends of Children with cancer “ELPIDA”. […]