Last week, events were held in two separate countries (UK and Ireland) to raise funds for Greece's fire victims. An effort that communities all over the world are partaking in.
Our first images comes to us from London, where an event at Cavadish No 5 drew around 150 people and helped raised £1550. The group will continue to collect funds until Thursday, before they donate the money to the National Bank of Greece. Thank you to Irene for sending us the info and pictures. (Pictures below are from that evening.)
On a special note, DF received am email from the President of the Hellenic Community of Ireland. (Yes there is a small yet 'very proud' community there as well.)
'Here in Ireland we are a small Greek community, but as you very well know "ούκ εν τω πολλώ το εύ" or "the quality is not in the quantity". So like all the Greeks around the globe we saw the disaster and felt for our compatriots in Greece. We teamed up with Irish friends, specifically with three great Irish philhellines Ms Gemma Deery, Ms Dimphne Ni Bhraonain and Mr Paddy Sammon, and we held a fund raising music night on the 4th of October in Dublin. The event aimed to raise awareness of the issue but also to inform the Irish public that there is an active Greek community in their country and to get the two peoples to know each other. The gig featured traditional folk music from Greece and Ireland and we were honored by the presence of the Ambassador of Greece to Ireland George Alexander Vallindas. We are proud to say that we have gathered the amount of approximately €3.5 K."
Dancers from a Greek dance troupe hailing from Northern Ireland.
DF: We are truly under every rock are we not?
posted on Tuesday, October 16
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