Together in Song - a concert for diabetes awareness

The World Diabetes Foundation (WDF), presents a charity concert to raise awareness of diabetes in children in collaboration with Opera performers; Baritone Jeffrey Black - whose son James has diabetes, actor Tama Matheson and friends including Julian Gavin, Lisa Gasteen, Iain Burnside and Tahu Matheson. This auspicious and international event will take place on the 14th October 2007 at the Cadogan Hall in London. Proceeds from the event, including ticket sales and corporate sponsorships will strengthen current World Diabetes Foundation projects in Cambodia and integrate diabetes care into existing government services. The funds will also provide care to support type 1 diabetes children in managing their own diabetes in Cambodia. Diabetes already afflicts 246 million people in the world and the numbers are growing rapidly. It is widely believed that the common form of diabetes (type 2) is a mild condition that does not kill, yet every 10 seconds one person dies due to diabetes related complications (3.0 million/year) and two people develop diabetes (6.0 million/year). Cambodia is one of the poorest countries in the world ranking 187 amongst a list of 191 countries. In a population of 11.5 million it has an estimated 255,000 people with diabetes. Currently there are very few places in Cambodia where people with diabetes can be diagnosed and treated. Almost 80% people are unaware that they have diabetes and this can have disastrous consequences. In general more than 40,000 children die before they reach the age of one. One child in every eight dies before reaching the age of five. Presently the World Diabetes Foundation is supporting five projects in Cambodia in collaboration with operating partners including the Word Health Organization, Cambodian Diabetes Association and the Ministry of Health in Cambodia. In addition two clinics have been established as part of the running projects, emanating from fundraising initiatives. Read more about the projects	Book tickets: Please contact Ms. Christine Mitchell. +44(0)20 7589 5444 Online booking: Cadogan Hall website   Download invitation: Front    Back
The Opera Concert will take place at: Cadogan Hall 5 Sloane Terrace London, SWIX 9 DQ United Kingdom We invite you to join this public event and hope your involvement will create additional awareness of diabetes in the developing world. Tickets are available with different pricings: £75, £50 £30, £20 Please Note: Certain ticket prices are currently only available via telephone.   For direct booking please contact; Ms. Christine Mitchell. Ph: +44 (0) 20 75 89 54 44. E-Mail: boxoffice@togetherinsong.net For online bookings, please visit; Cadogan Hall website
Baritone Jeffrey Black visits a clinic in Cambodia Corporate Sponsorship - Making a difference for children in Cambodia As part of a global alliance to spur incentives directed at supporting corporate social responsibility, WDF is approaching corporate companies in the UK and Denmark with on going business operations in Cambodia and other potential sponsors to help with a sponsorship donation and by participating in the fundraising Opera Concert in order to create awareness of diabetes. We believe that corporate companies have a responsibility and citizenship to give back to local communities in order to demonstrate leadership, as part of conducting good business ethics.  Additionally, providing an opportunity for their employees to discover a true value in terms of good governance we believe that a company can make a difference in daily life and increase shareholder value.  The Cadogan Hall has a total capacity of 900 seats. As part of the corporate hospitality sponsorship package we will be able to offer corporate logo onto tickets, communication booklet with company profiling, programme and exhibition banners.  In addition we will offer participation at the backstage VIP lounge and refreshments with other corporate executives, performing artists, dignitaries and other celebrities from the entertainment business. As a point of departure we would encourage for dialogue based sponsorship agreements that can provide an incentive for a long term and sustainable involvement of your organisation in collaboration with the WDF. For requests regarding corporate sponsorship donations, please contact; Mr Jamal Butt, Communication Manager of the World Diabetes Foundation: jmbu@worlddiabetesfoundation.org Phone: + 45 30 75 47 36