By John Redmond
Social organization Australian and New Zealand Association (ANZA) of Korea will presents a charity ball themed “Under the Southern Cross” at Conrad Seoul on April 18.
ANZA supports charities such as the Emmaus Welfare Center, In Tree: Single Mother's Group and ANZA Says Yes.
Emmaus was started in 1981 by Father Noel O’Neill, an Irish-born Columbian missionary. The center provides community care for intellectually and developmentally disabled people.
“ANZA Korea’s relationship with the Emmaus Welfare Center has been from the early days when eight government-funded apartments were purchased as part of a pilot program where the center will provide care for 30 residents,” the group says in its website.
InTree: Single Mother’s Support Group was formed in 2012 by a group of unmarried mothers that organizes regular meet-ups and annual events involving 30-40 mothers and their children. It runs the group on a volunteer basis from a donated office provided to foster this support network.
“There is no other organization, church or government, providing this type of support in Seoul,” a staffer said.
ANZA Says Yes was established in 2014 as a youth education scholarship that provides education for eligible orphaned youths at the Mubeopjeongsa Yongin House of Youth, affectionately known as Big Mama’s.
“Big Mama’s is an independently-run orphanage that forgoes government funding to keep siblings together and raise them as a family. Big Mama’s children are generally not orphans but have been abandoned by their families as most have developmental disabilities ranging from mild to severe,” the group says in its website.
The ball will begin at 6:30 p.m. and the cost for the evening is 225,000 won for members and 250,000 for non-members.
For more information visit https://www.anzakorea.com/events-a/events-calender/dinner-parties/2015-anza-charity-ball.htm or email Conradseoul_Reservation@hilton.com.