Flashes: 27 Dresses Gala in UK

Keisha Buchanan and Amelle Berrabah


Danielle Lloyd and Mica Paris


Beverley Knight
(Photos:WireImage)

The "27 Dresses" Gala Screening in Aid of the Lavender Trust was held Tuesday in London at the Apollo. The Gala was held in support of the breast cancer fund, The Lavender Trust.

British stars including R&B singer,Beverley Knight, Keisha Buchanan and Amelle Berrabah of pop group Sugarbabes, along with model Danielle Lloyd and crooner Mica Paris supported the important cause.

Lavender Trust is the only fund in the UK committed to addressing particular needs and concerns of women under the age of 50 who are diagnosed with breast cancer. There are 8000 women under-50 years of age who are diagnosed with breast cancer every year in the U.K.

Every March the Lavender Trust holds Lavender Week to raise awareness of issues facing younger women with breast cancer and to raise funding for Breast Cancer Care's services for younger women.

Ann Fudge Joins Board of Directors @ Novartis

Corporate mover and shaker, Ann Fudge, former Chairman and CEO of Young & Rubicam Brands, has joined healthcare firm, Novartis AG's Board of Directors. Fudge is elected to the Board of Directors for a three-year term.

Anne Fudge is also a member of the Board of Directors of General Electric and of several non-profit organizations. It's great to see Black women being included and growing in corporate sectors that are usually dominated by men.

Greece Donates to United Nations World Food Program in Ethiopia

The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) received a generous donation of more than 9 million Birr($965,093) from the Government of Greece. The donation will benefit the Targeted Supplementary Food component of WFP’s Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation.

The Targeted Supplementary Food Program supports the Ethiopian Ministry of Health’s Child Survival Initiative and is a special program designed to thoroughly address the immediate causes of malnutrition among children and pregnant and lactating women. The project, is currently active in 342 districts throughout the country by governmental and non-governmental partners. It assists an annual average of 1.1 million beneficiaries by targeting malnourished lactating and pregnant women and children under five years of age. Under this program mothers also receive basic nutrition education on how best to use the food, and the importance of exclusive breastfeeding in the early months after birth

“We are extremely grateful to the Government of Greece for stepping in to assist some of the neediest people in Ethiopia,” said Mohammed Diab, WFP Country Director and Representative. “This is a timely donation as the project often suffers from being under funded.”
(Source: Ethiopian News Agency)

The Brazilian Workout Plan

Good Morning!

Instead of going to the gym, maybe everyone should be getting their workout at samba school. Check out these youtube clips of a samba queen and samba school Beija Flor breaking it down and you'll see what I mean. I'm exhausted and lost weight just watching these chicks!

Mom Pleads for Kidney Transplant to Save Son's Life

Below is a story I noticed this evening in the Guyana Chronicle about a young man with "end stage renal failure' and his mother's plea for help. The single mother is giving her kidney to her son, but needs monetary help to pay for his kidney transplant. This story struck a personal chord with me because my grandmother passed a way more than a year ago from complications related to kidney failure and she underwent painful dialysis prior to her death. Believe me, it's a hellish experience for a family to go through. Fortunately, she lived a long life, but this young man won't if he doesn't get help soon. I hope there's a doctor out there reading this story who can sponsor this surgery.
Here's the direct link to the story


Mother appeals for donations towards son’s kidney transplant


Mrs. Mangal and her sick son yesterday at the Guyana Chronicle.

LEELKUMARIE Mangal, 41, of Lot 119 Lusignan Pasture, East Coast Demerara, is appealing to the business community and the general public to help her son get a kidney transplant in India and dialysis treatment here.
She said her son, Munesh Mangal, 18, was diagnosed with ‘end stage renal failure’ in August last year, after he became ill and was a patient for two months at Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).

The woman told the Guyana Chronicle yesterday that he currently receives haemodialysis treatment at 5G Dialysis Centre, Lots 235-236 Baramita and Aubrey Barker Streets, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown, at a cost of G$100,000 weekly.

I cannot afford to meet that amount so often and this is why I am asking for help to raise the funds,” she appealed.

Mangal said the patient’s health is deteriorating rapidly and he is now blind in both eyes and totally dependent on her as he is unable to do anything for himself.

It is very difficult for him to cope and is often overwhelmed with pain and the burden of long-term dialysis treatment would be impossible for her to meet as a single parent, his mother said.

She said she is willing to donate one of her kidneys for the operation in India but has to raise US$36,000 for expenses.

Munesh said he was forced to leave the private school he attended when he took sick suddenly.

Persons willing to contribute to his cause can do so through Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) account SIEA 753156.

His mother, a vendor of green vegetables, said she approached the Ministry of Health and was assisted with the payment for 10 dialysis treatments which he has already received.

She can be reached on telephone numbers 220-9955; 646-6635 and 653-3651. (Michel Outridge)