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A sold-out crowd of Ottawa business and community leaders banded together Saturday at the Hilton Lac-Leamy for a night of inspiration, hope and change while raising more than $400,000 for a Free The Children initiative to pull developing communities out of the cycle of poverty.
Specifically, the funds raised at the Building a Better World, One Village At a Time dinner will help the village of Kalthana in India’s north-western province of Rajasthan. The project is empowering the villagers to provide: proper education for their children, clean water and sanitation, adequate health care, and sustainable agriculture. As well, families are working toward economically supporting themselves.
The initiative is more than just charity work, said Farm Boy CEO Jeff York, who’s on the committee and co-chairs WE Day Ottawa. “It’s about doing the right thing.”
Photos: Free the Children dinner
A sold-out crowd of Ottawa business and community leaders banded together Saturday at the Hilton Lac-Leamy for a night of inspiration, hope and change while raising more than $400,000 for a Free The Children initiative to pull developing communities out of the cycle of poverty.
Leading the group is Ottawa neonatologist Dr. Pradeep Merchant and Dundee Corporation investment advisor Patrick Mullins, who also co-chairs WE Day Ottawa. Special guests included India’s high commissioner to Canada, Vishnu Prakash, Mayor Jim Watson, Nepean’s new Liberal MP, Chandra Arya, and former Ottawa mayor Jim Durrell. Prominent members of Ottawa’s Indo-Canadian business community were also out to support the cause.
In town to speak at the dinner was Craig Kielburger. He shared his remarkable story behind the origin of Free The Children, the Canadian-based international charity that he co-founded as a 12-years-old child rights activist.
On average, it takes about five years for an Adopt A Village community to become economically self-sustaining, he told the room. “Success for us is the exit,” said Kielburger, 33. “This isn’t a story of Canada coming to India. No, no, no, this is a story of partnership.”
The dinner marked the first event organized by the volunteer committee in its goal to raise $1 million for Adopt A Village India.
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Specifically, the funds raised at the Building a Better World, One Village At a Time dinner will help the village of Kalthana in India’s north-western province of Rajasthan. The project is empowering the villagers to provide: proper education for their children, clean water and sanitation, adequate health care, and sustainable agriculture. As well, families are working toward economically supporting themselves.
The initiative is more than just charity work, said Farm Boy CEO Jeff York, who’s on the committee and co-chairs WE Day Ottawa. “It’s about doing the right thing.”
Photos: Free the Children dinner
A sold-out crowd of Ottawa business and community leaders banded together Saturday at the Hilton Lac-Leamy for a night of inspiration, hope and change while raising more than $400,000 for a Free The Children initiative to pull developing communities out of the cycle of poverty.
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From left, committee co-chair Patrick Mullins with social entrepreneur Craig Kielburger, co-founder of Free The Children and Me to We, and committee co-chair Dr. Pradeep Merchant at an inaugural gala evening supporting Free The Children's Adopt A Village India, held at the Hilton Lac Leamy on Saturday, January 30, 2016. (Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen)
Atul Aggarwal, president and CEO of Marcan Pharmaceuticals, and his wife, Richa, at an inaugural gala evening supporting Free The Children's Adopt A Village India, held at the Hilton Lac Leamy on Saturday, January 30, 2016. (Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen)
Event committee member Raina Sharma with Business Development Bank vice president Dwayne Dulmage and Indian High Commissioner Vishnu Prakash at an inaugural gala evening supporting Free The Children's Adopt A Village India, held at the Hilton Lac Leamy on Saturday, January 30, 2016. (Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen)
Nepean's newly elected Liberal MP Chandra Arya with committee member Michael Adams, senior vice president of Brookfield Soundvest Capital Management, at an inaugural gala evening supporting Free The Children's Adopt A Village India, held at the Hilton Lac Leamy on Saturday, January 30, 2016. (Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen)
More than 250 attendees took in a Gharana Arts dance performance at an inaugural gala evening supporting Free The Children's Adopt A Village India, held at the Hilton Lac Leamy on Saturday, January 30, 2016. (Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen)
More than 250 attendees took in a Gharana Arts dance performance at an inaugural gala evening supporting Free The Children's Adopt A Village India, held at the Hilton Lac Leamy on Saturday, January 30, 2016.
From left, Shilpa Goel, Krina Merchant and Alissa Winicki were guests of an inaugural gala evening supporting Free The Children's Adopt A Village India, held at the Hilton Lac Leamy on Saturday, January 30, 2016. (Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen)
Keynote speaker Craig Kielburger shared the extrordinary story behind the origin of Free The Children at an inaugural gala evening supporting Free The Children's Adopt A Village India, held at the Hilton Lac Leamy on Saturday, January 30, 2016. (Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen)
From left, Ottawa dentist Dr. Razia Arora and veterinarian Dr. Rajiv Arora with their RBC corporate table host, Nargis Schutte, at an inaugural gala evening supporting Free The Children's Adopt A Village India, held at the Hilton Lac Leamy on Saturday, January 30, 2016. (Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen)
Committee member Nishith Goel, CEO of Cistel Technology, with his wife, Nita, at an inaugural gala evening supporting Free The Children's Adopt A Village India, held at the Hilton Lac Leamy on Saturday, January 30, 2016. (Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen)
India's high commissioner to Canada, Vishnu Prakash, and Free The Children co-founder Craig Kielburger in conversation at an inaugural gala evening supporting Free The Children's Adopt A Village India, held at the Hilton Lac Leamy on Saturday, January 30, 2016. (Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen)
Committee member Sanjay Shah, president of ExecHealth Inc., and his wife, Dr. Bella Mehta, at an inaugural gala evening supporting Free The Children's Adopt A Village India, held at the Hilton Lac Leamy on Saturday, January 30, 2016. (Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen)
From left, Mayor Jim Watson with Anita Merchant and her husband, Dr. Pradeep Merchant, at an inaugural gala evening supporting Free The Children's Adopt A Village India, held at the Hilton Lac Leamy on Saturday, January 30, 2016. (Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen)
Kalai Kalaichelvan, CEO of Eion Wireless, and his wife, Sujatha Kumaraswami, were among the supporters an inaugural gala evening supporting Free The Children's Adopt A Village India, held at the Hilton Lac Leamy on Saturday, January 30, 2016. (Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen)
Bharat Rudra, president of TiE Ottawa, and his wife, Bina, attended an inaugural gala evening supporting Free The Children's Adopt A Village India, held at the Hilton Lac Leamy on Saturday, January 30, 2016. (Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen)
Jaison Dolvane, CEO of Espial, and his wife, Roopa, attended an inaugural gala evening supporting Free The Children's Adopt A Village India, held at the Hilton Lac Leamy on Saturday, January 30, 2016. (Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen)
Jim Durrell, former mayor of Ottawa, and his wife, Sam, attended an inaugural gala evening supporting Free The Children's Adopt A Village India, held at the Hilton Lac Leamy on Saturday, January 30, 2016. (Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen)
Leading the group is Ottawa neonatologist Dr. Pradeep Merchant and Dundee Corporation investment advisor Patrick Mullins, who also co-chairs WE Day Ottawa. Special guests included India’s high commissioner to Canada, Vishnu Prakash, Mayor Jim Watson, Nepean’s new Liberal MP, Chandra Arya, and former Ottawa mayor Jim Durrell. Prominent members of Ottawa’s Indo-Canadian business community were also out to support the cause.
In town to speak at the dinner was Craig Kielburger. He shared his remarkable story behind the origin of Free The Children, the Canadian-based international charity that he co-founded as a 12-years-old child rights activist.
On average, it takes about five years for an Adopt A Village community to become economically self-sustaining, he told the room. “Success for us is the exit,” said Kielburger, 33. “This isn’t a story of Canada coming to India. No, no, no, this is a story of partnership.”
The dinner marked the first event organized by the volunteer committee in its goal to raise $1 million for Adopt A Village India.
Carolyn001@sympatico.ca
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