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A FRIEND IN NEED IS A FRIEND INDEED
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AzETA held a fundraising charity marathon in March-August 2006 with the aim of organising a summer camp for the orphans-beneficiaries of AzETA English Language Project. AzETA organised such a summer camp in August 2005. More information on that summer camp is available on Archive page of our website.
 To make the marathon more interesting, AzETA Young Learners Special Interest Group held a writing competition among the Enjoy English Club members. In collaboration with the AzETA Testing and Assessment SIG the selection committee awarded 1 member of EEC (Nermin Ismayilova) with the second prize and 2 members of EEC (Ozal Aliyev and Slava Cherkashin) with the third prize. The awards were presented to the winners on the 1 June. On this date AzETA held a charity concert dedicated to the International Day of Defence of Children. With the kind support of AzETA members Qizildash children-beneficiaries of AzETA English Project for the orphans residing in the dormitory of the Technical-Vocational Lyceum #8 in Qizildash could also join the concert. Famous singers of Azerbaijan Flora Kerimova, Aygun Beyler, Samed Samedov with his trio, Aslan, Qorxmaz Alili, A Trio, Ehli-Beyt and Nur music groups, Canbala children's music group, Mugam Teatri (Mugam Theatre) with its music group and others sang songs and encouraged the children to dance.
Special guests of the concert were Quinta Woodward of Community Shield Azerbaijan, Cultural Attaches of the Embassies of Turkey and Japan, Eddie McGee, Senior English Language Fellow, Catherine Tompson, short-term English Language Fellow of the US Embassy. We acknowledge all of them for their support.
Qizildash children had a chance to take photos with some of the singers, Quinta Woodward and their English teachers.
The concert was broadcast by Muz-Express programme of ITV (Public TV).
For their great support to the marathon, as well as to the charity concert AzETA acknowledges:
1. Community Shield Azerbaijan (donated $150)
2. Eddie McGee (donated $100 from his enhancement budget)
3. All the staff of the British Council (donated 160 AZN)
4. Elmira Ilizarova, AzETA member (donated $20) and her students (donated 26 AZN)
5. Ragsana Mammadova, AzETA President (donated 50 AZN)
6. and all the participants of the concert thanks to whom income in the amount of 238 AZN was generated.
AzETA also acknowledges all the above singers for their support to the concert.
Special acknowledgement goes to Dilara Bunyatova, AzETA First Vice-President, Hijran Huseynova, AzETA Vice-President, Humay Mirzayeva, Leader of AzETA Special Interest Group on Adult Learning, Nushaba Bakhshiyeva, Teacher of AzETA English Project in Qizildash, Irada Shafizade, AzETA member-announcer of the concert for their great support in organising the marathon and the charity concert. |
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