Activities

Helping the children of Palestine

Following an invitation by the First lady of Egypt Suzanne Mubarak, founder and President of the “Suzanne Mubarak Women’s International Peace Movement”, personalities from all over the world were assembled in May 2005 in Cairo for a great and sacred aim: to help the children of Palestine, the victims of violence and war. […]

2005 Annual Meeting of UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors

Education for All, Education for Sustainable Development and UNESCO’’s response to natural disasters were the three themes on the agenda for the Annual Meeting of Goodwill Ambassadors, which took place on March 3 and 4, 2005 at UNESCO’s Headquarters. […]

International Conference “Women in the Service of Peace” in Paris

The International Seminar “”Women in the Service of Peace”” organized at UNESCO Headquarters on June 2004, on the initiative of H.E. Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak and Mrs. Marianna V. Vardinoyannis, aimed to “highlight the important role that women play in support of peace and the need for them to be recognized as full partners in the processes of decision-making and political negotiations” […]

Exhibition of Traditional and Contemporary Handicrafts from Jordan.

The opening of the “Jordan River Foundation” exhibition entitled “Traditional and Contemporary Handicrafts from Jordan” was held at the Museum of Cycladic Art in Athens; a unique and representative sample of the art of weaving and handicrafts : carpets, tapestries, table cloths, drapes etc, which reflect the heritage of one of the oldest civilisations of the Middle East. […]

The Mentor Awards

In a Press Conference that took place in October 2003 in the hotel N.J.V. Athens Plaza, the UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador and member of the Board of Trustees of the Mentor International Foundation, Mrs Marianna V. Vardinoyannis, presented the aim and the work of the Foundation to the journalists and announced the award of the Centre for the Treatment of Substance Dependant People (KETHEA), with the Mentor Award being the first: the Mentor Prevention Achievement Award. […]

Second European Meeting of Legal Practitioners in relation to Juvenile justice

The “Foundation for the Child and the Family” in cooperation with the “”Fondation pour l’’ enfance”” (France) organized the Second European Meeting of Legal Practitioners in relation to Juvenile Justice in Athens, in March 2003. The first meeting was held by the “Fondation pour l’Enfance” in November 2000, in Paris.

The aim of the Second Meeting which was held under the auspices of the Greek Ministry of Justice and with financial support from the GROTIUS-II Programme of the European Commission, was the protection of minors from the children’s pornography on the Internet and the sexual exploitation for commercial purposes,