Hi All,
Great news, CCPP has come back to the UK to finish the 'Cambodian Art Tour', so please come and support us in the 2nd to last London exhibition and a final farewell party from 6 pm.
Cafe Ravenous have very kindly allowed us to use their beautiful venue, which is situated on the Portobello Road.
We want you to relax in their garden yurt, enjoy the bar and live music, whilst viewing the incredible art work by the children, all the paintings are for sale and range from £15 to £150 each.
Music kicks off in the yurt @
4-6 Dominic Willson - Balearic set
6-7 Edd Grant - House/Techno/Old School
7-8 Liz Cas - live Jazz
8 - 9 Gary Phelan - Acoustic set
9-10 Jason Lam - House/Techno/Old School
10-close James Verschoyle - Electro
Morning refreshments will be served from 11am – 1pm
Fresh coffee
Tisanes
Croissant
Lunch will be served from the Ravenous BBQ from 1 – 3pm – all dishes at £10.00 each
BBQ chicken skewers
Tiger prawn and salmon skewers with Thai spices
100% steak burgers served in buns with firework relish and melted cheese
Portobello mushrooms with mozzarella, tomato salsa and chives
All served with new potato salad with yoghurt and chives and a mixed salad with balsamic vinaigrette - all served in food boxes with wooden forks
The evening BBQ will be served from 7 – 9pm and will be a more substantial version of lunch and served on crockery with cutlery and guests will be seated in the yurt. Dishes will be £12.00 each
Booking is recommended to avoid disappointment.
Live music kicking off at 4pm in the yurt.
Here's a little info on the project.
The exhibition is a range of original paintings by 100 Cambodian children, and is part of a 24-city European tour by CCPP this spring and summer to raise money, vital to provide ongoing educational support to more than 100 children in the Sihanoukville region of Cambodia.
Felix Brooks-church, General Manager of the Cambodian Children’s Painting Project (CCPP) comments: “The current economic climate has significantly affected tourism numbers in Cambodia, so rather than waiting for the world to come to us, we thought we’d bring the children’s paintings to the world.
All children need to be imaginative, innovative and proud of their own creative skills! without government funding, they rely on the generosity of people like us to keep their doors open.
“The majority of the children involved in the Project live in terrible conditions and lack regular access to food, clean water and medical care. They have little or no education and make money by collecting cans and plastic bottles. Sadly, they are often the victims of violent abuse and paedophilia.
“Our hope is that education can help counteract the effects of poverty and that the children will go on to become active members of their own communities, helping to shape the future of Cambodia.
“This European tour would not have been possible without the support of past volunteers who have helped us in Cambodia over the past three years. They have been instrumental in organizing each event in their home towns, spending much of their time and money to set up the events. The overall reaction to the exhibitions has been inspiring - it’s truly a global network of people that keeps our doors open.”
Come and see their work! if you even can help a little, it would help a lot!
For more info see
www.letuscreatecambodia.org
