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Organization of Women of the Americas Collects Funds to Help those Most in Need

  November 12, 2010

Organization of Women of the Americas Collects Funds to Help those Most in Need
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The Organization of Women of the Americas (OWA) today held its annual event to collect funds towards two institutions that help those most in need in OAS Member States.

OWA President Tereza de Casaes thanked those present for their “constant help to the children and women of Latin America and the Caribbean.”

The school shelter “Doña Chucha” in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, which protects the underage homeless, and the “Arcoiris” Foundation in La Paz, Bolivia, which shelters and cares for underage pregnant women, will be the beneficiaries of the funds collected.

OWA is a non-profit organization whose members are the wives of the Permanent Representative Ambassadors accredited to the OAS. Since it was established in 1997 it has benefited more than 17 charity organizations in OAS Member States. The event took place in the Hall of the Americas at OAS headquarters in Washington, DC.

Reference: FNE-4591