Along with GUST, the concert was supported by the Wheelchair Foundation and Hope for Haiti.
For many years, the Kuwait English school band has performed concerts to raise funds for charity. Among the organizations that KES has donated for are Kuwait Red Crescent Society, KAACH, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Save the Children.
During the ceremony, KES band played a number of classic music works, including musical pieces by Beethoven and Chopin. The musical directors of the concert were Ian Drummond and Robert Smith. The audience was taken by the performance of the young and talented KES students.
The president of GUST, Shaeb Abdullah Shaeb, said “The participation of GUST in a charity concert for Haiti victims demonstrates the important role the educational institutes play in being a role model and a good example for the rest of the civil society.”
For his part, vice-president of GUST Sabah Qadomi noted, “The participation of the university is to support the victims of Haiti, and it is a part of building the cooperative spirit between the schools and the community. Likewise, it is also a humanitarian duty and a development of the role that the university is keen on playing in community and charity support.”
In her appeal, KES student Eszter Hunyadkurti said, “Your generous donations will continue to allow us to provide hope, mobility, freedom, independence and dignity to people who are less fortunate, and their families, through the Wheelchair Foundation.”
Since the earthquake on 12 of January, the total number of amputees due to the earthquake is estimated to be into the tens of thousands. Their care will burden the country’s medical system for ages.
KES have chosen to support the international efforts to help the victims of Haiti by launching the ‘KES Wheelchair-Connect appeal’.
Most world aid foundations have been demanding more wheelchairs due to the growing wars and rising natural hazards worldwide. The people of Kuwait have generously donated to a previous appeal for wheelchairs for Iraq. This time KES students are hoping to make a difference to the people of Haiti with the support of generous donors.
SOURCE: Alwatan Daily