03 June 2014 - The Philippine Embassy in Athens, Greece participated in the Lady Ambassadors and Ambassadors’ Spouse Athens (LAASA) 2nd International Food Festival which was held on June 1 at the Nasioutzik Museum in Spata, Greece.
As part of its economic diplomacy activity for this year under the “Meet My Country: The Philippines”, the Philippine Embassy sold two Filipino dishes (vegetable lumpia and longganiza Ilokano) and mango juice. The Embassy also distributed Department of Trade’s (DOT) It’s More Fun in the Philippines brochure, the Embassy’s “Meet My Country” brochure, Kenneth Cobonpue furniture catalogs, and Philippine bookmarks. Proceeds from the event were all donated to LAASA’s charity event project for this year.
Greek dignitaries, members of the Diplomatic Corps, and prominent members of the expatriate community and Greek society were among the guests during the event. Around 43 embassies participated in the food festival.
LAASA is an informal club that offers the opportunity to its members to meet each other at least once a month in order to promote friendship to share cultural and sports activities and to organize charity events in support of local causes.
For this year's Charity event, LAASA has opted to support the efforts of ORAMA ELPIDAS. For twenty years, ELPIDA under the direction of Mrs. Marianna Vardinoyannis, has helped children with cancer through its bone marrow transplant unit, its hospital for children with cancer and its guest house for sick children and their families. As this is a public hospital, it relies on the Greek government for its funding which is often not sufficient to maintain its current level of service and has to raise funds privately. END