SI Fremantle – Birthday Dinner – June 2011

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On Monday 30th May SI Fremantle held their 58th birthday dinner at Cafe Lumos in White Gum Valley. The event was very well attended by other clubs with in excess of 30 ladies enjoying the great meal, some nice wine and lots of good company. Michelle Hogan from “RENEW” (Respect, Educate, Nurture, and Empower women) was the guest speaker. RENEW is a Bhutan non-governmental organisation dedicated to the relief and empowerment of disadvantaged women and adolescent girls. The organisation was established in 2004 by Her Majesty Queen Ashi Sangay Choden Wangchuck, the Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). RENEW envisages being the leading institution in the nation for shaping the role of women in Bhutanese society and has as its mission “To empower disadvantaged girls and women in Bhutan and integrate them back into their own communities as independent, socially and economically productive members of the society.” Pamela Fruin from SI Cambridge became an ambassador for RENEW when she visited to present the nuns with their “Red Beanies” which had been made by a number of SI clubs.