PRESS RELEASE

Filipino Community in Iran Organizes Charity Bazaar for Typhoon Victims

The Pinay Irano Family Community (PIFC), one of the two associations in Iran, organized a charity bazaar held at the Embassy Grounds on Friday, 13 November 2009.

Members of the Filipino community as well as some Iranian companies sold ladies accessories, home decors, garments and food items during the bazaar. Gulf Air, which also participated in the event, promoted their special offer trips from Tehran to Manila.

Some 150 Filipinos and their Iranian friends from Tehran, Karaj and Qazvin, attended the event, to support the PIFC’s initiative.   

Proceeds of the gate entrance and earnings in the bingo games and karaoke sessions in the bazaar were donated by the PIFC for the victims of the recent typhoons in the Philippines. Saint Abraham Carollers also donated cash donations.

The PIFC and other members of the Filipino community in Iran also donated medicines for the said victims. END