Please join us for Samhati’s annual benefit dinner and auction

Saturday, October 6, 2018,  From 6:00 to 9:00 pm

Address: River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 6301 River Road (entrance on Whittier Blvd), Bethesda, MD 20817. Free parking in lot. (Exit 39 from Beltway to River Road. Go towards Bethesda/Washington, take left at Whittier Blvd and venue is immediately on left. Public Transport: Bus T2).

Featuring:
Inspiration, empowerment, dance performances, auction, delicious food, drinks and dessert!

Admission per person:
Basic: $75 [Please donate more if you can!]
Silver level: $500
Gold Level: $1000
Platinum Level: $5000 and up

If you send in your check, we will reserve a ticket for you and your name will be on the guest list at the door. Please make your check payable to “Samhati” and mail to: Samhati, 13107 Laneview Ct., Oak Hill, VA 20171, USA

Click here to: Buy tickets to Samhati Benefit

Founded in 1984, Samhati is the longest running organization of Bangladeshi women in the United States. We design and support small projects – focused on education, health, and environmental sustainability – to improve the lives of impoverished women and families in Bangladesh. Samhati is tax exempt (IRS ID Number 52-1390261). As an all-volunteer organization with negligible overhead, Samhati directs approximately 90% of your contributions to needy families.

If you donate $75, it will provide a one-year scholarship to ensure that a middle or high school child stays in school and does not have to work.
A donation of $100 will provide adult literacy or vocational classes for a village woman, who in turn will be able to better care for her family.
A donation of $500 will fund our health clinic in Katakhali village for one month, providing care and health education for over 500 families.
Your gift of $1,000 will fund climate adaptation training for 10 villagers in Katakhali.

Hundreds of women, children, and families have been transformed by Samhati’s work. Our focus on literacy, health, and environment has created leadership from within to maintain and grow our projects. Samhati has provided cyclone relief and climate adaptation training, established the first women’s shelter in Bangladesh, and developed eco-empowerment projects in villages. Your support is crucial!

Featuring:
Dance by Droopad

Samhati’s 2018 Host Committee:
Sharmeen and Uzair Dossani, Rose Hayden, Laneyse Hooks, Mehmood Kazmi, Sangeeta Mookherji, Mustafa and Naheed Chowdhury, Beth Pile, Grace Kibue Sharp, Jyoti Tulsi
& Satwant Tulsi.

Benefit Chair: Cima Ali and Alema Siddiky
Auction Chair: Jhinuk Hasan-Fulton

Link to the full invitation letter here.

Image from Laksmichamp Union, Rangpur. Girls with bikes donated by Samhati, January 2018.