The Show
"Football Reaching Out For Africa" (FROFA) 23rd September 2007 at the Royal Albert Hall
On Sunday 23rd September, 2007 at the Royal Albert Hall. Patti Boulaye will present “Football Reaching Out For Africa”(FROFA), a charity event to be produced by Major Sir Michael Parker KCVO CBE, with a mass choir of 3000 gospel singers and a host of International Football Stars and Celebrities including Thierry Henry who will be presenting the Thierry Henry Young Achiever Award, Lauren of Portsmouth FC (formerly of Arsenal) and international singing group Boney M to name a few. The event will raise funds for the building of Support For Africa Clinics/Healthcare Centres all over Africa.
The last ‘Reaching Out For Africa’ at the Royal Albert Hall starred Sir Cliff Richard, and Gabrielle. They headed a spectacular celebrity charity concert produced by Sir Michael Parker KCVO CBE which raised much needed funds for the charity’s first two pilot health centres in Africa. The Concert was an amazing televised event featuring a spectacular 3,000-strong gospel choir drawn from schools, churches and choirs from the UK, Europe and Africa. They also formed part of the 5,000 strong Golden Jubilee Gospel Choir Patti was personally asked to organise and they sang at Buckingham Palace for HM The Queen’s Golden Jubilee Celebrations in June 2002.
The programme also featured famous artists including BONEY M, Uri Geller, Pop Idols Rik Waller, The Dhol Foundation, the London African Children’s Choir, the voices of 1,500 young people from Stagecoach Theatre Arts Schools and other international guests. A thrilling section was performed by Patti Boulaye’s exotic SUN DANCE Dance and Drum show.
Reason For Setting Up Support For Africa 'Aids Is Attacking Africa From The Cradle'
Five years ago Patti visited Nigeria, she went to an orphanage where she held a one-year-old baby called Victor - he had full-blown AIDS. He was just one of the many abandoned HIV babies waiting to die. It broke Patti’s heart. Watching babies like Victor die but feeling powerless to do something as this disease raged on, feeding on ignorance and prejudices, led Patti to form Support for Africa. Patti’s objectives are aimed at preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS and Malaria in the whole sub-Sahara Africa, firstly, with a campaign of building clinics all over Africa, and secondly, through education and awareness,. These will provide education and some practical alleviation for those suffering from the disease and opportunistic ailments. Three clinics have been built in three States in Nigeria and the fourth is under construction in Cameroon.
Patti comments: “In order to tackle AIDS/HIV at its root cause in Africa, we must stop treating Africa as if it is a country. Africa is a vast Continent with hundreds of traditions and religious beliefs, which will need to be taken into account when devising a specific AIDS campaign for each area and country.”
All we need now is your support to help raise awareness and to raise much needed funds to continue the good work for the benefit of innocent people and children who are cursed by this deadly double act, HIV/AIDS and Malaria.
TICKETS
Tickets are issued on a first come first served basis and are priced at:
Circle Seats - £20.00 or £35.00 each
These are available from the Royal Albert Hall Box Office. Tel: 020 7589 8212
Please note that there is a discount available for group bookings.
Grand Tier - £200.00 each
Loggia Box - £200.00 each
2nd Tier - £150.00 each
2nd Tier - £125.00 each
There are also a limited number of tickets available for the Loggia Boxes at £75.00 each.
FOOTBALL REACHING OUT FOR AFRICA is brought to you by:
Support for Africa
PO Box 3218
Gerrards Cross
Bucks.
SL9 7WY
England
Thanks for your support and consideration.
