On September 11, at Daza Ballroom Academy in Atlanta, USA, Baroness Caroline Cox will be competing in a very exciting event: Dancing with the HART Stars!
To support Caroline, or to find out more please see the HART-US website here for Caroline's profile. If you are interested in attending please see the HART-US website here for tickets.
You can also make a donation in pounds online here.

On 22nd July and 28th July Baroness Cox asked the British Government about Human Rights and Humanitarian Assistance in Burma.
Details of the questions and responses:
for 22nd July can be found here.
and for 28th July can be found here.

On 28th July Baroness Cox spoke in the House of Lords on Human Rights in North Korea.
Full details of the debate can be found here.

Baroness Cox spoke in the parliamentary debate in the House of Lords on Post-conflict Stabilisation in Africa, with particular reference to HART’s work in northern Uganda and in Sudan.
The debate can be found online here.

Last Sunday in Edinburgh, Nick Ribbeck ran his 5th marathon, having already run two in London and two in Edinburgh. This year he is hoping to raise money for two charities – HART and Great Mercy Orphanage.

"A few years ago we heard Baroness Cox speak at a conference about the work she does for HART and it made a huge impact on us. If you go on the website (www.hart-uk.org) you can see that two of our great Cranfield mates, Dave Alexander and Steve Richardson have just become trustees! If you want to sponsor Nick by donating to HART please go to www.justgiving.com/nick-ribbeck where you can donate online. Thank you from us all so much for your support."

Remember Armenia - 6 to 8pm at 1 Abbey Gardens - an opportunity for us to celebrate our Aid and Advocacy projects in Armenia. We are delighted to announce some of our Armenian partners will be at attendance for this reception.
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Volunteers Reception - a chance to meet existing and potential volunteers.

Remember Africa - 6 to 8pm at 1 Abbey Gardens - this evening will allow us to report upon the progresses of our aid and advocacy programmes across Africa. It was also provide Naomi Pendle (a Vodafone World of Difference winner) to report on her work in Southern Sudan for HART.
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HART Christmas Carol concert between 7 - 9pm at St George’s Bloomsbury, London WC1A 2HR.
Tickets: £10 (£8 concession).
Please contact us for more information.
Flyer available here.

Appreciation Letter to HART from 'Paorinher' in Uganda - on behalf of the orphans and vulnerable children of nothern Uganda, Pader District, the management of Patongo orphan infants Health rehabiltation (Paorinher) centre thanks Humanitatrian Aid Relief Trust (HART) UK and the Baroness Cox of Queensbury for moblising funds to support and provide care to OVCs of Pader District since 2007

Downside School Fashion Show in support of HART - many thanks go to all who contributed to such an spectacular extravaganza! Baroness Cox and the HART team were immensely moved at the amount of time, preparation and thought which had gone into the fashion show. The designs were superb!

A special mention must go to Mrs Murphy, a teacher of Downside school. Mrs Murphy is due to run a full marathon for HART. GO FOR IT!

Vahe Torosyan climbs Mount Kilimanjaro in support of HART’s rehabilitation clinic for disabled children and young adults, Nagorno Karabakh. So far Vahe has raised £955. Please visit http://www.justgiving.com/Kilimanjaro-6/ to donate and see images.

Almost fifty years of constant civil war in South Sudan has left this nation as little more than dust. Children did not learn to read or write, but learnt to run from helicopter gunships, fire AK 47s and tell whether a plane would drop food or bombs. They now desperately need education in order to know how to rebuild their nation.

Vodafone have now promised to sponsor Naomi Pendle (Wellington College) to work for HART for a year at Marol Academy (South Sudan). With Baroness Cox's help, the project was amongst the winners from 1,000 entrants in Vodafone's 'World of Difference' competition.

She will spend the year teaching and teacher training in South Sudan, and trying to raise all types of support. Marol Academy still remains in need of so much help. Please contact HART for more information or see Vodafone’s website: www.vodafone.co.uk/worldofdifference

Medical Consequences of War and Conflict run by the Royal Society of Medicine ~ www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/war09.php

Baroness Cox awarded the Order of Honour, a Formal Order of Merit by the President of the Republic of Armenia. Click to see.

Abbey Gardens Reception - 'Remember Burma'. This reception gives us an opportunity to celebrate and support our dear friend and partner Sasa, as he returns to his people of Chin State, Burma having just qualified as a Doctor in Armenia. Sasa hopes to establish the first medical clinic for Chin State and will be speaking of the trials and difficulties he faces, at the reception. Please join us for an inspiring, uplifting and thought provoking evening as we join Sasa in remembering Burma.
RSVP to Alexandra Taliadoros on 020 82047336 or at alexandra.taliadoros@hart-uk.org.

Exciting new development: we are organising a Lecture and Seminar Series to begin in October. Please check back soon for more information...

HART has partnered with Amnesty International and Waging Peace to present an exhibition of children’s drawings on the subject of ‘Home’ from conflict zones from around the globe.

The exhibition was showcased at the United Nations (UN) as the UN met to discuss an Arms Treaty supported by Amnesty International and Oxfam. The Arms Treaty concerns Arms trades which can be deemed to lead to violations of human rights violations.

The exhibition was an enormous success and was mentioned by the UK Ambassador John Duncan on the UK FCO website: http://audioboo.fm/boos/42541-att-drawings-by-children-in-conflict-zones

Sudan Day of Prayer: Please join us as part of your religious organisation or as an individual, in quiet reflection, prayer and meditation for the needs of Sudan on this date. Prayer Packs which include a power point presentation, country information and prayer points are available from HART. Contact Us.

Sudan Day of Action: March for Peace for Sudan, Water for Life.
On the 18th of June, HART (as part of Sudan Action) will be marching from London Eye to Parliament to raise awareness of the lack of sanitation and access to clean water in Sudan. To do this, we will be carrying buckets symbolising water and wearing blue.

The march will begin at 11am and be met by a Parliamentarian at 12pm in Parliament Square where a petition will be formally handed over.

For more information please visit: www.sudanaction.org.uk
Sudan Action is a coalition of the Sudanese UK Diaspora, NGOs and Parliamentarians.

Baroness Cox helps launch an Armenian ship destined for a round the world voyage from the port of Valencia.
Full story, via Google Translation here.

HART Drinks reception and concert performed by Situation Opera. We are pleased to announce we will be hosting a drinks reception, preceding a performance by the superb Situation Opera at St George’s Church, Bloomsbury. The programme, which features international violin soloist Berent Korfker and accomplished young viola soloist Jennifer Coombes, will include Telemann's Viola Concerto in G, Mozart's Violin Concerto No.5 in A and Symphonies Nos.16 and 41, the latter better known as 'Jupiter'.

Please come and join us for what promises to be a most enjoyable evening. We will also be exhibiting Charlotte’s paintings together with stunning photographs by Luigi Ventimiglia; a visionary photographer. They have both travelled with HART during 2007-2009 and have been inspired by our partners ~ an inspiration which is reflected in their artistic displays.

Tickets for both the drinks reception and concert are priced at £15 each (£10 concession). Please order your tickets from Situation Opera: tickets@situationopera.org.uk

For more information visit: www.orchestraofsituationopera.org.uk

Photographs taken by Caroline Cox depicting religious persecution in India, acute suffering and destruction in Sudan and hope and education in Nigeria have been chosen to be displayed as part of the Annual Parliamentary Exhibition showcased in the House of Lords.