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Events 46 maltatoday, Sunday, 13 September 2015 Vodafone Malta Foundation supports the Children in Need Foundation Last week Michel Macelli, Chairperson of the Vodafone Malta Foundation presented a donation to Daniel abela, who received it on behalf of the Chil- dren in Need Foundation. this donation supports Chil- dren in Need's ongoing efforts to send seriously ill children and their families on a once-in-a-life- time dream vacation. the Foun- dation has been extending this support to Beyond the Moon for the past three years, particularly through their sponsorship of the fund-raising Row Challenge or- ganised by Children in Need. the second edition of Walk Cycle Run in aid of Dar tal- Providenza this year will be held on sunday 27 september, at 9.15am. It will be organised by Grupp Żgħażagħ Gudja with the collaboaration of RtK4Charity. the Walk starts from siġġiewi centre, the Bicycles will leave from Mdina Cathedral centre while the Run from Żurrieq parish centre. all three sport activities will end at the 'Dar tal-Providenza' car park. as a special event, a motor bike event is being organised on the same day and starts at 10am from Pembroke Luxol Ground. all participants through these four sport disciplines are to be given a certificate of participa- tion and comemorative t-shirt, thanks to our main sponsors FINCO u CaReMaLta. transport to siġġiewi and Żurrieq will be provided ac- cordingly after the event. this year 'Dar tal-Providenza' is celebrating the 50th anniver- sary from its foundation. the excelent service and dedication to its 100 residents with special needs, is the most important aim for this home. Residents are being offered an alternative home due to family problems. Id-Dar tal-Providenza offers also respite service to all the family of the residents, so to reach the goal of comfort and full support to feel at home as much as possible. Keeping in mind that there are a good number of full-time staff and as well as volunteers, it is estimated that the Dar tal- Providenza needs €13,000 daily to keep offering its services to residents. all this work can be only possible through the gen- erosity of Maltese citizens that continuously give a helping hand through donations to keep this home running smoothly. On the 27 september everyone is invited to participate and contribute throughout the Walk Cycle Run activity in solidarity with this dedicated home for persons with special needs. For more information and registration visit either the Fa- cebook page– Walk, Cycle, Run or email - walkcyclerun@dar- talprovidenza.org or phone on 7949 3923. Walk Cycle Run in aid of Dar Tal-Providenza eSkills European video competition officially launched this month the eskills Malta Foundation re- cently announced the launch of the eskills for Jobs european 2015 video competition. the competition is organised with- in the context of the eskills for Jobs awareness raising campaign. aimed at business leaders, policymakers, ICt practitioners, or NGOs who have demonstrated a positive con- tribution of ICt to societal changes, this competition is an opportunity to highlight and reward persons with a high level of digital skills and literacy at a european level. the competition focuses on iden- tifying concrete successful initia- tives made possible through the use of ICt and the mastery of eskills and is open to all european Union citizens. Interested parties can sub- mit applications in five categories that cover all the target audiences mentioned; Digital Citizenship, Dig- ital entrepreneurship and the most inspirational career campaigner at eskills.org.mt. the final two catego- ries which will be launched later on which are Young Digital talent and Outstanding use of ICt for teach- ing. a winner and runner up will be chosen from each category and will be invited to attend the award win- ning ceremony in December during a high-level conference organized under the auspices of the european Council Luxembourg Presidency. Last year one of Malta's entries, submitted by the ICt students as- sociation under the category Digital Citizenship entitled 'Best student Industry engagement', was selected as one of the finalists. the deadline for this year's sub- mission of entries is saturday 31 Oc- tober 2015. to find out more please log onto eskills4jobs.ec.europa.eu/ competition the eskills Malta Foundation is a partnership of various representa- tives from Government, industry and education which aims to advise Government and stakeholders on matters related to eskills policy and to contribute to the expansion of ICt educational programmes and related initiatives. the foundation also aims to lead an ICt professionalism develop- ment programme and encourage further reform in the ICt educa- tional offerings and to champion campaigns and promote the Mal- tese eskills potential locally and in- ternationally. Banif Bank's Casual Fridays raise over €2,500 for charity BaNIF employees have donated over €2,500 to various charitable causes over the first half of this year, through the Bank's monthly Casual Fridays initiative. On the last Friday of every month, Banif staff trade their formal wear for more casual attire and make a small donation in return. a different cause is chosen each month, often through staff involvement or sug- gestion. the year was kicked off by helping the Young adult education Resource Centre at Wardija, a special needs school which caters for close to a hundred students, all with different learning needs. Banif's con-tribu- tion helped them purchase a chicken brooder and two rabbit hutches for their animal therapy project, which is a fantastic activity for education, healing, behaviour development and growth. the focus was turned to animals again later on in the year with a sum being collected for the happy Paws animal Clinic, whose neutering services helps prevent many stray dogs and cats from succumbing to per-ils on the streets such as mal- nutrition, environmental hazards or traffic accidents. another contribution was made through the aLIVe 2015 initiative, aimed at raising funds for children di-agnosed with cancer. the sum collected that month went towards sponsoring two athletes who under- took the 1,000km cycling challenge. the Bank is immensely proud to boast several members within its team dedicated to volunteering in their own time. One month's col- lection went towards the Dr Klown project, which help sick children in wards with laughter therapy. the Bank's very own Cristian Darmanin is a Dr Klown himself, and he helped en-courage employees to pitch in by lighting up the office with his wonderful costume and contagious enthu-siasm. Christine harmer, an- other employee, is heavily involved with the Right2smile foundation. having embarked on several volun- tary trips in the past, she is currently assisting in several projects in africa and south america, and the Banif team raised a generous sum to help see her off. "We are very happy that, apart from the Bank's many commitments in line with its corporate social re- sponsibility strategy, all funds raised through Casual Fridays are purely staff donations," said adrian Cop- pini, Chief Officer Corporate serv- ices at Banif Bank. "this initiative, which lets employees show off their individuality by wearing comfort- able casuals with an altruistic twist, is just one of many initiatives that con-tribute towards creating an in- clusive, empowering and rewarding work environment at Banif Bank." Michel Macelli (left) presents a cheque in aid of the Children in Need Foundation Participants of a previous Walk Cycle Run activity in aid of the Dar tal-Providenza of Siggiewi Banif Bank employees hold monthly Casual Fridays activities in aid of charity