Inbjudan Ryska ambassaden


Ambassador Nikolay I. Sadchikov
Embassy of the Russian Federation in Sweden
Gjörwellsgatan 31
112 60 Stockholm

 
 





                                                                                                                                                                           Stockholm  2004-08-12


Your Excellency,

The Swedish charter of the International Association of Lions Clubs would like to extend an invitation to you to a press conference in conjunction with the visit of our international President , the Honourable Mr Clement F. Kusiak. Mr Kusiak will be here to hand over a donation to fund a children’s hospital refurbishment in Novozybkov, Russia.

This project was the brainchild of a woman called Monica Antonsson who was in Novozybkov in 1997 and witnessed the appalling conditions under which expectant mothers were forced to live and how the  nuclear waste’s radioactivity after the Chernobyl accident in 1986 was affecting the residents there. She started a project called “Änglagård” and managed to obtain a lot of support from several Lions’ members in Sweden. Her idea was to refurbish the existing children’s hospital as well as the maternity ward. The project caught the attention of Lions members worldwide and that is why Lions International decided to support it. Therefore President Kusiak will be in Stockholm to hand over USD 75 000 to the Swedish charter to be used for the hospital.

We have invited the press to attend on 27th August at Konferenshuset on Drottninggatan 55 starting at 1200 noon to witness the handing over of the money and to hear a presentation of the project. We would be very honoured if Your Excellency or someone representing the Russian Embassy could be present. We expect the press conference to last about one hour. A light lunch and refreshments will be served afterwards.

Should the Russian Embassy decide to send a representative we would require his or her presence at 1130am for a short briefing before meeting the press.

We would be very grateful if Your Excellency could give us a reply latest tomorrow before lunchtime by contacting Maud Nordell at 08-98 03 62.

Thank you for your time and we look forward to hearing from your embassy.

                                                                                                                                               
Yours sincerely
Håkan Johansson

Multiple District Council Chairman