UNICEF on Campus University of Birmingham UK: La Soiree des Enfants!

So about a week ago, the biggest event of the UNICEF on Campus calendar took place. And what an event it was!

La Soiree des Enfants, an evening for Syria was put on in the Underground to raise money for the #NoLostGeneration campaign that UNICEF are currently running. We had snacks (always a win) and tables, and a huge variety of class acts that kindly performed.

Thank you very much to:

The Birmingham Footnotes Society! – for giving us some good belly laughs;

Abracapella! – who were brave and kind enough to give us their debut performance as a group! You were fab!

Dr Nicholas Lemay-Herbert! – for giving an interesting and thought-provoking on aid dependency and the work he does in Haiti;

And finally, Little Dynamite! – for rounding off the show with a bang with some great classics that the audience loved. Ya always gotta finish with Wonderwall.

A few other thank yous that I believe are in order:

To Leonie & Sam, for running a most excellent raffle that was NOT rigged…

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To the other UNICEF members who have helped with the planning leading up to the event, as well as helping do the uber fun jobs of setting up and cleaning up afterwards...

To ALL the committee (Andra, Krisna, Hayley, Tom & Cathrine) who basically made the event the success it was through all your hard work! You guys are SICK...

And finally, to everybody who came and supported a great cause, thank you! By the sounds of one rowdy table during the final speeches (I didn't know them I promise), you enjoyed yourselves, which is great. We raised £514.15 for the children of Syria – WOO YEAH!

To round off, here are some of my fave pics from the night…enjoy :)