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Madonna donates shoes for Hallowen Charity Ball in Bucharest

Anca Enoiu

Madonna has donated one of her favourite pairs of Christian Dior shoes for the Halloween Charity Ball to be held at the end of this month at Parliament Palace in Bucharest.

Madonna has also autographed the heels, the Ovidiu Rom association, set up by Leslie Hawke, has announced.

Each guest will be able to donate from 50 to 10,000 Euros, and everyone who makes a contribution can participate in the raffle.

A 50-Euro donation will equip a child for school (a backpack full of school supplies as well as clothes, school uniforms, and/or shoes as needed).

A 1,000-Euro donation will equip a classroom in a poor community and provide for teacher training.

A 5,000-euro donation will endow a summer school for 50 children in an impoverished community that will help children prepare for first grade. The donation will cover the cost of training and stipends for two teachers and a school mediator, materials, snacks, student workbooks and all educational activities.

A 10,000-Euro donation will allow the donor to Adopt a School in a poor community by covering the costs of student recruitment and school supplies, summer school, teacher training and the setting-up of a modern classroom plus establishment of a local action group and monthly parents’ meetings.

Leslie Hawke, the president of Asociatia Ovidiu Rom, has announced that her son, Ethan Hawke, has confirmed he will attend the Halloween Charity Ball on 31 October at Palatul Parlamentului.

New American Ambassador to Romania Mark Gitenstein will give the keynote address at Bucharest’s most-famous annual event.

Tragic Ski Girl Dies
A 10-year-old British schoolgirl has died after skiing into a tree at high speed during a family holiday tragedy in the Austrian Alps.

Peak Performance
Police chiefs in Hamburg, Germany, are celebrating after new crime figures showed there wasn't a single bank robbery in the city last year.

Chinese Fakeaway
Chinese property developers who've been thwarted in a bid to buy up an entire Austrian village have settled on the next best thing - an entire life-sized replica.

Austrian children help Romanian kids
A charity project run by the middle school in Hippach has been recognised with an award for its social work by officials in Tyrol.

Mother kills disabled daughter because she couldnt take care of her any longer
A Romanian woman killed her 8 year-old disabled daughter on Wednesday (yesterday)because she couldn't pay for her care, Libertatea newspaper reports.

Policeman accused of sex with the son of his girlfriend
A Policeman from Vulcan, Western Romania is currently being investigated for having sex with a minor, the son of his girlfriend, Cancan newspaper informs today (Thurs).

Serial killer survivor walks away alive after fall
An 85 year-old woman who survived the most cruel and notorious serial killer in Romania some 40 years ago, recently fell from the first floor of her apartment building and she walked away safe and sound, Cancan newspaper reports today (Thurs).

The son of Qatar Airlines BA beaten up in Romania
The son of the Board of Administration of Qatar Airlines Akbar Al Baker, was beaten up over the weekend at the launching party of a posh club in Mamaia, at the Romanian Black Sea shore, Cancan newspaper reports.

Majority starts president’s suspension procedures
A day after the Social Liberal Union (USL) legislators dismissed with a large majority of votes the two Speakers of the Parliament, the Union started today the procedures for the suspension and possible impeachment of President Traian Basescu. This is the second time when the Parliament asks for Basescu’s suspension.

Some 177 Roma repatriated by French authorities to Romania
Some 177 Romanian citizens of Roma origin were repatriated on Tuesday night from Lille, France, Romania TV news channel informs today (Weds).