The organizations listed above are hosting an ice skating event on Saturday, February 24th from 10:15pm -1:00 am at the Cary Ice House. Please come out and join for an evening of fun and help support the Millennium Village Project. $7 for skating and rentals for the whole night and all proceeds from the event will be donated to MVP. Contact (mdma@email.unc.edu) for more information.

Date: February 24th, 10:15pm – 1:00am |
Location: Cary Ice House (across from Grand Asia Mkt. off I-40 and US-1)
Sponsored by UNC, Duke, and NSCS Asian Students Associations, UNC PAPhi, and UNC aKDPhi

Come eat a meal typical of HIV/AIDS victims in 3rd world countries to help raise awareness and learn about what organizations at UNC are doing about poverty and world hunger. **Donations welcome** This event is also part of UNC’s 24/7 Prayer Week. For more information, see http://prayerweek.itarheel.com

Date: February 21st | Time: 6-7:30pm | Location: in the Pit
Sponsored by Intervarsity

The UNC-Duke-Bennett Millennium Village Project will be selling sweat bands to the Pit. By purchasing the sweatbands you will be automatically entered into a random drawing to receive a pair of tickets for the UNC/Duke basketball game at UNC on March 4th. All proceeds will aid us in our partnership with the Millennium Village in Marenyo, Kenya. So buy a sweatband today to support MVP and go to the biggest rivalry game in all of sports!

Date: February 19th – March 2nd | Location: the Pit

UPDATE: Congratulations to Tanisha Palvia for winning the drawing!

Desserts and Drinks will be served!

We will celebrate MVP’s success this past semester by showcasing its highlights and acknowledging all of our awesome sponsors, volunteers and supporters!

We would like to show our sincere appreciation to the numerous student organizations on campus who have taken the Millennium Village Project as their own and integrated it into their organizations, whether it be by helping us during MVP week or by sponsoring events whose proceeds go to MVP.  We encourage you all to come out to our meeting and to continue to stay involved with MVP!  This meeting is open to ALL student organizations—whether you’ve helped us with projects in the past or are interested in finding out what you can do to help raise awareness for extreme poverty!

Date: Thursday, February 1st, 8pm
Location: Union 3411
Email Mary Small (smallm@email.unc.edu) for details.

Children’s Right Week [Co-Sponsored by Campus Y]

Almost 40% of the world’s population is threatened by malaria, the majority being children. Join us for a workshop discussing the #1 Killer in Kids, Malaria.  The event will incorporate a video presentation from the UN on Malaria and a workshop component involving steps to write an effective letter advocating this cause to send to it with the Rollback Malaria program.  This workshop will count towards a skills training for Public Service Scholars. Please email Deepti Panjabi, dpanjabi(at)email.unc.edu if you would like to RSVP.

When: January 30th 6-8pm
Where: Murphy 116

Wished you had been at Cameron Stadium when UNC beat Duke last year at Duke on their senior night? Well this year you can! The UNC-Duke-Bennett Millennium Village Project will be selling sweat bands for the next week until FEBRUARY 2nd next to the Pit. By purchasing the sweatbands you will be automatically entered into a random drawing to receive a pair of tickets for the UNC/Duke basketball game at Duke on FEBRUARY 7th. All proceeds will aid us in our partnership with the Millennium Village in Marenyo, Kenya. So buy a sweatband today to support MVP and go to the biggest rivalry game in all of sports!

When: January 29 – February 2nd
Location: the Pit