Cradle will host the premiere of Welcome To Sarajevo, directed by Michael Winterbottom, at the Savoy Cinema, Dublin on Thursday at 8.30 p.m. The film is based on the story of Michael Nicholson, an ITN war correspondent posted to Sarajevo, and the difficulties he faced in trying to keep a promise he made to a little girl in an orphanage there.
Over the past five years Cradle has raised funds to send much-needed emergency supplies to children in the town of Mostar in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Until last year much of Cradle's work was reactionary because of the emergency of the situation and it was only last year that Cradle began more long-term aid.
In the summer of 1996 the emergency aid truck was accompanied by a truck full of art materials, a children's circus troupe and two Irish artists who provided painting workshops and interactive performances for the children. The funds raised from Thursday's premiere will help to establish a children's cultural activity programme aimed at rehabilitation through arts performance, theatre and sport. Tickets are priced at £65 and include a post-film party at Columbia Mills, Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin and are available from Cradle (01) 6795242.
The Bank of Ireland is presenting a charity recital tomorrow evening with Nicky Sweeney, violinist, accompanied by Reiko Kimura on piano in aid of the Irish ME/CFS Support Group. The recital starts at 8 p.m. in the Bank of Ireland Arts Centre, Foster Place, Dame Street, Dublin 2. Admission is £5 and tickets are available at the door or from the Irish ME/CFS Support Group, telephone (01) 2350965.
The Irish Tourette Syndrome Association is holding a meeting in the Royal Dublin Hotel, O'Connell Street next Saturday at 2 p.m. The guest speaker is George Fenning, consultant child psychologist at St Andrew's Hospital, Northampton and an expert in the treatment of TS. Giles de la Tourette syndrome is a neurological disorder which causes vocal and muscular tics such as blinking, facial grimacing and head-jerking associated with the urge to make noises such as grunting, sniffing and throat clearing. Many sufferers also suffer from hyperactivity and obsessive-compulsive behaviour and severe cases may be helped through drug treatment. It usually begins in childhood and affects about one in 2,000 people, generally more boys than girls.
Admission free to members; £2 for non-members. Further information from phone/fax (01) 6230500.
Gaypoz Ireland is a new HIV and AIDS treatment directory published by HIV-positive people in response to the needs of those affected by the disease. The directory, which has been updated to October 1997, is compiled from worldwide sources, including the Centre of Disease Control, the Journal of the American Medical Association, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease. It includes information on anti-retroviral therapy, HIV drugs, HIV adult standard of care at different levels of CD4 cells and selfmonitoring for opportunistic infections.
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Education Minister Michael Martin will launch a newly formed group, SHINE (Self Help In Normal Eating), for sufferers of anorexia and bulimia nervosa, in UCC on Friday, December 12th at 7.30 p.m. The organisation practises a metaphysical philosophy which aids the process of self-healing for each sufferer and is based on the teachings of Louise L. Hay. Speakers will include Dr Michael P. Mortell, president of UCC and representatives from the fields of psychology, medicine and holistic medicine. Further information from Tara McKenna (021) 395656.