The Planting Love Charity organization will hold a bazaar Wednesday to mark its 25th anniversary and raise funds for people with disabilities.
The event will be held at the Grand Hyatt Regency Room in Seoul from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m, and funds will be used to lease a facility for vocational training and psychological treatment for disabled people in Korea.
Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill and members of the Ambassador Spouses’ Association of Seoul will participate, selling the country’s traditional drinks, food and goods. Personal items donated by Korean celebrities, including Kim Tae-hee, Noh Young-sim, Bada, Ahn Sung-ki, Insooni and the late Andre Kim will be sold.
Swarovski Korea, Solid Homme, Escada Korea, Publicka Atelier, Elle Golf, Minetani, Le Creuset, Burt’s Bees and other companies will also sell jewelry, accessories, cosmetics, clothes and home appliances to help provide funding.
“My husband and I do important work for our country and world every day, but there are times when you feel unfulfilled spiritually,” Marina Nobre Quinteiro, wife of Portuguese Ambassador Antonio Quinteiro Nobre, told The Korea Herald at the Portuguese Embassy Residence in Seoul last Wednesday.
“Little things like this make me feel more fulfilled than the big diplomatic missions, in a different way. Ambassadors’ wives also bond, despite our different nationalities, religions and cultural beliefs.”
As a mother of four children, Nobre Quinteiro said she has always been attached to charity causes for the disabled. She was introduced to the Planting Love Charity by Anne Wightman, the wife of previous British Ambassador, Scott Wightman.
The Planting Love Charity was established in 1990 with the joint support of ambassadors’ wives and members of the Korean community to raise funds and awareness about children with disabilities.
The organization has supported various disabled groups by providing education and job training, spaces for activities, physiotherapy and baking equipment for businesses.
