Westin Resort Nusa Dua, Bali celebrates Convention on the Rights of the Child

Thousands of children are set to benefit from The Westin Resort Nusa Dua's latest fundraising event which runs until September 2007. The vital funds will be raised for UNICEF immunisation projects in the Asia Pacific region.

The event will be held as part of UNICEF's Check Out for Children Challenge.

Beautiful traditional Balinese Egg Painting is being sold in the resort. By  purchasing one of these skillfully painted eggs guest are able to help children around the world to have a better future, with 30% of the profits contributed to UNICEF.

Another event that Westin Bali will hold in conjunction with this charity program is The Annual Westin Bali Charity Tennis Tournament for children on Saturday, 1st September and Sunday, 2nd September 2007. This tournament is open for children from age 6 years old until 14 years old. The winner of the tournament will have the chance to personally meet with an International Woman Tennis player in the brunch party that the resort will throw for the players in conjunction with WTA tour tennis tournament in early September.

Now in its fourth year, the UNICEF Check Out for Children Challenge is an annual fundraising challenge among staff at Starwood Hotels and Resorts. Each year the challenge goes from strength to strength and this year the fundraising target for the Asia Pacific region is US$90,000.

The theme of the 2007 Challenge will be celebrating 18 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In 1989 governments around the world united to sign the Convention on the Rights of the Child and demonstrate their commitment to children. 18 years later a generation of children have been protected by this Convention.

Funds raised by The Westin Resort Nusa Dua, Bali will assist UNICEF to immunise thousands of children in the Asia Pacific region. More than 30,000 children die every day, mostly from preventable diseases.

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