FRIENDS OF KAYANY AND ITS STEERING COMMITTEE INVITE YOU TO HELP THE VICTIMS OF THE WORST HUMANITARIAN CRISIS OF THIS GENERATION
Saving a Generation Through Education
The Syrian war is now in its seventh year and has forced millions into exile. In neighboring Lebanon, one out of every four people is a refugee. More than 500,000 Syrian refugee children suffer poverty and hunger. More than 250,000 of those children are out of school.
We are a US public charity that supports education for Syrian refugee children. We work closely with Kayany Foundation, a Lebanese charity specializing in education initiatives. We share the same charitable mission of educating Syrian refugee children in a safe and supportive environment. Kayany Foundation has a proven track record of providing top quality education to the most vulnerable children living in refugee settlements in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley.
Neither Friends of Kayany nor Kayany Foundation has any political, sectarian or religious agenda. None of the officers or directors of Friends of Kayany receive any compensation or financial remuneration of any kind.
Our goal is to educate Syrian refugee children
living in Informal Tented Settlements (ITS) in Lebanon.
We give them the opportunity
to learn.
We give them and their families hope
for the future.
“ONE CHILD, ONE
TEACHER, ONE BOOK
AND ONE PEN CAN
CHANGE THE WORLD.”
Malala Yousafzai
The Auction
Friends of Kayany and Christie’s are delighted to co-host a charity art auction.
Friends of Kayany is sponsoring the art auction to benefit the schools for Syrian refugee children built and operated by Kayany Foundation.
List of artists for Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Auction,
March 7, 2018, Christie’s London:
ANTONY GORMLEY
DAVID ALTMEJD
DAVID HOCKNEY
ED RUSCHA
ETEL ADNAN
FARAH ATASSI
HAROLD ANCART
HENRY TAYLOR
HUGUETTE CALAND
IDRIS KHAN
JEAN BOGHOSSIAN
JENNY HOLZER
MONA HATOUM
NABIL NAHAS
OSCAR MURILLO
RICHARD MOSSE
RUDOLF STINGEL
SHAFIC ABBOUD
TONY CRAGG
YINKA SHONIBARE
List of artists for First Open Auction in April & Photographs Auction
in May 2018, Christie’s London:
CHRIS LEVINE
ESTHER KLÄS
FRANK STELLA
LARRY BELL
MARIO BOTTA
FOR LALIQUE
PHYLLIDA BARLOW
RASHID JOHNSON
ROBERT DE NIRO SR.
SHIRIN NESHAT
URS FISCHER
We are grateful to the distinguished members of our steering committee,
who are acting as ambassadors of Friends of Kayany.
ALEC BALDWIN
NICOLAS BERGGRUEN
ALBERT BOGHOSSIAN
ALEXANDRA BOWES-LYON
JOE BRADLEY
PETER BROWN
ROBERT DE NIRO
JULIEN DOBBS-HIGGINSON & ALEXANDRA KERRY
RENÉE FLEMING
INGVILD GOETZ
SIR ELTON JOHN & DAVID FURNISH
YOKO ONO LENNON
LORD & LADY PALUMBO
LORD & LADY ROGERS
YINKA SHONIBARE
TRUDIE STYLER
AFEF JNIFEN TRONCHETTI PROVERA
CHRISTOPHER TSAI
AI WEIWEI
Proceeds will be used to support the following:
OPERATION OF KAYANY’S SEVEN EXISTING SCHOOLS SERVING 3,500 CHILDREN
CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF URGENTLY NEEDED NEW SCHOOLS FOR UNSCHOOLED REFUGEE CHILDREN (ESTIMATED AT MORE THAN 250,000 CHILDREN)
ONGOING SUPPORT FOR ART THERAPY, MENTAL HEALTH, CHILD PROTECTION, NUTRITION, VOCATIONAL AND REMEDIAL PROGRAMS FOR ALL STUDENTS
Cost of Building a School
SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
$120,000
EQUIPMENT & OFFICE FURNITURE
$25,000
(approximate costs)
Cost of Maintaining a School
SCHOOL SALARIES AND BENEFITS
$144,000
SUPPLIES AND COURSE MATERIALS
$20,000
(approximate costs)