<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear HCMC-INGO list,<div>Please find below a notice for an interesting event for NGOs involved in health or social enterprise. Please feel free to circulate the notice below from the Canadian Consulate. </div><div><br></div><div>Please contact Mireille Thai directly if you are interested. I am not one of the organizers.</div><div><br></div><div>Sincerely,</div><div><br></div><div>Van Ly</div><div>East Meets West<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><<a href="mailto:Mirelle.Thai@international.gc.ca">Mirelle.Thai@international.gc.ca</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>Invitation to Grand Challenges Canada Event - 21 August 2013</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">13:17:19 GMT+07:00 Ngày 09 tháng 8 năm 2013<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><<a href="mailto:Mirelle.Thai@international.gc.ca">Mirelle.Thai@international.gc.ca</a>><br></span></div><br>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; line-height: normal; "><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Dear colleagues,<!--?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /--><o:p></o:p></font></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; line-height: normal; "><o:p><font face="Calibri" size="3"> </font></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; line-height: normal; "><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">The Consulate General of Canada in Ho Chi Minh City is
pleased to invite global health innovators and social entrepreneurs to an
introductory presentation on Grand Challenges Canada, a non-governmental
organization that is dedicated to supporting <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Bold Ideas with Big Impact </b>in global
health. The event will allow for interested innovators to learn about funding
opportunities from the organization’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Peter
Singer.<o:p></o:p></font></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; line-height: normal; "><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p><font face="Calibri" size="3"> </font></o:p></b></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; line-height: normal; "><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Date:</b> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>21
August 2013<o:p></o:p></font></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; line-height: normal; "><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Time:</b>
<span style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</span>14:00 – 16:00 <o:p></o:p></font></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; line-height: normal; "><font face="Calibri"><font size="3"><strong>Venue: <span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span></strong>Sunflower
A Ballroom (1<sup>st</sup> Floor), Rex Hotel, 141 Nguyen Hue Blvd., D.1,
HCMC<o:p></o:p></font></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; line-height: normal; "><o:p><font face="Calibri" size="3"> </font></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; line-height: normal; "><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Dr. Peter Singer’s introductory presentation on Grand
Challenges Canada will be followed by a Q&A session and discussion. Please
note that the presentation will be given in English
only.<o:p></o:p></font></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; line-height: normal; "><o:p><font face="Calibri" size="3"> </font></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; line-height: normal; "><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Grand Challenges Canada’s primary focus is solving
critical health challenges in low- and middle-income countries. To date, the
organization has funded more than 300 innovators with $100,000 grants through
the Stars in Global Health program, and has approved six $1 million grants in
partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The attached brochure
provides an overview of Grand Challenges Canada’s priorities and programs.
<o:p></o:p></font></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; line-height: normal; "><o:p><font face="Calibri" size="3"> </font></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; line-height: normal; "><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">If you know of other social entrepreneurs or
innovators in global health who would be interested in attending this event, we
encourage you to forward them this invitation.<o:p></o:p></font></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; line-height: normal; "><o:p><font face="Calibri" size="3"> </font></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; line-height: normal; "><font face="Calibri" size="3">Please confirm your participation by email to Ms. Mirelle
Thai (</font><a href="mailto:mirelle.thai@international.gc.ca"><font face="Calibri" size="3">mirelle.thai@international.gc.ca</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">) by 19 August 2013. A limited number of spaces are
available, and we will accommodate participants on a first-come, first-served
basis.<o:p></o:p></font></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; line-height: normal; "><o:p><font face="Calibri" size="3"> </font></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; line-height: normal; "><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Best regards,</font></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; line-height: normal; "><o:p><font face="Calibri" size="3"> </font></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; line-height: normal; "><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Audri Mukhopadhyay<o:p></o:p></font></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; line-height: normal; "><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Consul General of Canada<o:p></o:p></font></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; line-height: normal; "><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Ho Chi Minh
City<o:p></o:p></font></font></div></font></div></div>
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