This is 2nd year in a row when I'm helping to organize the presence of the French Embassy at the International Charity Bazaar at Hilton Hotel. The whole event is organized by Diplomatic Ladies Association (DLA), which is union of ambassador's wifes to Czech Republic. The event is supported by the Mme Klausova, the wife of the President of Czech Republic. The President of the DLA is Mme Helene Fries, wife of French ambassador. She is in charge of both representing the French table and the event in general. I was helping mostly with French table mostly.

The way it works - each embassy contacts the companies and organizations they know to donate for the event i- either money or products for sale. Donated products are then sold at the bazaar at the discounted prices so it would sell faster and buyer would be more happy. All received money are then donated to the charities. For the general public there is a small fee (50Kc/2,5USD) for entrance with is also a source of income that goes to charity. But overall it worth visiting since it is a unique opportunity to shop for cool products from around the world at discount. ;-)

Also as the way networking works I had a change to invite my friend and colleague and a professional photographer (at the beginning of his photography career) from work Tomasz Slota (from Poland) to take the photo report of the event. Here you may see the result:

http://tomslot.info/Bazaar2007 /any my few shots

Overall the event was great fun and I'm packed with my Christmas and New Year gifts thanks to it.