Charity brunch for Cuban hurricane victims, Geneva

February 1, 2009. The mediCuba-Suisse association is organizing a Sunday brunch of South American food followed by two concerts at Geneva University Hospital’s ‘Salle Opéra’, 24 rue Micheli-du-Crest, 1205 Geneva. Hospital staff, patients, visitors as well as the general public are invited.

The brunch kicks off at 12:30. The first concert - classical guitar - features seven musicians and begins at 2:30 p.m. The second concert, at 3 p.m., features the Ensemble Ollantay with music and songs from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Cuba and Peru, and dance by Switzerland’s salsa and rueda de casino champions.

Contact Pancho Gonzalez, 076 331 42 26, panchogonzalez[at]hotmail.fr or Philippe Sauvin, 079 509 31 10, medicuba-suisse-romandie[at]bluewin.ch to make reservations for the brunch, which costs CHF 18 a person including beverages.

The hat will be passed after each concert; donations go to victims of the three hurricanes that hit Cuba last fall. More about mediCuba-Suisse at www.medicuba.ch; more about the hospital’s cultural program at www.arthug.ch