On Wednesday 30 January 2019, the Luxembourg City Tourist Office (LCTO), the City of Luxembourg, the Luxemburg Army and the "Fren von v Militärmusek" organised the 31st Annual Benefit Concert with the Military Grand Ducal Music at the Conservatoire de la Ville de Luxembourg. This year the fundraising campaign was organised to benefit the work of the Fondation Follereau Luxembourg.
At the end of the concert, a total of €7,158.50 was collected and has been presented to the Fondation Follereau Luxembourg at the Hotel de Ville in Luxembourg City in the presence of the a number of representatives from the various organisations.
The Follereau Luxembourg Foundation is a non-governmental development organisation (NGO-D) founded on 7 December 1966. Its primary vocation is to promote human solidarity and fight against all forms of exclusion, initially exclusion caused by leprosy. Today, the Follereau Foundation is involved in the field of development cooperation through its projects aimed at improving community public health, particularly maternal and child health, the prevention and follow-up of circumcised women and malnutrition. It also helps children and young people in distress with projects for vocational training and protection against child trafficking or child labour in 9 countries of the African continent. With its local partners, the Foundation is committed to putting in place the infrastructure and means to enable the most vulnerable populations to actively contribute to improving their situation and taking charge of their own future.
