Skip to main content
article atm-icon bar bell bio cancel-o cancel ch-icon crisis-color crisis cs-icon doc-icon down-angle down-arrow-o down-triangle download email-small email external facebook googleplus hamburger image-icon info-o info instagram left-angle-o left-angle left-arrow-2 left-arrow linkedin loader menu minus-o pdf-icon pencil photography pinterest play-icon plus-o press right-angle-o right-angle right-arrow-o right-arrow right-diag-arrow rss search tags time twitter up-arrow-o videos
Crisis Alert: We are responding to Hurricane Helene
Donate Now

Suggested Content

Shabana Azmi to Attend AmeriCares New York Gallery Event

  • February 15, 2012

March 22 event to benefit AmeriCares India aid programs

Stamford, Conn. – Feb. 15, 2012 – Shabana Azmi will be the Special Guest of Honor at a March 22 fundraiser and art auction benefitting AmeriCares humanitarian aid programs in India. The famed actress and activist, who was recently honored with India’s prestigious Padma Bhushan award, first became involved with the global health and disaster relief organization nearly 20 years ago helping deliver aid to Latur and Osmanabad following the 1993 earthquake. 

“The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” correspondent and comedian Aasif Mandvi will serve as celebrity auctioneer during the event, A Celebration of Indian Art & Humanity, at the Aicon Gallery, 35 Great Jones St., in New York City’s East Village. Guests will have the opportunity to bid on artwork by prominent Indian artists such as M.F. Husain and Owais Husain donated by Aicon Gallery.

Aroon Shivdasani, executive director of the Indo-American Arts Council, who participated in the 1993 aid mission with Shabana Azmi, will also attend. Acclaimed chef Hemant Mathur of the Michelin-starred Indian restaurant Tulsi in Midtown is catering the event.

The AmeriCares India Foundation responds to emergency medical needs and supports long-term humanitarian assistance programs in India and throughout the region. Last year, AmeriCares India delivered $1.4 million worth of free medical assistance in 20 Indian states, including free health care in the Mumbai slums and medical camps for disaster survivors. AmeriCares, which has an office and a warehouse in Mumbai, also conducts disaster preparedness workshops for emergency medical personnel and community-based health education programs for disease prevention. The AmeriCares India Foundation was honored as “the best U.S. nongovernmental organization working towards humanity” by the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce in 2009.

Tickets are $50 each or $75 per couple. To purchase tickets, or for more information, contact Jen Martins at jmartins@AmeriCares.org or (203) 658-9556.

Event: A Celebration of Indian Art & Humanity

Date: Thursday, March 22, 2012

Time: 6 p.m.

Place: Aicon Gallery, 35 Great Jones St., New York

Donate Now

americares work globally
americares logo

Health Makes Everything Possible

Our Impact with Your Giving Dollar
Generous donors make all our achievements possible. We are able to respond to more disasters, expand our health programs and save more lives because of the individuals, foundations and corporations that trust Americares to improve the lives of people in the United States and around the world.