Tina Rapinet, on behalf of the Malta Charities Association presented a cheque for £1,000 to Mgr Emmanuel Curmi, Director, at Arka Respite Centre.

The Malta Charities Association has been established for the last 19 years, during which the association has managed to distribute about £250,000 to various charitable and philanthropic organisations in Malta and Gozo. Actually this was not the first time that the Arka Foundation received donations from the Malta Charities Association.

The association raises funds through auctions that are organised during a Grand Ball at the Landmark Hotel in London. All items auctioned are donated by various artists. One of these was by Gozitan Sculptor Joe Xuereb from Ghajnsielem. His sculpture was sold for £l,600. It was Mr Joe Xuereb himself who recommended Arka Foundation to the one of the beneficiaries of the association.