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title: "East meets West: Fundraising Football Match!"
date: 2010-11-27 17:11:15
permalink: https://lesterchan.net/blog/2010/11/27/east-meets-west-fundraising-football-match/
author: Lester Chan
excerpt: "The International Day of Persons with Disabilities falls on 3 December 2010, with the UN urging everyone to keep their promise of inclusion. To mark it locally, the Disabled People's Association holds a fundraising football match."
categories:
  - Community
tags:
  - charity
  - football
  - United Nations
---

The International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) will be happening in over 100 countries on 3 December 2010. This year, the United Nations is getting people all over to world to keep a promise they have made: to include persons with disabilities as we move forward as a society.

To commemorate this day in Singapore, the Disabled People’s Association (DPA) is holding a “East Meets West” football match on **27 November 2010** to raise funds.

You can help by buying a ticket to the “East Meets West” football match! Feel free to bring along your friends too!