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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 3rd 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 3rd 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 **27th 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!