Solidarity Centre Foundation
Wały Piastowskie St. 24,
80-855 Gdańsk, Poland
tel.: +48 58 308 42 80
fax: +48 58 308 42 34
17-12-2010
The concept behind the “A test of solidarity” campaign was presented by Jerzy Borowczak, Director of the Solidarity Centre Foundation, while the auction itself was held by the well-known journalist Marek Kański, expertly encouraging participants to place bids.
Postcards by the following authors were being auctioned: Jerzy Buzek, President of the European Parliament; Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Prime Minister of the first post-Communist government in Poland; Janina Ochojska, founder and President of the Polish Humanitarian Action, awarded the Lech Wałęsa prize for her many years of charitable work for human solidarity; Maryla Rodowicz, one of Poland’s greatest musical performers; Andrzej Wajda, Polish film and theatre director; Frederik Willem de Klerk, laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in ending apartheid; Mairead Corrigan Maguire, peace activist in Northern Ireland and laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize; and Lech Wałęsa, leader of the August 1980 strikes in Gdańsk and laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize.
The auction raised 2,800 pln. The money will be transferred in support for the Action Education campaign, led by the Polish Humanitarian Action.
The event closes the international “A test of solidarity” campaign running since June 2010. Please visit www.test.fcs.org.pl, where you can read more about the action and about our achievements as part of the campaign.
