Timeshare Charity Unites Muslims and Christians to Re-Grow Lebanon

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia, March 9, 2005 -- Hundreds of Lebanese, Christians and Muslims alike, joined a "Convoy of Hope" to Southern Lebanon on Sunday, March 6, at 8am, to the war-torn village of Hanin, near the Israeli border, led by a timeshare charity for children.

Recent events in the country have united the spirits of Lebanese who say they want a country where they are free to express themselves.

A convoy of 6 buses and many cars with banners of hope and peace made a 3-hour journey to the village in a show of solidarity toward peace and hope.

Local television stations filmed the event. Volunteers from England, USA, France, Czech Republic and hundreds of Lebanese rallied behind this demonstration of solidarity for good will, and joined in the "United Hearts of Lebanon" campaign, a non-political project of Time4sharing.org (http://www.Time4sharing.org).

Their message, demonstrated by their deeds, was to restore life in a barren village, scorched and ravaged by the 15-year civil war, and together to plant a Forest of Hope, where over 3000 trees were planted.

This initiative of the United Nations, "Trees Instead of Mines," has had the support from several governments abroad, but never before did a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) participate. The timing in the country has spurred hundreds and hundreds to join in, who carried a shovel and a Lebanese National Flag - its icon a cedar tree. The UN project is to encourage organizations to replace areas which were formally mined areas with trees that can bear fruit and be harvested by the local villagers, therefore empowering them to care for the crops.

"The event was seen as a National Community Action Project, spearheaded by a timeshare charity for underprivileged children, Time4sharing.org, amidst the climate of uncertain days ahead for the tiny nation - but hope is in the air, and the roots of peace are being sown everywhere," said Time4sharing.org Founder and Project Leader, Vivian Boulos-Tolan.

"We were able and fortunate to rally these hundreds of people together from every faction of the country to do something positive, and it was miraculous to see them all working shoulder to shoulder for a common good cause," she added.

The charity will inaugurate a children's park in the forest they planted later this year.

The timeshare charity has created many community action events and children's fun days in Slovakia, Czech Republic and Malta using the staff of Platinum International and World Class Vacation Club, who have timeshare jobs, to activate its charity arm to raise awareness for empowering underprivileged children.


For more info. contact:

Vivian Boulos-Tolan
info@time4sharing.org