LIFT SUMMER BASH PARTY 08/08/08

On Friday 8th August 2008, LIFT organised its Summer Bash Party. The party was held in a private house with an open terrace overlooking the sea at Marsascala. LIFT’s main aim after weeks of solid preparation came to fruition with everyone enjoying the fantastic atmosphere created. Everyone was in the party mood and this was the ultimate satisfaction of the night, creating a friendly social encounter for all LIFT members!

The Summer Bash Party hosted everyone in style starting with a welcome drink to all, exceptional food throughout the night and a good variety of drinks at the bar. Four DJ’s characterized the event with their different music genres. All these ingredients together with the friendly attitude emitted in many faces made the party a night to remember. Many LIFT members including also some new faces attended the party…

This is the first party following the NYE (31/12/2007) event, that LIFT has organised and all tickets like the latter mentioned were literally sold out!

A night to remember…

This party also being a fund raising activity for LIFT (Millennium Chapel) gave exposure to different genres of music to satisfy each person's taste. Cedric opened up the event with some retro music and pop songs from the late 70's and 80's era... Anton followed with some Hard Rock and Rock classics... the third session DJ was Conrad who played some Latino and 90's dance hits and then the fourth and last DJ was Ray who delivered some of the best from the contemporary ‘dance’ music field...

Thanks to all of you that made this superb event happen! It was a real night to remember.


LIFT SUMMER BASH PARTY would not have been possible without the support of our dear friends Josèf Fenech and Maria Attard for their constant support in making this event happen! Further appreciation goes to Stefan of ‘A Sound’ for providing us the sound system. Other thanks go to all the LIFT core-team for their ongoing dedication, Cedric, Annabelle + Antoine, the Millennium Chapel and many others. Their service and support cannot be more underlined.

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LIFT VOLUNTARY ACTIVITY - Gozo with the Refugees (13/07/2008)

Malta is divided on the illegal immigration issue

Some argue that the Maltese government is doing nothing to solve the problem of the rapid increase in illegal immigrants that are coming towards Malta, on average 25/50, every single day.

Others complain that Malta has the worst detention centres in the world. And again the government is at fault.

But few are those people who factually try to tackle this issue of irregular immigration, rather than putting the ball in the government’s feet.

Sunday 13th July was a historical day for LIFT voluntary, who together with Caritas, organised a day in Gozo with a group of refugees, residing at Dar il-Liedna in Fgura. 18 LIFT members together with 11 refugees left to Gozo in the early morning. We headed to Aurora club, where a ham and cheese toast and a bottle of water were offered to the Refugees. There we played some billiard and chatted for a few minutes. Then we headed towards Cittadella to show the refugees Gozo’s beautiful scenery that this closed city can offer. Right afterwards we took the bus for Marsalforn and spent two hours swimming and playing football.

At first glance, this seems to be a normal Gozo swimming trip that the majority of us Maltese plan each year. But when you experience such an activity you get to know that there are several hindsight’s that ‘a prima facie’ one don’t even think about them.

1. Refugees were afraid to catch the boat to Gozo because they risked their life on a boat.

2. For the majority of the refugees this was the first time that they swam.

3. We couldn’t take any photos of this experience since the refugees are wanted people in their country hence they are afraid that photos uploaded on websites can help their government to identify where they are located.

4. These refugees were all under 18 years of age – too young to spend a good period of time in a detention centre.

5. The majority of them can speak good Maltese.

6. They have a job and pay a fee to stay in a home like ‘Dar il-Liedna’.

So think before you judge! Refugees are humans and they deserve the right to have a life!