Whom You Know: DAYLIGHT: The magic of India in Ascot with Mover and Shaker Meera Gandhi, The Giving Back Foundation and The David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation July 5, 2013

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DAYLIGHT: The magic of India in Ascot with Mover and Shaker Meera Gandhi, The Giving Back Foundation and The David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation July 5, 2013

Meera Gandhi with British fashion designer Elizabeth Emanuel, who designed the wedding dress of Diana Princess of Wales. David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation Event.

Anjali Romdayal, Suhel Seth, Meera Gandhi and Brendan McCarthy

Suhel Seth and Meera Gandhi

Zack Tyler CEO of Elizabeth Emanuel and Meera Gandhi

Meera Gandhi and Brendan McCarthy

On Friday 5th July, 2013 a magical taste of India came to Ascot, UK when the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation held its Indian Summer fundraising event at the prestigious Coworth Park; the country house hotel of the exclusive Dorchester Collection.

The sun shone across the polo lawns as over 200 guests, including Meera Gandhi, CEO and founder of the Giving Back Foundation, British fashion designer Elizabeth Emanuel, ex-England cricketer David Gower OBE and artist and wildlife conservationist David Shepherd CBE arrived to a champagne reception on the terrace of the Polo Marquee.

“It was a delight to see so many distinguished guests enjoying the evening and giving so generously to support endangered wildlife,” says host for the evening, CEO of the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation, Sally Case. “Meera Gandhi’s donation of hundreds of beautiful silk scarves lent a luxurious and magical element to the evening and was a wonderful contribution to the evening’s fundraising total of £100,000.”

The Indian theme included music and dance from the Royal Santoor Party and KSPARK Entertainment with acharity auction raising critical funds to support wildlife projects in Asia and Africa to protect some of the world’s most vulnerable animals including the rhino, elephant and tiger.

Key note speaker, the eminent Indian conservationist and founder of the Wildlife Trust of India, Vivek Menon, spoke of the need for continued support to help protect India’s precious wildlife and emphasised that every donation, whatever size, can and does make a difference. “Bringing education and awareness to the people who share their landscape with wildlife is crucial in creating a sustainable future for everyone,” he said.

According to Meera Gandhi, Founder and CEO of the Giving Back Foundation, “I began my journey with the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation in May 2012 when I hosted an event with my dear friend, fashion designer Emre Erturk, whose one-off handbag design helped raise £10,000 for the Foundation’s TigerTime campaign to save the last 3,200 tigers in the wild. Education is dear to my heart and I look forward to continuing this important journey with the Foundation and TigerTime. It is my belief that all of us should, if we are able, give something back.”

About the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation

The David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation is a small, effective charity funding key projects in Africa and Asia working to save critically endangered mammals in the wild. You can find out more about our work at www.davidshepherd.org and www.tigertime.info

About the Giving Back Foundation

The foundation was launched in 2010 as a catalyst to aid women and children - to create a new generation of leaders and thinkers. The Giving Back Foundation aims to assist directly in education, address illness and poverty around the world. You can find out more at www.thegivingbackfoundation.net

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