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tion, Best Buddies, Overcoming Obstacles and California One
to One, provided 2000 children with tickets to see Janet Jack-
son in concert, the "L.A. Laker Jam" and the Beach Boys.
August - In association with Toys "R" Us and AmeriCares,
$20,000 worth of toys, food and supplies were distributed to
children's hospital in Budapest, Hungary.
Fall Heal L.A. funds distributed to Los Angeles Team
Mentoring Program in six Los Angeles Unified School District
Middle Schools in the South Central Los Angeles and the Pico
Union District, reaching over 1000 young people.
October - A Community School/Safe Havens Initiative
designed to provide Los Angeles communities with a safe en-
vironment for students, families and resident to pursue after-
school academic and recreational activities such as instruction
in computers, languages, mathematics and sports was
launched.
In 1995:
February - Heal L.A. expanded curriculum offerings and
program hours of the Community School/Safe Havens Initia-
tive, which included over 1200 families.
March - Paid for liver transplant for young Hungarian boy,
Bela Farkan.
April - Sponsored 46 children from 17 nations to gather at
Neverland for the World Congress of Children, a three-day
seminar to discuss drug abuse, homelessness, increasing vio-
lence, AIDS and child abuse.
June - Heal The World/World Children's Congress youth
ambassadors presented the findings of the World Children's
Congress to the World Summit of Children during the United
Nations' 50th Anniversary celebration in San Francisco, CA,
and met with U.N. Secretary Boutros-Ghali, the Rev. Jesse Jack-
son, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and several other U.N. am-
bassadors.
Summer Heal the World/World Children's Congress
youth ambassador from Mexico accompanies Children's Torch
of Hope across the U.S. bringing the message of the World

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