Help for Orphans
International’s 2nd
Annual Hamptons benefit at
Nova’s Ark Project in
Watermill drew over 300
guests on Friday, July 25th.
The event, co-chaired by
Help For Orphans
International founder
Sarah Ehrlich and star
of The Real Housewives of
New York City’s Jill
Zarin, raised essential
funds to build a vocational
school for 50 orphans in
Kisii, Kenya, which will
open next year.
The event marked the first
time that all of the stars
of The Real Housewives of
New York City, including
Jill Zarin, Bethenny
Frankel, Countess LuAnn de
Lesseps, Alex McCord, Ramona
Singer and the newest
housewife Kelly Killoren
Bensimon, have been in
the same room together and
the cameras were rolling for
Season 2 of the hit Bravo
show. Guests including
Lucia Hwong Gordon, Sara
Herbert-Galloway,
fashion designer Michael
Mione, Justin Love,
Tex Caldarola, Dr. & Mrs.
Gerry Curatola, Gracean and
Jerry DeCrosta, Amelia
Doggwiler, Vincent
Horcasitas, Maynard Monrow,
Helen Gifford, Enzo Morabito,
Glenn Myles, Allyson
Shapiro, Anna Wilding,
Tundra Wolf,
Bobby Zarin and
Dr. Robert DiPilla
bid on art by the likes of
Andy Moses, Colette
and Hunt Slonem and
enjoyed food provided by
Creative Cuisine as
Bethenny Frankel
guest-bartended at the
Skinny Girl Martini bar.
The new
school will give the older
orphans in Kisii (who have
finished their basic
education) the skills needed
to create careers and
participate in their
villages. They will be
taught sustainable
agriculture, dairy farming,
horticulture, art and other
skills needed to support
themselves, their families
and hopefully others,
including other orphaned
children. The children will
also choose from various
trades, and will be helped
in starting their careers.
Not only will they be given
a foundation in education
and basic living skills,
Help For Orphans
International will also work
actively with the community
to provide the necessary
tools for a stronger
foundation in life.
About Help
for Orphans International:
Help for
Orphans International
(www.helpfororphans.org)
(HFOI), founded in (2004) by
Sarah Ehrlich (www.sarahehrlich.com),
is non-profit organization
that provides superior
education facilities and
materials for orphans around
the world. HFOI gives
orphans the means to create
better lives for themselves
by giving them an education
and empowering them to
succeed in whatever endeavor
they choose. HFOI provides
orphans with food, clean
water, clothes, medicine,
educational materials and
teacher training. The
organization has assisted
orphanages in Kenya, Uganda,
India and South America.