ITI zamelt 130.000 dollar in voor slachtoffers ramp Japan

18 augustus 2011 - Tijdens een bijeenkomst van ITI Japan in Tokyo Station Conference heeft ITI President Prof. Dr. DanielBuser een check van tien miljoen Japanse yen overhandigd aan Peace Winds Japan. Hieronder treft u het originele persbericht aan.

Basel, Switzerland, August 9, 2011 – On July 31, 2011, the International Team for Implantology (ITI), a leading academic organization dedicated to the promotion of evidence-based education and research in the field of implant dentistry, hosted a charity event for Japan in Tokyo. Revenues from the event including admission fees and income from an industry exhibition were donated to support the victims of the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in March 2011. In addition, the organization also collected funds to the amount of more than USD 45,000 from its membership worldwide during the last four months. At the charity event, ITI President Prof. Dr. Daniel Buser handed over a check in the amount of 10 million Japanese Yen (USD 130,000) to Peace Winds Japan (www.peace-winds.org), a Non-Governmental Organization dedicated to the support of people in distress, threatened by conflict, poverty, or other turmoil.

"The world was shaken by the news of the earthquake, tsunami and ensuing catastrophe in terms of the great loss of life and continuing danger from the nuclear reactors in northern Japan", said Prof. Dr. Daniel Buser. "It is a matter of course for the ITI to support the efforts being made to provide aid and thereby to demonstrate what belonging to a worldwide community really means." Organized by the ITI Section Japan, the charity event took place at Tokyo Station Conference and drew more than 250 participants. The scientific program included five lectures that addressed "Teamwork approaches in implant dentistry".