Kids for Kids Ball
London’s diplomats turned out in their finest to the IDS-sponsored Ambassadors’ Ball in aid of the Kids for Kids Charity, which helps vulnerable children in Darfur by providing them with donkeys and goats – the 4x4s of the Sahara. In addition to having huge fun, everyone dug deep in the charity raffle – and were thrilled when the Dean won a giant teddy bear. Guests also bartered in donkeys and goats in the charity auction to win a range of prizes – including dinner at the House of Lords with the charity’s patron, Lord Cope (sold for half a dozen donkeys, or £300) and a McLaren console signed by Formula One champs Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton (which went under the hammer for 45 goats, or £1000). All in all £10,000 was raised for the charity – a staggering 200 donkeys or 400 goats.