Li Marteling and Marco Moes seen during Femmes Développement’s Eurovision-themed fundraising gala
Photo: Claude Piscitelli/Femmes Développement
Aibhistin O’Coimin and Karen & John Miller
Max & Perrine Moreschi and Jean-Marie Verlaine
chargé d’affaires of the Rwandan embassy to Belgium and Luxembourg; Adeline Dubois; Xavier Bettel
Luxembourg’s foreign affairs minister (DP); Joey Ferreira; Judith Da Silva; Susanne Santos; Gauthier Destenay; Eliane Cimpaye  Lothar Wansart; and Abbé Joseph Bandora
Luxembourg’s foreign affairs minister (DP); Luisella Moreschi
Rwanda’s honorary consul in Luxembourg; André Bucuyna
chargé d’affaires of the Rwandan embassy to Belgium and Luxembourg
Standing: François Blanchot; Fabrice Tupin; Abbé Joseph Bandora; Abbé Pierre Habarurema
seen speaking during Femmes Développement’s Eurovision-themed fundraising gala
who served as master of ceremonies of Femmes Développement’s “Eurovision extravaganza: Mamma Mia here we go again!” held on 24 October 2024
speaks during the association’s “Eurovision extravaganza: Mamma Mia here we go again!” charity ball
held at the Casino 2000 in Mondorf-les-Bains
Students at the Cathy Moes dance school perform during Femmes Développement’s Eurovision-themed fundraising gala
The French singer Sandrine Cani performs during Femmes Développement’s Eurovision-themed fundraising gala
“Abba Magic” performs during Femmes Développement’s Eurovision-themed fundraising gala
DJ Greg Armano seen during Femmes Développement’s Eurovision-themed fundraising gala
Tombola prizes seen during Femmes Développement’s Eurovision-themed fundraising gala
The NGO Femmes Développement’s annual fundraising gala--“Eurovision extravaganza: Mamma Mia here we go again!”--was held at the Casino 2000 in Mondorf-les-Bains on 24 October 2024
which supports women and children in Rwanda
has held its 18th annual fundraising gala with a nod towards the Eurovision Song Contest
This year’s gala “commemorates Abba’s 50th anniversary win with ‘Waterloo’ and Luxembourg’s return” to the Eurovision Song Contest after 31 years
who has been one of the event’s chief organisers since its inception
the association has sponsored 4,785  loans
It also built a primary school for 2,500 pupils in Nyamasheke
which provides “approximately 250 outpatient consultations per day; mainly
it grants 40 university scholarships of €800 each annually and supports a women’s business cooperative for the entrepreneurs backed by a microfinance loan
Learn more about the association on its  page