About The Quilt Challenge
Making a Healthier World for our Children
The United Nations Exhibit Quilt Challenge is sponsored by
the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in Geneva and
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
In the summer of 2009, the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, broadcast a challenge to quilters to help promote the important work of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria by creating quilts on the theme, “Making a Healthier World for our Children.” Quilters were invited to create quilts related to this theme and highlighting the challenges in fighting these three pandemics, and to submit them for display at the United Nations in Geneva.
The moving quilts in this exhibition are the result of the response to the challenge and come not just from quilters in the U.S., but also from Canada, Geneva and Sarajevo. To view the quilts, click on the link below. There are sixteen quilts in all - your comments on the quilts are welcome (to leave a comment, click on the “leave a comment” bar under the quilt entry). To view all 16 quilts and the Global Fund information panels which will accompany them on the tour, visit our challenge quilts section.
The exhibit opened at the United Nations European headquarters at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, attracting thousands of visitors. Opening remarks and photos can be in the Geneva Opening Remarks on the left and photos from the opening can be seen in the United Nations Exhibit Page.
The quilts will now tour the United States with the Mancuso Quilt Festivals, making seven stops around the U.S. in 2010. For exhibition dates and venues, please see “Dates and Venues” in the left hand column under “About the Exhibit.”
They will also visit Washington DC where they will be displayed at the Rayburn Office Building on May 25 - 25, 2010.
To follow the progress of the Global Fund quilt challenge, become a fan on our facebook page, where we will post photos from the exhibits. To learn more about the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, there is a link to their website on the left. To learn more about U.S. support for the Global Fund, visit the website of Friends of the Global Fight, also on the left.
And if you want to learn what you can do to help the fight against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria around the world, read our page on the left titled Get Involved!
Our deepest appreciation goes out to the Mancuso Show Management, who have generously offered to feature the exhibit at their seven quilt festivals around the U.S. in 2010. A link to their website can also be found on the left, where you will find details as to the venues, timing and entrance fees for their quilt festivals.
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