Bid on the Charity Auction to support CPAA
May 30, 2007: eBay India, India 's leading online marketplace, in association with Peches Lifestyles , a European lingerie brand, is auctioning a unique and exciting item - India 's first golden bikini set. The auction will be starting at Re. 1 and all the proceeds from the auction will go towards CPAA (Cancer Patients Aid Association) to support Breast Cancer Management. The charity auction is currently live on eBay India ( log on to www.ebay.in/charity ) and will be on until June 7, 2007 .
One of the most expensive items ever to be auctioned on eBay , the Golden Bikini set was created by five craftsmen in 400 hours by the use of a fabric made from extremely thin gold fibers, each thinner than a strand of hair! This makes the entire costume extremely flexible and elastic, even though it weighs approximately 357 grams in gold . The ensemble set is studded with 409 pieces of rubies (53 carats) and 215 pieces of topaz (50 carats). The cost of creation of this unique ensemble was over Rs. 6,00,000.
eBay has been actively supporting charity fundraising, where NGO's like Mouth & Foot Painting Artists Association, CRY, Spastics Society of India, Help Age, Indian Red Cross Society, Nanhikali, Cancer Patients Aid Association, World Wildlife Fund & Welfare of Stray Dogs have discovered a successful platform to raise funds.
Log onto www.ebay.in/charity to bid for the Golden Bikini set and own a unique collectible memorabilia.
About CPAA (Cancer Patients Aid Association):
CPAA was started in 1969 mainly to provide financial assistance to needy cancer patients. Over the last thirty years the organization has expanded its mission to address the root cause of the exponential increase in cancer cases in India , namely that of lack of knowledge and information. CPAA does not treat cancer but complements the work being done by medical practitioners and hospitals, concentrating on education and awareness, early detection, insurance, support to treatment, guidance and counseling and rehabilitation or “Total Management of Cancer”. It has grown from a tiny Mumbai based organization surviving on small donations to one with branches in Delhi , Bangalore and Pune. Over 2, 90,000 people have been reached in schools, colleges, factories, residential localities, clubs and offices.
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