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LAGOS INTERNATIO­NAL JAZZ FESTIVAL SELECTS CHARITY PARTNERS

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Inspiro Production­s, producers of the The Lagos Internatio­nal Jazz Festival, has selected Sesor and Downs Syndrome Foundation­s as official charity partners for this year’s 505050JAZZ Lagos@50 Special Edition of the Lagos Internatio­nal Jazz Festival. Both charities will have their stands at various festival venues, advocate and fund-raise for displaced persons and people living with Down Syndrome in Nigeria at this year’s Internatio­nal Jazz Festival.

The Lagos Internatio­nal Jazz Festival holds at the Freedom Park Broad Street, Lagos Island from April 28-30 with various events to be held across the city of Lagos in the month of April to mark the Jazz Appreciati­on Month (JAM) which climaxes in the UNESCO recognized Internatio­nal Jazz Day on April 30.

Inspiro Production­s CEO and Jazz Festival director, Ayoola Sadare, said, “The Festival is pleased to be joining forces for good with two charities this year. We look forward to working with Sesor to advance the cause of the displaced and other disaster survivors across Nigeria. We are also partnering with The Down Syndrome Foundation. Both charities do critically important work and we hope that the platform The Lagos Internatio­nal Jazz Festival provides for the promotion of these causes will go a long way towards improving the lives of the Nigerians they serve.”

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