PAWA Champions are generous supporters who fund raise for PAWA by setting up challenges to themselves.
They might participate in a charity swim, bike ride or marathon, or explore their creative expressions by hosting a charity gourmet dinner, music soiree or designer cake sale.
Being a PAWA Champion is fun and can engage your family and friends to do something meaningful.
Featured Champion

PAWA Champion: Diana Chan
Diana Chan, a PAWA Friend and former Chief Executive at EuroCCP, has raised almost £12,000 for PAWA. She organised a wonderful fundraising challenge around the Asian love of food. Every donor to her raffle received a collection of Asian recipes or could win a Chinese dinner for 6 people specially prepared and cooked by Diana.
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Past Champions

PAWA Champion: Jerome Cheung and Alicia Collyear
Jerome Cheung and Alicia Collyear ran the London Marathon to raise money for PAWA’s floating school in Bangladesh. They both put in a heroic effort, clocking in a running time of just over four hours. The PAWA team was on hand to cheer them on – as Jerome said, “The support along the entire course was phenomenal and absolutely amazing seeing the PAWA team along the way. It definitely helped me get to the finish line.” A huge thank you to Jerome and Alicia!
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PAWA Champion: Henry Wong
Henry (on the right) with his Euroclear colleagues with the book We are grateful to Henry, who has raised HK$2200 for PAWA from the sale of Kids4Kids Treasury – a book written and illustrated by school children in Hong Kong. One of the talented illustrators is Henry’s son. The book came out of the Kids4Kids My Story Creation Competition, which aims to develop literacy and inspire children to be creative storytellers. Henry works for Euroclear Hong Kong
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PAWA Champion: Mariana Musa
To mark PAWA’s 10th anniversary, artist and illustrator Mariana Musa, a long-time PAWA supporter, has designed a wonderful “Lotus flowers collection”, inspired by PAWA’s lotus logo. Made in collaboration with Doc Cotton, an ethical sustainable brand, the collection features organic t-shirts and totes, as well as cards, artwork and tableware. She is kindly donating 50% of her share of any sales of the products to PAWA. Do check out the website which has the full range of products – great gifts for Christmas ! https://www.marianablack.com/lotus-for-pawa
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Rising to the Challenge despite a Knee Injury to Support Girls’ Education ¦ PAWA Champion Irwan Mihat
PAWA’s purpose to raise funds for girls’ education in Asia inspires many far and wide. And it’s not just women who want to support the hopes and dreams of girls across Asia. Men are as much part of the PAWA family of supporters as women.
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Women should have the same rights of education as men ¦ Wes Masters PAWA Champion
The PAWA supporter family ranges far and wide. Both women and men who feel passionately about supporting girls’ education across Asia are part of the Pan Asian Women’s Association, raising funds for this valuable cause. Wesley Masters is one of two PAWA supporters running the 2018 London Marathon to help PAWA create a floating school for the girls of the Haor region in Bangladesh.
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PAWA Champion: Sybil Poon
PAWA Benefactor Sybil Poon and her husband Patrick celebrated their special wedding anniversary by hosting a Sunday lunch and a charity music performance in aid of PAWA.
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PAWA Champions: Jonathan Collyear and Harry Verden
PAWA Runners, Jonathan Collyear and Harry Verden took part in the London Marathon to raise money.
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PAWA Champion: Theo Verden
Congratulations to Theo for celebrating his 16th birthday by raising enough funds to support 16 PAWA girls for a year, a total of £384.
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PAWA Champion: Grace Lau
A big thank you to Grace Lau for donating her £100 fee from a photography workshop, “Interpreting the Contemporary Portrait” that she held at the Battle Photographic Society.
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PAWA Champion: Ruihua Wang
Ruihua completed a duathlon (it was meant to be a triathlon but changed due to poor water quality) in aid of PAWA . She raised £176.25 which will help support the education of 7 PAWA girls for a year.
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PAWA Champion: Oakwood School
Oakwood School in Surrey became the first PAWA School Champion in September 2016 when the children raised an incredible £177.40 from their own pocket money and piggy banks after hearing a talk about our work to help send impoverished girls to school in Asia.
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PAWA Champion: Sri Owen
Sri Owen, a freelance food and cookery writer, a cookery teacher, and a food consultant, celebrated her 80th birthday on 31st March 2015 with a special fundraiser for PAWA and raised £1877.50.
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PAWA Champion: Prithiva Navan
A huge thank you to PAWA Benefactor, Prithiva Navan who organised a delightful evening at Battersea Quarter Cafe in aid of PAWA and raised an amazing £1,300.
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PAWA Champion: Roger Owen
Roger Owen, our first male PAWA Friend, celebrated his 80th birthday on 6th May 2016 with a special fundraiser at Providores restaurant with a bespoke menu created by chef Peter Gordon and Roger’s wife, Sri Owen. The evening raised over £1600.
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PAWA Champion: Yang May Ooi
Yang May Ooi wrote and performed “Bound Feet Blues – a life told in shoes” at the Tristan Bates Theatre in 2015 and kindly offered an exclusive evening for PAWA supporters. The evening ended with a Q&A with Yang May and the director Jessica Higgs plus a Xmas supper reception and raised £450.
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PAWA Champion: Paul Lau
Paul Lau marked his 60th birthday on 12th December 2015 by organising a special Musical Soiree with several of his musician friends and raised £1192.50 for PAWA.
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PAWA Champion: Sir Thomas Harris
Sir Thomas Harris, kindly donated his fee of £300 for a talk that he did at the Korean Embassy.
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PAWA Champion: Elizabeth Phillips
Elizabeth Phillips, a 6th form student donated her prize of £250 for receiving the Westminster School Best Musician of the Year 2015.
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PAWA Champion: Clare Muhiudeen
Clare Muhiudeen, one of PAWA’s founding Charter members and Managing Director at Towers Watson, swam 2.2km in the Jax Sheko Challenge in Hong Kong and raised £1688.75.
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PAWA Champion: Diocesan Old Girls’ Association (DOGA UK)
Diocesan Old Girls’ Association (DOGA UK) is an alumni group for former students and staff of Diocesan’s Girls’ School Hong Kong who live or study in the UK and they raised £100 from their Chinese New Year Luncheon raffle.
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