The personal touch that Juliana Awada gave at the G20 summit

November 28, 2018

Among other things, the First Lady has been busy reminiscing for leaders, all bearing the stamp of "national industry", so that they take a piece of Argentina home with them.

At the end of the G20, the companions of the participating agents will receive a series of gifts bearing all the stamp of "National industry"to take a bit of Argentina to their homes. The souvenirs they were personally selected by Juliana Awada, with the intention that the partners discover, through them, a little more of our country.

Men will receive alpaca shawls created by the Association of spinners and vicuña weavers "Belén, Cuna del Poncho"of Catamarca. Each scarf, handmade and woven in a creole craft, is two meters long and 60 centimeters wide.

The presence of the badociation, project born more than ten years ago and now composed of 22 people, in the "Souvenir bag" This responds to a principle promoted by the first lady: that social entrepreneurs are represented. Each fabric has its respective certification of origin issued by the competent bodies.

For their part, each of the women at the top, both leaders and first ladies, will receive a bracelet from the Argentinean artist and jeweler Ignacio Bárcena, ambbadadors of the creole silverware in the world.

In addition, they will be included in the selection of gifts:

–Vasalissa chocolates with heart of dulce de leche, so that they know one of the biggest and the sweetest weaknesses of Argentina.

-Different varieties of Tealosophie, the tea house created by Inés Berton. It also includes a mix created especially for the G20 with the flavor and aroma inspired by Patagonia

-Velas of Fueguía 1833, the mark of Julián Bedel, who at the beginning was a partner Amalita Amoedo.

-Bottles of wine Escorihuela Gascón.

The gifts will be accompanied by a card signed by Mauricio Macri and Juliana Awada with the following text: "We are delighted to welcome you to Buenos Aires and we are committed to making your stay and meeting memorable and constructive."

The First lady actively participated in the preparation of G-20 Summit. He worked in a specific direction: it was proposed that every decision he takes, down to the smallest detail, reflects something of the Argentine culture. And he gave special importance to the participation of entrepreneurs and organizations with social impact. Then some of the "Keys" of Juliana Awada that world leaders and their companions will discover during their stay in the country.

The main pavilion of Costa Salguero It was decorated with gingerbread baskets hand-crafted by a group of Formosa women who work in adularia

The leaders have available linen towels made by The randeras, a group of women from Tucumán who work with ancestral technique.

Meanwhile, the soap dishes were developed by Taller Los Naranjos Foundationof Don Torcuato, a social enterprise that works to improve the lives of adolescents in vulnerable households through pottery.

Similarly Juliana Awada He coordinated the menus that world leaders and their companions will try during their stay, so that there are no overlays and that it is possible to discover all the flavors of our geography : Spider Crab to the North Humilla. And he chose both destinations, Villa Ocampo and the Museum of Latin American Art of Buenos Aires, who will visit the companions at the summit, which has on this occasion a marked fondness for art: the first ladies of Korea, Kim Jung Sook, and of China, Peng Liyuan, they are singers, while French, Brigitte Trogneux, She is a professor of literature.

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