In July Euromoney’s 2012 Awards for Excellence dinner in London was attended by 500 people. The evening raised £482,595 for Amref and Orbis, charities working towards eliminating blinding trachoma in the south Omo area of southern Ethiopia

Charity tombstone 

Awards for Excellence 2012 July 2012 Santander and Deutsche win main prizes at Euromoney’s Awards for excellence; Standard Chartered’s Sands named Banker of the year; Banks raise £482,595 for charity project in Ethiopia