News: Eva Longoria's gift to Dubai

Eva Longoria, the actress and philanthropist is bringing her Global Gift Gala charity fundraiser to the UAE in December — and Ricky Martin with her!

She returns to Dubai on December 14 (she visited Dubai in 2011 to open the Bloomingdale’s department store), with the aim of raising millions for charity — and having a bit of a party.

The US actress — who rose to fame with the hit TV series Desperate Housewives — will attend Dubai’s first Global Gift Gala benefit, where she will help raise funds for women’s and children’s charities and honour her fellow Latin star Ricky Martin.

At the event, taking place at Supperclub at Jumeriah Zabeel Saray on the Palm, Longoria — known as much for her political work with Barack Obama and her philanthropy as for her acting work — will present Martin with the ‘Global Gift Humanitarian’ award for his work with children’s charities.

The Dubai leg of the Global Gift Gala follows a London gala earlier this month, where Longoria and her BFF Victoria Beckham raised funds for the Global Gift Foundation, a charitable company that organises events around the world to benefit a variety of charities.

Tickets to the Dubai gala — which will also feature a performance by American singer-songwriter Maxwell and Dubai-based teenage singer Katie Kittermaster — start at €300 (Dh1,500). Organisers promise more celebrities will be announced over the coming weeks.

For tickets, contact http://globalgiftfoundation.org/gala.