CCHE Celebrates 5-Year Anniversary with ECN, Sponsors and International Diplomats

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On 07/07/07, Children’s Cancer Hospital Egypt 57357 (CCHE) opened its doors. Five years later, they have accomplished so much. July 7th, 2012 marked the five-year anniversary of CCHE’s establishment. To celebrate the event, CCHE held a day-long festival for its patients and their families on July 3rd, 2012, including a military parade, handicrafts, face painting, a circus show, a choir performance given by the Egyptian National Children’s Chorale, folkloric dances and fireworks.

In attendance were the Minister of Scientific Research, Her Excellency Dr. Nadia Zakhary, and numerous representatives from various Western, Arab and African countries, including Canada, Austria, Kuwait, Ivory Coast, South Africa, Congo, Kenya, Mali, Tanzania, Nigeria and Mozambique. CCHE’s charitable partners and sponsors were also present at the event. In a speech presented to attendees, Dr. Zakhary highlighted the fact that CCHE’s stark success in the field of pediatric oncology had inspired her ministry to look into conducting new research studies focused on cancer. She also deemed CCHE a major role model in redefining healthcare in Egypt and the Arab world.

Mrs. Ola Ghabbour, one of ECN’s esteemed board members, provided those present with a heartfelt welcoming address, in which she expressed profound thanks to donors to CCHE’s endeavors and referenced several key statistics exemplifying CCHE’s successes.

Also representing ECN was Dr. Mark Kieran, also one of ECN’s esteemed board members and the treasurer for our organisation, who was in town at the time. Dr. Kieran, too, made a speech at the event on behalf of ECN which can be seen here.

Dr. Sherif Abouelnaga, CCHE’s Vice President of Research, Academic Affairs and Outreach spoke to CCHE’s need for more donations to support their much-needed expansion project. As Dr. Abouelnaga concluded, the Kuwaiti Chargé D’affaires , Mr. Meshaal Aal Said, presented CCHE with a generous donation to be put towards the expansion.

In order to commemorate this phenomenal anniversary, ECN will be sending a congratulatory banner to CCHE which will hang in the patient area of the hospital. ECN is a proud sponsor of CCHE and wishes the hospital, dedicated staff and patients continued success and prosperity far into the future.

 

On Sunday, July 1st, 2012, the Sereen Foundation, one of ECN’s partners, delivered the first component of its WoW Project to Children’s Cancer Hospital Egypt 57357 (CCHE). The delivery was made by Sereen Foundation principals Dr. Tawfik Abdelmoneim, Magda Elreheimy and Tania Abdelmoneim.

The donation consisted of arts and crafts supplies which were received by Dr. Nermin Sharabas and Dr. Hanaa Farid, the Head of the Volunteer’s Department and the Strategic Manager of CCHE, respectively.

“Art supplies not only bring joy to the children but also a sense of normalcy as they deal with the challenges of their treatment”, said Dr. Sharabas.

Earlier this year, ECN established a fund called the “Sereen Fund”, which was arranged with the Sereen Foundation to benefit ECN’s partners, including CCHE, AFNCI and Fakkous. The WoW Project was initiated by the Sereen Foundation as a major recipient of Sereen Fund donations to deliver art supplies to CCHE in order to supplement the artistic activities undertaken by staff, volunteers and patients at the hospital.

On behalf of CCHE, ECN thanks the Sereen Foundation for this unique donation and looks forward to further future collaboration! For more information about the Sereen Foundation, please follow them on twitter using @sereenfund or on facebook at the following link: http://www.facebook.com/SereenFoundation .

To read the Sereen Fund’s article about their WoW Project delivery to CCHE, please click here. To read their article about their delivery of school supplies to CCHE, please click here. Kindly continue to follow the achievements page for future updates on ECN’s Sereen Fund initiatives.