ECN Headquarters Meets With Bassem Youssef and Jimmy Tingle in Boston

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Dr. Bassem Youssef, frequently referred to as the Jon Stewart of Egypt, recently endorsed ECN at an event in San Francisco. During his visit to Boston last week, ECN expressed its gratitude for his support by doing what it do best: building bridges between our Egypt and the United States. As such, ECN connected Dr. Bassem with Boston’s favorite political satirist, Jimmy Tingle in the meeting that took place in Boston on July 7th, 2012.

The meeting gave Dr. Bassem and Mr. Tingle the opportunity to meet and compare goals, future plans, strategy and socio-political perspectives, and was also covered by the Boston Globe.

Also in attendance were Ms. Pamela Frank, ECN Executive Director , Dr. Hesham Hamoda, ECN Board Member, Ms. Kristin Wagner, ECN Special Projects Coordinator and Dr. Essmaeel Abdel Dayem.

Boston Globe Article on Egypt Cancer Network 57357, Bassem Youssef and Jimmy Tingle

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.