CCHE Celebrates Nelson Mandela’s 94th Birthday with South African Ambassador and Other African Ambassadors and Representatives

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CCHE joined the South African Embassy in celebrating the 94th birthday of the highly-venerated activist and former South African president Nelson Mandela. The celebration was held at CCHE and was attended by the South African Ambassador to Egypt, Her Excellency Noluthando Mayende – Sibiya, as well as many other officials from the South African embassy and representatives from other African embassies, including Zambia, Namibia, the Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Algeria, as well as the General Commissioner of the African Economic Council. They were welcomed by Dr. Sherif Abouelnaga, CCHE’s Vice President of Research, Academic Affairs and Outreach.

Included in the celebration was entertainment for the patients in the hospital and a statement made by Her Excellency Mayende – Sibiya in which she stated that President Mandela’s love for children that was the source of the idea for the celebration venue; she also noted that he was closely following the progress of 57357 as he is interested in establishing a similar institution in South Africa.

The event also emphasized the strengthening of the relationship between Egypt and its African neighbors, particularly in light of the visits paid by Ambassadors of various African nations to CCHE this past spring.

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.