ECN Chosen as Songs4Children’s “Cause”

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ECN recently had the pleasure of speaking with Mr. Robert Watson, one of the three co-founders of the charitable organization Songs4Children.The organization, based in Palo Alto, CA, held a unique fundraiser for ECN during this past Ramadan entitled “Hope Sings”. Songs4Children has since made ECN its’ primary fundraising cause.

Songs4Children was begun in the name of using music to raise money for and spread awareness of initiatives which would service children. It was through Songs4Children co-founder Mariam Helmy, who is of Egyptian descent, that ECN was first nominated as a potential cause. Ms. Helmy, in conjunction with co-founder Ms. Sophie Cristal and Mr. Watson, hosted their first opera recital in the early summer of 2012. Since then, they have had two performances, and are working towards hosting their first full opera performance, due to take place in November of this year.

ECN is thrilled to be chosen as Songs4Children’s cause and will be partnering with Songs4Children to continue to spread the word about ECN’s initiatives, all of which are designated towards helping children with cancer in Egypt and the region. Please continue to check our events and our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/EgyptCancerNetwork) for more information about the upcoming show in November and in order to purchase tickets. For more information about Songs4Children, please visit their website at www.songs4children.org.

 

 

As Ramadan draws to a close, ECN wanted to highlight the numerous accomplishments that we have accumulated over the past year. These include our sponsorship of an emergency supply of leukemia medication, the architectural design and expansion of CCHE 57357, feasibility studies for new endeavors, Egyptian medical researchers in seeking higher education opportunities to build CCHE’s staff capacity and the approval of our international fellowship program, among other successes.

ECN has dedicated itself to contributing $10 million to the highly-anticipated expansion of Children’s Cancer Hospital Egypt 57357 (CCHE), which will ultimately cost upwards of $80 million. Other projects that are in receipt of our support are the construction of new outpatient clinics, a hospice care edifice and guest houses at the Egyptian National Cancer Institute (NCI). In the spirit of the new era that Egypt is now in, and in recognition of the need for all Egyptians to have opportunities and accessibility to services and high-quality care, this goal is certainly attainable. Thus far, during the first three weeks of Ramadan, we have raised over $1.6 million in donations. With $170,000 in donations, ECN could support the extended education and training of 8-10 Egyptian researchers at prestigious institutions in the United States and elsewhere. Naming opportunities can allow you to have various equipment, rooms and buildings at CCHE and NCI be named after you or a loved one. Naming opportunities range in price from $2,000 for an electrical room to $300,000 to sponsor the building entrance. For more information on naming opportunities and to view the list of naming opportunities, please click here.

In just one year we have accomplished so much, but there is always more work to be done in the realm of cancer treatment. Please consider donating to our organization so that we can continue to support endeavors that change the lives of cancer patients in Egypt and beyond. To learn more about the impact of your gifts thus far, please visit our accomplishments page, which we update on a regular basis to keep our donors informed of the progress of our major projects. To learn more about the impact of your future gifts, please visit our projects page.

 

 

 

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.

 

Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef hosted a comedy show at the College of San Mateo in San Mateo, California on the evening of June 16th, 2012. The show, entitled “America in Arabic”, was conducted completely in Arabic. During the show Mr. Youssef endorsed ECN, and ECN is proud to report that all of the proceeds from the event were donated to Egypt Cancer Network 57357 and AFNCI.

In addition to touring the world and hosting comic performances, Mr. Youssef is also a cardiothoracic surgeon and host of the popular Egyptian show “El Barnameg”.

ECN is grateful both to Mr. Youssef as well as the many wonderful organisers who helped provide support to ECN by bringing Mr. Youssef to perform in California. Following the performance, Mr. Youssef released this statement:

“To all the wonderful people of the Bay Area:

I just wanted to say, from the bottom of my heart, a great big thank you to the team that put this together from within your community. Nabila Mango: for her tireless efforts to put on this great event, may she be sustained in health! Hussein Moustafa, without whom we might never have been able to do anything in the Bay Area at all, and whom we cannot thank enough; Dina Ghobashy, whose assistance cannot be forgotten; and the great crew of Zawaya, who have done so much for the cause of Arab-American artists in general and this event in particular. Join me in thanking them for such a wonderful job! And I urge you to support the cause that the event will go to support: the Egyptian Cancer Network. The revolution is for those in need, and the Egyptian Cancer Network is for those in need. Thank you again, and see you soon.”