No Jornal Diario de Noticias (1 de Marco de 2008), saiu uma reportagem sobre a situação precaria em que vivem os doentes evacuados para Portugal. A reportagem foi feita pela conhecida jornalista, Ceu Neves. A Ceu, recebeu um premio Europeu pelo artigo que escreveu sobre os novos imigrantes portugueses, em Hollanda.
Leia a reportagem: parte 1, parte 2, parte 3, parte 4
No mesmo jornal,(8 de Marco 2008) saiu um artigo sobre a Grace Beatriz, fundadora da Associação Dany:
Diario de Noticias 08.03.08
05-12-2007
Our Christmas fundraising campaign 2007 has enabled us to yet again offer the patients in Lisbon a festive dinner. We would like to thank all the people who made this possible by their generous donations! In the first week of december Grace Beatriz, on behalf of the Dany Foundation, arrived in Portugal on her own expense. She went there first of all to organize a dinner for the sick pension residents.
On December 5th a dinnerparty was held for approximately 30 patients in the well known restaurant En’Clave in Lisbon (Bana, a highly estimated capeverdean singer, has for many years been the owner). It was a very festive occasion for the patients. They all had on their best clothing (sometimes donated clothing brought from Holland by Grace). The women got their make-up done by Grace, a trained visagiste.
Of course there was plenty of Katchupa, the national dish of Cabo Verde. Furthermore there was a live band playing capeverdean music. It was a very intimate and care free evening. The patients all had a very good time. Later in the evening every one received a present.
To view more photo’s of this dinner please visit our new photogallery Diner with patients. New photos of the pension residents and their current minimal housing situation can be seen in Pensions in Lissabon. During the visits to these pensions Grace handed out all the clothing and other goods which had been collected in Holland. The pension residents were most grateful for this since there is a general lack of basic things under the residents.
With the proceeds of our Christmas 2007 fundraising we were also able to buy presents for the sometimes very young mostly cancer patients who usually reside in the clinics where they are being treated. You can see some of these young patients in The Patients . This was a very emotional visit. All the children were very happy with their presents. Despite their life threatening disease they mostly displayed an upbeat mood.
The Dany Foundation is going to organise a Christmas dinner for the patients in Lisbon. Last year we helped to finance the first christmas diner for sick pension residents in the building of the Associação Cabo-verdiana. It was a big succes. Especially during the holiday season many patients feel very lonely. A lively gathering with good food and nice music helps to keep their spirits up. This year we also want to suprise the patients with presents and gifts.
Right now we are busy organising fund raising events in the Netherlands, France and Luxembourg. You can also help making this years Christmas a merry Christmas for all the patients we are trying to reach!
Please send your financial contributions to our dutch bank account:
Name of Bank: Postbank
Name Account holder: Stichting Dany Foundation
Account number: 5185695
IBAN: NL19PSTB0005185695
BIC/SWIFT: PSTBNL21
You can also make use of PayPal to contribute for this Christmas gathering. If you would like to send in gifts or used goods or if you have some other idea on how to help, please get in touch with us!
