In July 2012 Grace Beatriz travelled to Cape Verde (São Vicente & Santo Antão) and visited several schools, a retirement home, a hospital and also a slum neighboorhood to distribute goods (schoolarticles, backpacks, clothing, medicin, food parcels, toys/games/cuddly bears) for those in need of them. See below for a photo report (you can enlarge the pictures by clicking on them))

Visit maternity ward and pediatry department of hospital in São Vicente

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Visit SOS Children’s Village & school in Craquinha

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Visit retirement home

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Visit slum houses in São Vicente

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Visit to school in Santo Antão

January 2012 a fundraising was held for Jamila, a cancer patient of 8 years old whom I had met in the previous year (2011) in the IPO hospital of Lisbon. Her treatment was temporarily suspended but she didn’t have a bed ready for her at home.

Her young mother explains “I live in a shantytown of Setubal, about 50 km south of Lisbon”, “My house simply isn’t equipped for taking care of a cancer patient in recuparation and that’s why she got ill again”.

Her husband is unemployed and trying to get a new job because they don’t get any social security income. She herself used to have a partime job of housecleaning, but because of the strain taking care of her daughter she could not hold on to that job. I asked her how she manages to survive. She responds “I don’t know myself but we ‘re living off the food we receive from the church”

With the receipts of the fundraising a new bed was bought for Jamila at IKEA in Portugal. Frans Huizer, living parttime in Portugal, coordinated everything. Truely a great job! Besides the bed also bedsheets were delivered in Setubal. The patients remaining in the IPO of Lisbon were given clothing, toys & cuddly bears and food.

A heartfelt THANK YOU for every one who helped make this happen!!!

(Only in Dutch)

December 2011

Alle kleine beetjes helpen: DONEER EEN KERSTPAKKET!

Ieder jaar organiseert de Dany Foundation rond de feestdagen in december iets speciaals voor de patiënten in Lissabon. Dankzij donaties of via het organiseren van inzamelacties kunnen wij voor de patiënten in deze feest maand iets extra’s doen.

Ook dit jaar hebben wij iets bijzonders georganiseerd. Voor de patiënten hebben wij kerstpakketten kunnen samen stellen met zowel nuttige gebruiksartikelen als leuke cadeau’s.

Klik hieronder op de link voor een uitgebreid en vaak emotioneel verslag:

Verslag Bezoek Lissabon 2011