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Welcome to BELhospice
The first Centre for palliative care and
palliative medicine in Serbia |
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BELhospice is the first specialised
charity organisation in Serbia that
provides palliative care to cancer
patients during the last phase of their
illness. The concept of palliative care
means providing the best possible care
in the given circumstances to both
patients and their families in order to
improve quality of their lives.
Our Mission:
* To provide palliative care to
terminally ill patients in Serbia in
accordance to standards set by the World
health Organisation
(WHO) and European Council,
* To assist the process of
education of relevant professionals as
well as of the general public,
* To promote the concept of palliative care
in Serbia and to
encourage the wider community to support our work.
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There are 6000 of our citizens
who die
from cancer
every year.
BELhospice is the only
hospice charity in Serbia
that cares for all your ill
friends and
neighbors,
who have need
of specialised care.
We have a dream...
So big that we need you to
dream it with us
so that it could come true.
Let's dream together...
THE FIRST HOSPICE IN SERBIA
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If you need our help or advice,
please feel free to contact us either
through your doctor at your district
health care centre, or directly at:
phone: +381 11 33 43 311 or email:
belhospice@open.telekom.rs
Our work at BELhospice has been
supported by Hospices of Hope, a British
charity, as well as by donations from
both our country and abroad.
Should you be interested in learning
more about us or if you would like to
help us, please contact us directly at:
+381 11 33 43 900, +381 11 30 38 074, or at the following
email address:
belhospice@open.telekom.rs and
office@belhospice.org
Our Centre is situated at 72 -74
Dalmatinska street (entrance into the
building from Vladetina street),
Belgrade. |
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Sign up process closed for
BELhospice Team |
Belgrade
7 April 2013 |
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We have just closed down the
sign up process for
BELhospice Team.
Our team is now making final
preparations for the most
important run this year. We
are thankful to everyone
that joined the BELhospice
Team and raised funds for
cancer patients.
We wish you all the success
at 26th Belgrade
Marathon.
See you there on 21 April. |
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BELhospice team
at 26th Belgrade Marathon |
Belgrade
21 April 2013 |
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BELhospice Team has been
training for months for the
most important run this
year.
Along with preparations,
members of our team were
also fundraising to support
BELhospice and palliative
care of cancer patients.
Find out more at our
Facebook page.
Check
the final runner's list |
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Charity Ball
"A
Night With The Stars" |
Metropol Palace Hotel
20 October 2012 |
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BELhospice
organised a Charity Ball at
the Metropol Palace Hotel to
raise funds for palliative
care of terminally ill
cancer patients. This event
was supported by our partner
organization Hospices of
Hope. The ball was attended
by 180 guests, among whom
were prominent public
figures, representatives of
the corporate sector,
diplomatic corps and many
individual donors.
More about Charity Ball |
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BELhospice video |
Belgrade
October 2012 |
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At Youtube
site
you can watch a video clip
"Our story" about
patients that BELhospice is
caring for. This video was
produced by two BELhospice's
volunteers, Jelena and
Stefan.
"Our
story"
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BELhospice Coffee Shop |
Batajnica
1-2 September 2012 |
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An International Air Show
was held at Batajnica
military airport to
celebrate 100 years of
Serbian military aviation.
BELhospice used this
opportunity and organized a
charity event to raise funds
for palliative care of
terminally ill cancer
patients.
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Visitors of the
International Air Show had
the opportunity to visit
BELhospice stand, find out
more about our work and buy
a coffee, juice or water to
support palliative care. All
the funds raised with this
event will be used to cover
the cost of hiring one nurse
for 2 months.
This event was supported by
204th air force
brigade of Serbian Army and
by Grafix.
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4th
Charity 5-a-side football
tournament
is finished |
Sport Centre Kovilovo
23rd June 2012 |
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The 4th
Charity
5-a-side
football tournament
"BELhospice 2012"
was
held
on
Saturday, 23
June 2012,
on the
grounds of
the sports
center
Kovilovo.
This event raised over 9000
Euros
for
palliative care of terminally
ill cancer patients.
More about
tournament
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"Social
transition" Programme -
Volonteer's education |
Belgrade
4-7 June 2012 |
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As part of the programme
"Social transition",
BELhospice has organised the
first education for 15
interested volunteers. They
have had lectures about
volunteer's role within
palliative care and have
seen some examples of the
volunteer work in hospices
in France and Uganda.
Lecturers were:
Mrs. Nadja Novakovic
and Mr.
Freddie Glans,
volunteers and members of
the French association for
the volunteer's training
Albatross, Mr. Zoran
Purkovic, BELhospice's
director, Dr. Snezana
Davidovic and nurse Bojana
Vuckovic from BELhospice,
Ms. Tamara Klikovac, clinical
psychiatrist from National
Institute for Oncology and
Radiology, and Rev. Jovan
Blagojevic, theologian and
chief editor at Serbian
Orthodox Church Radio "Slovo
Ljubve".
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Charity concert held at
the Norwegian Ambassador's
residence |
Belgrade
26 April 2012 |
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The charity
concert of the opera singer
Katherine Haataja has been
organised by the Royal
Norwegian Embassy in
Belgrade. The concert has
been attended by
representatives of the
diplomatic cord and
corporate sector.
Mrs. Josephine Kamswaag,
spouse of the Norwegian
Ambassador and new member of
BELhospice fundraising
committee, has provided that
all raised funds be donated
to BELhospice for engagement
of one nurse for one month.
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"Social
transition" Programme |
Belgrade
23 April 2012 |
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We are please to announce
that Balkan Community
Initiative Fund (BCIF) and
Cooperating Netherlands
Foundations for Central and
Eastern Europe have approved
project proposal which
BELhospice has applied for
the programme "Social
Transition".
The programme "Social
Transition" has been
established with the idea of
providing support to the
organisations that are
looking for innovative
approaches to maintaining
and improving the quality of
social services for socially
vulnerable groups.
With the support of funds
provided by this programme
BELhospice will implement
social support in services
offered to its patients.
Social support is an
integral part of palliative
care according to the
Standards of the World
Health Organisation. |
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BELhospice team at
25th
Belgrade Marathon |
Belgrade
22 April 2012 |
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BELhospice
have had the team of 30
runners who helped raising
funds for terminally ill
patients.
More about
BELhospice team
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New members of BELhospice
Fundraising Committee |
Belgrade
12
March 2012 |
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We are pleased to announce
that the new members of
BELhospice Fundraising
Committee are Dr. Lavinia
Devenport,
wife
of Her Majesty's
Ambassador
to Serbia, Mrs. Josephine
Kamsvaag, Norwegian
Ambassador’s wife and Mrs.
Diana Gligorijevic, co-owner
and marketing director of
the “Telegroup”. |
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New BELhospice Fundraising
Committee has been formed in
October 2011 with the aim of
strategic planning of
activities to raise funds
that would provide
care
for
terminally ill patients.
Members of the Committee are
also
Mr. Darko Matijasevic
(Executive Group), Mr.
Nebojsa Radakovic (Danone
Adriatic), Dr. Milan
Matkovic (Pharmanova), Dr.
Olja Han, Mr. Samuilo
Petrovski (IFES). |
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Charitable Bowling Tournament |
Colosseum Bowling Centre
8
March 2012 |
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On the occasion of 8
March, The International
Women’s
Day, BELhospice Centre has
organized the 3rd
Charity Bowling Tournament
in the Colosseum Bowling
Centre.
This
event
traditionally has been held
every year,
and this year
the
tournament
has raised
more than
EUR 3,000
to support
BELhospice in providing
palliative
care for
terminally
ill cancer patients.
More
about charitable
tournament
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Collection Boxes Campaign |
Belgrade
January 2012 |
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In December 2011 BELhospice has started the
campaign
of
setting up
collection
boxes
in
pharmacies,
banks and
consumer
facilities,
with
the aim
of raising
funds
for the
care
of cancer
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The idea is to
place
branded
box
on the
counter
so that
customers
have it in
a visible
place
near the
cash
register.
On the
collection
boxes there
are
information about
the
BELhospice organization
and about
the
purpose for collecting
donations.
Until this day, BELhospice
has
conducted
this action
in
Belgrade
within the
pharmacy
chain
PHARMACITY,
shopping
centers
Metro
Cash &
Carry,
and currently there are
negotiations in progress
with the
pharmacy
chain
Celsius.
All
collected
funds
will be
used for
palliative
care
of cancer
patients.
All
services that
BELhospice
provides
are free
of charge
and
all
activities of
BELhospice
are funded
through
these
humanitarian actions.
What has
proved
to be very
optimistic
so far is
that the
funds
collected
through
collection
boxes,
arranged
in
a dozen
locations
in
Belgrade
and
Pancevo, were
sufficient
to engage
one nurse,
which directly
allows
care of
20
patients
per month.
The plan
is
to expand the action to the
end of the
year. |
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Charity dinner |
Hotel Zira,
Belgrade
1
December 2011 |
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BELhospice organized a
Charity dinner with the aim
to emphasize the great needs
of cancer patients for
quality palliative care as
well as to raise necessary
funds for the work with
those patients.
More
about charity
dinner
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3rd
Charitable 5-a-side
football tournament
"BELhospice 2011" |
Sport Centre Kovilovo
18-26 June 2011 |
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Charitable football
tournament "BELhospice 2011"
was organized to raise
desperately needed funds for
palliative care of cancer
patients. This tournament
raised over 11,000 Euros and
gathered 18 domestic and
foreign companies.
More about tournament
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BELhospice
appointed a new
director |
Belgrade
May 2011 |
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We are delighted that Zoran
Purkovic
has joined the team as a new
Director. Mr Purkovic
has had a long standing
interest in the development
of BELhospice and brings
with him a wealth of
experience.
Mr Purkovic replaces Dr
Natasa Milicevic who is
moving to the European Union
funded project "Development
of Palliative Care Services
in the Republic of Serbia". Dr Milicevic, one of the
founders of BELhospice, has
a key role in this project
as a national coordinator.
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