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On 12 May this year the first BELhospice
Charity Ball was held. The Ball was
organised to raise funds for palliative
care services for terminally ill
patients in Belgrade. This event brought
together representatives of the resident
diplomatic corps, Serbian government
officials, and eminent representatives
of the local and foreign business
community as well as many friends of
BELhospice. The venue was Belgrade’s
Hyatt Regency Hotel’s Crystal Ballroom
and Master of Ceremony was well-known
actor Marko Stojanovic. Other
 prominent
guests who took part in the programme
were: Mrs. Jadranka Jovanovic, Belgrade
Opera’s singer, then Belgrade’s Academy
of fine arts
students and Penthouse Band from Nis.
There was a raffle combined with an
auction of paintings and other art
objects. Famous Serbian painters donated
their works for the auctions. Romanian
Princess Marina Sturdza has also
honoured us with her presence at the
Ball. Princess Sturdza’s speech deeply
moved all the guests and stressed the
importance of assisting our fellow
citizens in their constant battle with
pain and suffering.
The funds raised have covered the
costs of BELhospice’s work for several
months and
provided the salary of one
more nurse on our staff team. As a
result of this,
BELhospice has been able to help more
terminally ill patients.
Our dream is to build the first hospice
in-patient unit in Serbia, a place were
we can admit patients and provide the
best possible medical care to them. This
could be a good cause for our next ball
in Belgrade.
(See
the Ball’s photos)
You can read more about charity ball
tradition in Belgrade in second issue of
our
Newsletter.
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