Puttinu Cares donation
From let: Doriette Camilleri, Josef Camilleri, HSBC's head of public affairs and corporate social responsibility, Kate Gonzi, chairperson of HSBC Cares for Children Fund, Victor Calvagna, chairperson of the Puttinu Cares Children's Cancer Support Group and Paul Camilleri, treasurer of Puttinu Cares during the presentation.
The HSBC Cares for Children Fund recently donated €10,000 to Puttinu Cares, which is raising funds to purchase three flats for children receiving treatment for cancer in the UK and their accompanying families.
Puttinu cares recently organised a football marathon to collect money for this initiative. So far, €230,000 has been donated by the public and organisations that took part in the fundraising events. Around €1.2 million is needed for the purchase of the three residences. HSBC is also supporting Puttinu Cares for the three flats in London through preferential loan conditions and HSBC's network in the UK.
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J. Camilleri
May 18th 2008, 21:00
This is one of the most deserving charities around. Parents of children who are suffering from cancer and whose condition requires treatment in the UK find themselves facing multiple problems. Not only do they have the incredible worry about their child's health, but they also have to find ways of staying with their child while in hospital. In such cases, the parent usually has to take leave - sometimes for months, and therefore usually unpaid! - but also has to find appropriate accommodation, also for months. Accommodation obtainable via government arrangements is not good enough, is expensive and actually adds to the transport problems, particularly because it is quite far away from the hospital. If I understand correctly, what this caring charity is planning is the purchase of three flats all in the same building , and in the neighbourhood of the hospital, to be made available to the distraught and worried parents. They will thus be in the company of other parents in the same situation, providing each other with solace and understanding, and also close to the hospital, and therefore in the comforting knowledge that they can be by their child's bedside very quickly if necessary. It is difficult to say that one charity is more deserving than another, but this particular charity is not just helping our brother, but helping our brother while he is in a foreign land!