
The Dany Foundation was officially started on february 2007 when
we got our registration with the chambers of commerce. But Grace Beatriz, the
initiator of the Dany Foundation, had already been informing people about the
tough situation which many capeverdean patients have to face in Portugal by
promoting her book "Saudades do Dany". With the sales of this book a Christmas
dinner was financed in december 2006 for the patients in Lisbon. In february
2007 we paid a visit to the relatives in Cape Verde of some patients. We brought
them clothing and other goods and also we exchanged news and
photos.
In the month of June the complete
version of this website was launched on the internet. This quickly spread the
news about our new foundation. We have already received many encouraging
reactions via our website which has been visited by people from various
countries (down this page you can see a chart on the origin of our
visitors). Furthermore in the month of june we also got new media
coverage in capeverdian newspapers
(A Semana 3
juni (English),A Semana 9
juni en O Liberal 7 juni ). The first donations have
already been made on our account number 5185695. In Portugal as well as in
Holland people have volunteered to start raising funds for the Dany foundation
or to assist our activities in other ways.
Of course we are very happy and touched by all
these enthusiastic reactions. We would like to thank all the people who are
willing to support the Dany Foundation! We need all the help we can get to offer
some relief to the neglected patients in Portugal. Therefore we would like to
request all the people who already believe in the cause of the Dany Foundation
to also inform their friends, relatives and colleagues about the Dany
Foundation.
This is just
the start however! We want to increase our activities rapidly so we can soon
make a positive change in the living situation for sick capeverdeans in
Portugal. We will seek new publicity to reach more potential donors. We
will primarily be targetting dutch and portuguese media right now. But besides
this we will continue our efforts to obtain support within the capeverdean
communities in Europe and America.
Once again we would like to express our gratitude for all
the reactions and support we have already received. Let us join together in
making sure that capeverdean patients in Portugal don't feel abandoned
any more!
News/
Activities
Dinner
with the Patients (5 dec. 2007)
Christmas Fundraising 2007 (nov
2007)
Article in Dutch newspaper
(july 2007)
Enthusiastic first reactions (june
2007)
Promotion in Paris
(31-05-2007)
Family visit in Cape Verde (feb
2007)
Christmas
Celebration for
patients (2006)____________________________________
Newspaper Articles (in Portuguese)
A
Semana (05-11-2004)
A Semana
(19-12-2005)
A Semana (04-05-2006)
A Semana
(18-05-2006)
A Semana (15-11-2006)
A Semana (03-06-2007) (english
translation)
Expresso das Ilhas (30-11-2004)
O Liberal (28-04-2005)
O Liberal (07-06-2007) (new)
Visão News (31-07-2005)
Visão News (24-05-2006)
Visão News (03-06-2006)
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Photo Galleries
Pensions in
Lisbon (new)
Family left behind in Cabo
verde
The patients (new)
Dinner with patients in En'Clave (new)
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