HOSPICES OF HOPE
Moldova – Romania
DESCRIPTION
HOSPICES OF HOPE
« Everyone deserves to live and die with dignity and without pain”
Hospices of Hope is a British charity dedicated to supporting the development of palliative and end of life care in South and East Europe. Their vision is for all patients suffering from terminal or life-limiting illnesses to have access to specialist hospice care services, free of charge.
The Hospices of Hope Network includes Hospice Casa Sperantei and Hospice Emanuel in Romania, BELhospice in Serbia, Hospices of Hope Moldova, Ryder Albania in Albania, Merimna and Nosilia in Greece and charity fund St. Panteleimon for the Regional Palliative Care Centre Ivano-Frankivsk in Ukraine.
The Comgest Foundation has decided to support two palliative care centers for adults and children in Romania and Moldova respectively.
– Romania: construction of a palliative care center for children. It will offer 8 children’s beds and 2 neonatal beds, as well as various support services for parents and siblings, and training services for healthcare professionals. It will complete the Centre for children and families affected by life-limiting conditions, in Adunatii Copaceni, near Bucharest, which started operating in 2019 and became fully functional in 2021.
– Moldova: capacity-building for a new homecare team in the capital Chisinau (to provide pain relief, medical and psychological care as well as social assistance at home).
IMPACT / MAIN INDICATORS
An impact assessment is not yet possible. Main indicators:
• Improvement of the quality of life of terminally ill patients
• Progression of the construction of the Hospice Casa Sperantei in Romania
• Number of terminally ill patients visited by the palliative care team in Moldova
PROJECT
SPONSORS
Hospices of Hope
http://www.hospicesofhope.co.uk/locations/romania/
http://www.hospicesofhope.co.uk/locations/moldova/
LOCAL
PARTNER
Selection
Duration
Project selected in September 2024
Duration : 1 year
Financed
by
The Comgest Foundation
COMMENT FROM THE AMBASSADOR
Lavinia Borcia
Romania, my home country, can be a challenging place to obtain appropriate medical assistance. Poverty and corruption are still running the day, and you’d better not get sick if you don’t know any doctor personally. Curable illnesses are already difficult to address; most of the time, there is nothing left for terminal diseases: no time, no money, no dignity.
I was particularly touched by the actions of Hospices of Hope in Romania, leading the way for palliative care. Thinking about my loved ones at home, who could be facing one day fatal illnesses, and whom I would like to see accompanied on their “final road” to eternity, I proposed the funding of 2 projects to The Comgest Foundation:
– The construction of a new wing of the Copaceni palliative care center next to Bucharest, Romania
– The recruitment and training of a new homecare team in Chisinau, Moldavia
I thank The Comgest Foundation for their help in supporting access to care and dignity for all in my beloved home country, Romania.