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The Challenge

The need for palliative care for patients with malignant disease in South East Europe is immense.  Deaths from cancer and other terminal illnesses number approximately 41,000 per annum in Romania.  In neighbouring Serbia cancer claims 20,000 lives.   In Macedonia and Moldova there are a further 7,000 deaths.  Today in Romania alone, a country with a population of 22 million, it is believed that the number of adults and children living with HIV/Aids could be well in excess of 10,000.  These people need help.

Our Mission

To improve quality of life for the terminally ill and their families in Romania and other countries in the region through increased provision and access to palliative care services and training.

Our Key Activities

With your help we aim to fulfil our mission by:

• Raising awareness of the value of an effective palliative care provision through education, advocacy and promotion.
• Developing provision of palliative care within the region through direct financial, human or material support and/or by providing advice and specialist training.
• Enabling access to palliative care on the basis of need alone, through providing care which is free of charge to patients, by overcoming barriers to referral, and by making services more widely available.
• Sustaining palliative care initiatives in the short, medium and long-term, by creating an infrastructure for coordination, information exchange, strategy and advocacy at a national/regional level, yet facilitating empowerment, autonomy and innovation at a local level.

Our Work in Romania and the Milestones of Hope

To continue and develop

The pioneering work of Hospice Casa Sperantei, based in Brasov, Romania grew out of an appeal launched in 1991 by the Ellenor Foundation, a hospice charity in Kent founded in 1985.  In 2000, a dedicated charity, Hospices of Hope was set up by Graham Perolls – our current Executive Director, and founder of the Ellenor Foundation, to continue and develop the work begun by the Ellenor.  Hospice Casa Sperantei is now the leading provider of hospice care and palliative care training in Romania.

Milestones of Hope

With the help of our supporters we have:~