Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela attended a presentation at Makarios Hospital in Nicosia this morning, where Cans For Kids handed over a Wilaflow Elite Neonatal and Breathing Gas Humidifier MR 850 worth almost 15,000 euros for use in the intensive care ward. Cans For Kids president Rosie Charalambous said this latest donation took the total value...
Heading into the second half of our WECAN project funded by the Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway Active Citizens Fund, here’s a brief overview of the first 3 and a half months: we’ve run a seminar with comms students at the University of Nicosia; placed 6 new can banks and trained their management teams; disseminated our survey...
Moving on a-pace with the WE CAN project, which benefits from a grant under the Active Citizens Fund Cyprus programme, funded by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, through the EEA and Norway Grants 2014-2021: new can banks have been delivered to the elementary school in Mitsero, the University of Nicosia, and Lemba in Paphos. We also...
Members of the 10 Queen’s Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment serving with the Mobile Force Reserve of UNFICYP held an impromptu charity event to support Cans For Kids and raised €200 which they handed over to our President, Rosie Charalambous, in an envelope on which was written To Cans For Kids charity: “Happiness doesn’t result from...
B Flight, 15 Squadron RAF Regiment, based in Akrotiri, celebrated their 80th anniversary by completing a mammoth simulated journey from Akrotiri to Salalah International Airport in Oman – a total distance of 3,106.8 km – in aid of charity. Supporting the RAF Benevolent Fund, B Flight chose to share the monies raised with Cans For...
At the Makarios Hospital in Nicosia on Monday, August 1st, Cans For Kids handed over four diaphanoscopes worth over 8,000 euros for use in the paediatric wards at the Limassol, Larnaca and Makarios hospitals. The Minister of Health, Michalis Hadjipantela, and Marios Panayides, Chairman of the Board of Directors at OKYPY were joined by representatives...
On Monday 30 August, Cans For Kids donated an examination couch worth over €2,000 to the Makarios Hospital, purchased with the proceeds of metal recycling. Handing it over to the Minister of Health, the charity’s President Rosie Charalambous said she was thrilled that, despite the difficulties imposed by restrictions and protocols during the pandemic, Cans...
Saturday June 5th is World Environment Day. Cans For Kids volunteers and friends will be meeting at the CFK sorting site, ready to welcome anyone interested in finding out more about what we do and why we do it. Helping hands from friends of the environment are always welcome!
We are very sad to announce the tragic and untimely death in April of Cans For Kids’ former President, Evie Lanitis. Born in Limassol in 1950, Evie attended Greek primary school before continuing her secondary education in England. She graduated from Duke University in the USA with a degree in Sociology, and returned to Cyprus...
The most common questions we get on our facebook page are along the lines of: Where can I drop off my aluminium cans? Is there a can bank near me? Of course, we are always happy to direct supporters to our website with the list of all our collection points, but now we can give...
