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Vodafone Romania Foundation supports significant children healthcare programs

03 May 2007

  • Vodafone Romania announces the first children healthcare programs to be funded this year
  • The funds directed to children healthcare programs, through Vodafone Romania Foundation, amount to USD 600,000 USD, in 2007

Vodafone Romania is pleased to announce the first children healthcare programs, which have been selected for funding in 2007.

In order to address the high needs of the community, Vodafone Romania announced, at the beginning of this year, that it will grant USD1 million to support various programs to the benefit of children. Through Vodafone Romania Foundation, the company will support various programs addressing children healthcare needs, as well as prevention of school and family abandonment, and educational programs for children with special needs.

"The mission of the Vodafone Romania Foundation is to improve the living conditions of the people in need, especially underprivileged children and elders, through programs supporting the local communities. Starting this year, we'll also focus on a new domain - health, which, we believe, needs constant and significant sustain. Through Vodafone Romania Foundation, we are committed to support various programs which aim to improve children healthcare, including medical equipment endowing of the pediatric departments, especially in the disadvantaged regions and isolated communities", said Liliana Solomon, CEO Vodafone Romania.

The funds directed to children healthcare programs, through Vodafone Romania Foundation, amount to USD 600,000, in 2007. Following NGOs' and other institutions' proposals, the Board of Trustees of the Foundation selected the first programs to be funded this year, for a total amount of USD 270,000:

  • medical equipment endowing (incubator for newly-born children, UV lamp, echograph, special equipment for maintaining vital functions, etc.) of the four hospitals which provide healthcare services in the rural regions of Timis county: Sinnicolaul Mare Hospital, Karl Diel Jimbolia Hospital, Faget Hospital and Lugoj Hospital. With the support of the Vodafone Romania Foundation, these medical institutions will be able to provide prompt and high quality healthcare services, in their maternity and pediatric sections. The amount directed to this project is USD 170,000.
  • medical equipment endowing (operation table, orthopedics engine, sterilizer, etc.) of the Pediatrics Hospital in Brasov. The funds directed to this project amount to USD 55,000.
  • Incubators and advanced medical equipment endowing of the neonatology section of the "Filantropia" Hospital in Bucharest. This equipment will enable this medical institution to perform intensive treatment for the premature children, with serious health problems, whose number has significantly increased during the last years. The funds directed to this project: USD 45,000.

For the rest of the funds directed to healthcare projects, up to USD 600,000, the Vodafone Romania Foundation initiates a second call for proposals and invites NGO's or other institutions to send appropriate projects to Fundatia.Vodafone_ro@vodafone.com, by June 1st, 20007. The projects will be selected by the Board of Trustees of the Foundation according to the general evaluation criteria, as listed at http://www.vodafone.ro/fundatia-vodafone/finantare/reguli-de-finantare.html .

Vodafone Romania Foundation is a Romanian non-governmental organization with a charitable status, distinct from the commercial operations of the company. The activity of the Vodafone Romania Foundation is financed by the Company through an annual budget. In addition, Vodafone Romania employees contribute with monthly donations though the payroll giving system, and Vodafone Group Foundation contributes with annual grants.

Vodafone Romania, a subsidiary of Vodafone Group Plc., had 7,717,000 customers, as of December 31, 2006. Vodafone is the world's largest international mobile telecommunications group with equity interests in 25 countries and Partner Networks in a further 36 countries. Providing a full range of mobile telecommunications services, including voice and data communications, Vodafone currently serves 200 million proportionate customers worldwide.