FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF HRH PRINCESS KATHERINE FOUNDATION

Belgrade, 24 November 2006 – Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander II and Crown Princess Katherine organized a charity gala dinner at The White Palace in Belgrade to celebrate five years of successful work of HRH Princess Katherine Foundation.

Funds gathered at this occasion are intended to finance the Safe Delivery Project, a new project that aims at improving conditions in the delivery rooms and gynaecology departments in Serbia by providing modern equipment and staff training in cooperation with the most eminent medical institutions in the world. This segment of work is extremely important due to the introduction of new techniques, adequate application of new technologies and re-establishing and maintaining relations with the world.

„It is a great pleasure for me to have you here at The White Palace tonight to celebrate the fifth anniversary of my Foundation. I am very happy to see many friends and associates of the Foundation who have participated in numerous humanitarian activities with us in the last five years. I would like to take the opportunity to thank my husband Crown Prince Alexander for giving me the chance to live in this beautiful country with beautiful people that had the misfortune of living through war conflicts. I deem that charity is my mission and I am proud to have had the privilege of helping others for 15 years,” HRH Princess Katherine told guests in her welcome speech.

The charity dinner was also attended by the representatives of the Ministry of Health of Serbia, representatives of the Royal Medical Board, and members of the Crown Council.

HRH Princess Katherine Foundation was established in Belgrade in August of 2001, soon after TRH Crown Prince Alexander II and Princess Katherine returned to the fatherland after more than 50 years in exile. Foundation’s main goal is to continue and expand the tradition of humanitarian work initiated in 1993 in London, when Lifeline Humanitarian Organization was founded. During the conflicts in former Yugoslavia, Lifeline provided help to all victims, regardless of their religious or ethnic background.

Today, under the patronage of HRH Princess Katherine, Lifeline has offices in New York, Chicago, Toronto, London and Athens, while the centre of all activities is the office of HRH Princess Katherine Foundation in Belgrade.

The Princess’ immense care for people in need and great humanitarian help to all institutions in the country was the reason why on November 15, 2000 the Federal Ministry of Health has appointed Her Royal Highness the official coordinator for humanitarian help.



List of donors:

This is the list of donors who attended the dinner and who gave their donation for Safe Delivery Project:
 

• Alpha Bank Serbia AD

• Alpine d.o.o.

• Beogradski sajam

• Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company - Srbija

• Don Trade

• EFG Eurobank Štedionica A. D.

• International CG, Beograd

• SBB d.o.o. - Serbian Broadband, Beograd

• Societe General Yugoslav Bank, Beograd

• Telekom Srbija

• Udruženje Banaka Srbije

• Art Ival

• Arxikon

• As Ing

• Atelje i knjigoveznica Ivković

• Atelje i knjigoveznica Ivković, Novi Sad

• Auto Čačak d.o.o., Čačak

• Čez Srbija d.o.o.,

• Darex d.o.o., Beograd

• Duga a.d. IBL, Beograd

• EKO YU a.d.

• ETM SCG d.o.o.

• FAP Korporacija a.d.

• Findomestic Bank a.d.

• Galenika a.d.

• Gorenje d.o.o.

• Grafix, Beograd

• Ikarbus a.d., Zemun

• Infostan

• Laiki Bank

• McDonald's Restorani d.o.o., Beograd

• Medicina TS Group

• Metal Globe d.o.o

• Metropol Palace Hotel

• MTS Group

• Neochimiki d.o.o.

• New Moment New Ideas Co. d.o.o., Beograd

• NIS Naftagas

• NMC Amadeus d.o.o.

• Proel a.d. , Požarevac

• Raiffeisen Bank

• Restoran Franš

• Studio Ivković

• Stylos d.o.o., Novi Sad

• Svetlost Teatar

• Tigar a.d.

• Verano Motors d.o.o.

• Vojvođanska banka a.d.

• Ms. Lucy Genčić