RECEPTION FOR CHILDREN FROM INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS AT THE WHITE PALACE SUPPORTING “CHILDREN HELPING CHILDREN“ACTION

Belgrade, 3 December 2009 – Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander II and Crown Princess Katherine hosted more than 300 children today at the White Palace in a reception for the pupils from International Schools in Belgrade as a part of the “Children helping Children” action.

The concept of this project is to encourage children to help their contemporaries from the Homes with children without parental care, children with special needs and Roma children. Each child will bring a present that will be delivered to the children from Homes at the Traditional Christmas Receptions Their Royal Highnesses will host at the White Palace.

Princess Katherine emphasized: “It is a great pleasure for my husband and I to welcome you to the White Palace. Children helping children is a very important action because it is mainly explaining to children how to develop compassion and awareness about other peoples problems or misfortune, and allows them to have the opportunity to help in the way they can. I have been raised in philanthropy and I would like to share that with the children around the world”.

The pupils from the School Prima International performed a programme inspired by the upcoming festive season.

The following schools came to the White Palace: British International School of Belgrade, Ecole Francaise de Belgrade, Deutsche Schule Belgrade, Chartwell International School, Anglo-American School Belgrade, The International Nursery School Belgrade, PRIMA International School.

A a part of the “Children helping children“ action, the Princess Katherine Foundation will organize the ballet “Don Quixote” at the Sava Centre on Monday 4 January 2010, in a performance by the National Theatre as a holiday gift for the children.