BR Awards: Discover the winner of the Best Community Development Initiative (NGOs) award

The Best Community Development Initiative among NGOs was the second category announced in the BR Awards ceremony tonight. 

Winner: Asociatia Daruieste Viata, for the first Pediatric Oncology Hospital in Romania.

The award was handed out to Carmen Uscatu & Oana Gheorghiu, Co-Founders of Asociatia Daruieste Viata, by Maria Tudor, member of the Jury and Chief Media Officer and Business Development Lead, CEE, Publicis One.

“We’ve built a hospital and you are here because companies are the best partners for this projects. We’ll continue to fight to give children a chance in Romania”, said the winners.

In December 2017, Daruieste Viata Association raised more than EUR 4 million and managed to accomplish its objective to complete the budget needed for building the hospital: EUR 8 million. This is the first time in Romania that an NGO builds a hospital from scratch, only out of donations and sponsorships.

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See the full shortlist of nominees in this category here.