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BENEVOLENCE

hospitals providing excellent, human-centred can-
cer care, especially to children, like Sant Joan de
Déu Children’s Hospital in Barcelona,” he added.
The SNF University Pediatric Hospital of Thessa-
loniki is one of three new hospitals being created
in Greece as part of the SNF Health Initiative,
which also includes other infrastructure projects,
procurement of state-of-the-art equipment, educa-
tional programs for health professionals, and major
initiatives on mental health. The Health Initiative
began in Greece but has since expanded globally
through the collaboration with expert and inspiring
partners like KHCF/KHCC.

THE COSTAS M. LEMOS FOUNDATION AND
THE JOHN S. LATSIS PUBLIC BENEFIT
FOUNDATION SUPPORT FREE TRAINING
AND CONSULTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR
NGOS
The IGGS (Higher Incubator Giving Growth & Sus-
tainability) non-profit organisation has announced
this year’s application start date for the Incubator,
GSE Incubator, and the new thematic Green & Sus-
tainable Development Accelerator programmes.
HIGGS’ specialised programmes aim to support
civil society organisations by offering free training
and consultancy.
After 7 years of successfully running the Acceler-
ator program, HIGGS has launched the Green &
Sustainable Development Accelerator (GSD Accel-
erator), a new thematic series. This new ‘acceler-
ator’ is aimed at NGOs and Social Cooperative
lic health care for everyone—regardless of their Enterprises (SCEs) operating exclusively in green
place of origin or socioeconomic background—with and sustainable development areas or as part of
a special focus on children and the most vulnera- their broader activity.
ble among us. In the spirit of sharing international Following the successful steps of the previous
expertise and enhancing quality health care across series, the GSD Accelerator aims to support organ-
borders, SNF and the King Hussein Cancer Foun- isations in strategy, business planning, formulat-
dation (KHCF) and Center (KHCC) have launched ing proposals and financial viability reports. The
a partnership in support of children from across program has a 6-month duration and includes free
the Middle East who are in need of cancer treat- training and consultation, workshops with experts
ment and care, as announced during the 2022 from Greece and the USA, as well as access to
SNF Nostos Conference. Through a dedicated specialised NGO support platforms.
$3 million grant, SNF will support the lifesaving The GSD Accelerator, starting in November 2022,
work of KHCF/KHCC in Amman, Jordan, providing will be implemented over 2 trimesters, each focused
cancer treatment and care to children from across on specific thematic modules, beginning with an
the region who would not otherwise be able to intensive 2-week boot camp. The HIGGS Green &
access it. Sustainable Development Accelerator program is
“We couldn’t be prouder of our new partnership offered free of charge to (up to) 8 environmental/
with KHCF/KHCC, which makes it possible to sustainable development non-profit organisations.
provide care to pediatric cancer patients in need, The major donors of the Accelerator programme
and we look forward to creating new pathways of are the Costas M. Lemos Foundation and the John
collaboration between KHCC and the new SNF S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation.
University Pediatric Hospital of Thessaloniki,” said *The application period for all three programmes
SNF Co-President Andreas Dracopoulos at SNF (Incubator, GSE Incubator and Green & Sustainable
Nostos Health, held in June 2022. “This is part of Development Accelerator) started on Monday, August
our growing effort to connect the dots between 29 and will end on Friday, September 23, 2022.

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