Cans for Kids charity donates examination couch to children’s hospital
The local charity Cans for Kids on Monday donated an examination couch purchased with the proceeds of metal recycling worth over €2,000 to Makarios children’s...
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Cans for Kids donates machine to Paphos hospital
A €32,000 physiotherapy machine has been donated to Paphos general hospital by Cans for Kids, the charity said on Monday. The weight-bearing gait therapy device...
Money collected for children’s hospital
Nursery school children in Paphos collaborated with two NGOs to collect cans for recycling as part of making a donation to the children’s hospital. Green...
Cans for Kids donates monitors to five public hospitals
Five vital signs monitors have been donated to five public hospitals by the Cans for Kids non-profit organisation. The hospitals to benefit from the donations...
Cans For Kids donation to hospital in memory of late president
Cans For Kids on Monday donated medical equipment worth over €13,000 to the children’s ward at Makarios hospital in memory of the charity’s long-standing president,...
Kids hospital charity unable to make donation because of red tape
A charity trying to make a donation to Makarios Hospital in Nicosia for over a year has written an open letter to the state questioning...
Health minister praises local charity at exhibition opening
Health Minister Dr George Pamboridis gave fulsome praise to local charity Cans For Kids at the opening of a photographic exhibition at the CVAR Severis...
Nicosia man, 54 sets fitness record in charity event
A man from Nicosia set a new Cypriot record this weekend when, aged 54, he completed a 24-hour fitness training marathon (Fitathon) in aid of...
Evie Lanitis takes over as president of Cans for Kids
Following the untimely death in December of Cans For Kids’ President of 20 years, Olga Demetriades, Cans for Kids said on Thursday it had that...
Nicosia municipality will reimburse Cans for Kids after theft
Nicosia municipality said on Tuesday it had informed Cans for Kids that it would reimburse them for stolen aluminium cans so its charity work for...
Recycled cans stolen from children’s charity
Over half a tonne of baled aluminium was stolen last weekend from the Cans For Kids Recycling Centre in the Nicosia municipality’s sanitary compound, the...
Cans for Kids has recycled 25 million cans in 25 years
SINCE it was founded in 1990, Energy Globe Award winning charity `Cans For Kids` has collected and recycled more than 25 million cans, according to...
Cans for Kids crush one tonne of cans
By Constantinos Psillides One tonne of cans was crushed by Cans for Kids on Saturday at a special event held to mark this week’s Earth...
Scrap thieves deprive charities of revenues
By Andria Kades SCRAP metal thefts are on the rise in Cyprus with people resorting to more extreme measures to illegally obtain – and sell...
You can save the world, can by can
By Maria Gregoriou Wednesday was Earth Day, a day to honour the Earth and support environmental protection. April 22 was first celebrated as Earth day...
First can recycling programme established in the north
By Evie Andreou After recycling more than 20 million cans and donating over €260,000 worth of medical equipment to the children’s wards at Nicosia’s Makarios...
A morning of recycling and fun to mark Earth Day
By Alexia Evripidou Cans for Kids are inviting the public to join them celebrate Earth Day with snacks, fun and recycling on Saturday, April 26....
Highlighting the importance of volunteerism for young people
The Cyprus Commissioner for Volunteerism, Yiannis Yiannakis, on Tuesday emphasised the importance of involving young people in volunteering. Yiannakis was speaking at a news conference...
‘Eco Oscar’ for Cyprus
Cypriot charity Cans For Kids has been awarded the International Energy Globe for the category “Youth” in recognition of its work promoting volunteerism in Cyprus,...
Musical chairs and the chicken curry express
By Nathan Morley EARLIER this week there was a real and timely opportunity for our lethargic leaders to be seen as actively chipping-in during this...