Businesses targeted in new bone marrow donor drive
Despite a list of 190,000, Cyprus’ genetic melting pot an issue By Gina Agapiou Cyprus has the world’s largest bone marrow donor registry per capita,...
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Cyprus tops bone marrow donor list
By Evie Andreou Cyprus’ bone marrow donor registry is the biggest in the world in terms of population, the Karaiskakio Foundation announced this week, as...
Alphamega and Colgate offer children’s smiles
Alphamega Hypermarkets have launched a new campaign within the framework of their corporate social responsibility programme in collaboration with Colgate and Christodoulides Bros to help...
World Marrow Donor Day – 15 September 2018
The World Marrow Donor Association (WMDA), representing 31 million donors from 55 different countries announced the celebration of World Marrow Donor Day (WMDD) for this...
Helping to keep children smiling
The Karaiskakio Foundation will run a charity event at the presidential palace in Nicosia on Monday which will present talks about how children and women can...
Help create a world full of childhood smiles
With the above message, which wishes to state the importance of happiness in children, Alphamega Hypermarkets and the Karaiskakio Foundation announced the beginning of their...
Turkish Cypriot girl seeking bone marrow donor
The family of nine-year-old Halime are appealing for a bone marrow donor for their daughter who has been battling leukemia since March. A request for...
Schoolchildren donate their hair for good cause [VIDEO]
Fifty one ponytails were donated and 38 heads shaved at a charity event organised by the English School on Thursday. Students, parents and graduates of...
It’s just a pinch
By Maria Gregoriou As tomorrow is World Marrow Donor Day and as the Karaiskakio Foundation has proclaimed September as Leukaemia month it is the perfect...
Nearly 30 Cypriots donated bone marrow for patients in 12 countries this year
Twenty nine Cypriots have donated bone marrow for transplantation in 12 countries in the last eight months, according to the Karaiskakio Foundation press release, which...
Hard times for Karaiskakio
By Evie Andreou THE Karaiskakio Foundation is facing financial problems due to a reduction in state aid and a lack of research funds, its director...
Cypriot children in Berlin for bone marrow transplant
IN THE past two years, ten children from Cyprus have undergone bone marrow transplants at the Hospital of Berlin while another three are to be...
A minute with Pavlos Costeas, Executive Director, Karaiskakio Foundation
Where do you live? In a full house in Nicosia (with my wife, our four children, one dog, two cats and one parrot) Best...
