Annual Report 2018
Maria Elena Cuomo, President of the Cuomo Foundation and Dr. Sia Wata Camanor, Chief Medical Officer of the JFK Medical Centre, Monrovia, Liberia along with cardiac children and their parents at the Centre Cardio-Pédiatrique Cuomo (CCPC) - Dakar, October 2018
‘‘Our numerous projects, scattered around the world, continue to be closely supervised by the Foundation. Amongst all these demanding initiatives, three major actions remain particularly important currently: 1) The partnership with the Associazione Culturale «Fryderyk Chopin» in Rome which is dear to us because its aims are excellence in music. 2) Our ongoing educational projects in India, Tamil Nadu, epitomized by the new high school in Mambakkam. It is the first rural school in the region to receive the Indian Green Building Council Platinum label for its excellence in eco-friendly practices. It will be officially inaugurated in June 2019. 3) Dakar’s Centre Cardio-Pédiatrique Cuomo, which is a unique cardiac facility serving the whole of West Africa. Despite some operational difficulties, which has required further additional engagement from the stakeholders than originally anticipated, the Centre continues to save hundreds of children’s lives. The project, in fact, requires a close collaboration of both local and international partners, and in particular, with the Government of Senegal.’’ Maria Elena Cuomo
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