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27.09.2010 |
Ewa Kooyman-Piskorz – 10th laureate of the Friend
of Polish Community in the Netherlands Award |
Ewa
Kooyman-Piskorz –
Pole living In the Netherlands, madam president of the Wandafonds
Foundation, has recently been awarded with the
Friend of Polish Community in the Netherlands Award
for the year 2010 for outstanding social work in the Netherlands and
many years of work to the benefit of Polish children with spasticity.
Ewa
Kooyman-Piskorz
is the 10th laureate of this honorable mention established in
the year 2000 by the Association of Polish Experts in Holland (STEP).
“Ewa
Kooyman-Piskorz is a great example for all of us as to how one can
organize aid for Poland in the Netherlands in a professional manner, and
at the same time develop close relations between Polish and Dutch
citizens”,
said
Małgorzata Bos-Karczewska,
madam president of STEP presenting the laureate with occasional diploma
during the annual BBQ held in the Hague on September 11th
2010.
In
his congratulatory speech Janusz Stańczyk, ambassador of the Republic
of Poland in the Netherlands stressed that the outstanding work and
well-deserved honorable mention of madam president Ewa
Kooyman-Piskorz will be recorded in the annals of Polish diplomacy.
Ewa
Kooyman-Piskorz
– Anesthesiologist living in the Netherlands since 1975. In 2002 she has
established the Wandafonds Foundation, whose aim is to aid Polish
children with cerebral palsy.
The
aim of the foundation
is to
provide help in treatment and rehabilitation of children with cerebral
palsy. Since 2003 the Wandafonds Foundation has allotted approximately
EUR 350.000 for realization of various projects.
The
projects carried out by the Foundation are geared towards tightening
cooperation between Polish and Dutch specialists from various medical
institutes, exchange of experiences and knowledge in the field of
treatment and rehabilitation of children with cerebral palsy. Thanks to
the support of the Wandafonds Foundation two new associations for
parents of children with cerebral palsy were established in Poland.
Fot.
Marko Bos
The
Friend of Polish Community in the Netherlands Award
was established by Association of Polish Experts in Holland – STEP in
the year 2000 to honor individuals, both Poles and Dutchmen for
outstanding merits for Polish Community in the Netherlands or
contributed to the development of relations between Polish and Dutch
citizens.
Individuals honored with the
Friend of Polish Community in the Netherlands Award
in the 2000-2010 period:
1.
Jurek Dudek
(2000) – Goalkeeper for Feyenord
2. Jerzy Żmigrodzki
(2000) – Director of LOT branch office in Amsterdam.
3. Zofia Schroten – Czerniejewicz
(2001) – Madam President of the „Scena polska w Holandii” Association
(Polish Scene In Holland).
4. Maria Diduch
(2002) – Artist from Arnhem, laureate of Grand Prix awarded by Fabiola,
queen of Belgium in 2002.
5. Grażyna Nowodworska de Laat
(2003) – Social work In the field of adoption to facilitate the adoption
of Polish children In the Netherlands.
6.
Geertjan Lassche
(2004) – Young Dutch journalist and filmmaker, awarded for documentary
entitled “ Forgotten Polish heroes from Arnhem”.
7.
Father Bartłomiej Małys
(2006) –Parish priest of the Polish community parish in Rotterdam and
the Hague. Currently parish priest of the St. Faustina’s parish in
Meterik.
8. Erik Van Tilbeurgh
(2008) – Dutch enthusiast of the history of the 1st
Independent Parachute Brigade and its commander, general Sosabowski,
awarded for his contribution in restoring the memory and honor to the
general’s name in the Netherlands.
9. Professor Krzysztof Skubiszewski
† (2009) – In the 1989 – 1993 period held the Office of the Minister of
Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland. He lived in the Hague in the
1993 – 2010 period.
10.Ewa Kooyman-Piskorz
(2010) - Anesthesiologist living in the Netherlands since 1975. Madam
President of the Wandafonds Foundation. Foundation for the Benefit of
Polish Children with Cerebral Palsy.
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