A humanitarian vision is finally realized, House President, Annita Demetriou said at the opening of the first Ronald McDonald House in Cyprus, in Strovolos Nicosia.
Demetriou addressed the centre’s opening ceremony in the presence of the Minister of Health, of the General Director of the Ministry of Health, as well as heads and representatives of political parties.
Demetriou, who recently visited the Ronald McDonald House Charities in Berlin, said that the opening of the first such guesthouse in Cyprus is the result of a two-year long effort and explained that the aim is to host children who are being hospitalized in Nicosia, along with their families.
She recalled that Ronald McDonald House Charities is operating abroad since 1974, providing relief and care to sick children and their families in trying times of their lives, and expressed the wish that this guesthouse will not be the only one of its kind in Cyprus.