Thousands of volunteers help the hospices in 40 Polish cities in a "Fields of hope" campaign. During the action, hundreds of thousands of daffodills are handed to the donators whose support is isdispensible for the hospices.
A cooperation between Father Dutkiewicz Hospice in Gdansk and Gdansk Przerobka Penitentiary Institution is the fact that brought French-German ARTE television to Poland. Two journalists from Paris came to Gdansk to see how inmates help as hospice volunteers.
Over 100 hospices and palliative care units from Poland took part in the 5th nationwide “Hospice is Life, too” campaign organised by Hospice Foundation. On October 11th 2008 (Hospice and Palliative Care World Day) the hospices’ employees and volunteers organised a series of events called: “Let’s play for hospice”. These included concerts, sports events, happenings and meetings in hospices and schools.
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