Hope (elpida in Greek) is a very powerful word.\u00a0 A very fundamental concept.\u00a0 It exudes optimism and consolation, aspiration and expectation, positive thinking as regards the present and the future.\u00a0 If we chose to give the name \u201cELPIDA\u201d to our Association of Friends of Children with Cancer, it was precisely because we wanted to convey the message that science and social interest can enhance and change the lives of sick children and fill them with hope for the future. Twenty years after \u201cELPIDA\u201d was founded, we are in the fortunate position of being able to state with certainty that this hope has become a happy reality for hundreds of children.\u00a0 It has become new life.\u00a0 A hopeful life.\u00a0 And that the word \u201chope\u201d has become for our Association an even more powerful concept since it incorporates humanity, solidarity, generosity, hard work and selfless contribution, since its message encompasses social mobilization. All the members of the Association have undertaken a single commitment: that in a changing world, in the new Europe that is being born, the hope for a better life for sick children will always remain alive.\u00a0 Hope for life.\u00a0 Stand for life.\u00a0 Act for life. Marianna V. Vardinoyannis UNESCO Good Will Ambassador President of the “ELPIDA” Association<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hope (elpida in Greek) is a very powerful word.\u00a0 A very fundamental concept.\u00a0 It exudes optimism and consolation, aspiration and expectation, positive thinking as regards the present and the future.\u00a0 If we chose to give … Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[74],"class_list":["post-201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-foundations","tag-74","infinite-scroll-item","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50","resize-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.charityidols.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.charityidols.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.charityidols.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.charityidols.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.charityidols.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.charityidols.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.charityidols.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.charityidols.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.charityidols.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.charityidols.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}