One of the established initiatives of PricewaterhouseCoopers is their annual Blood Donation Day. On 7 October they organised for the seventh consecutive year, blood donation in their offices in Nicosia, Limassol and Paphos. In Larnaca, the blood donation took place at the General Hospital of Larnaca.

The Minister of Health, Mr Christos Patsalides who attended the blood donation which took place in Nicosia, in his short address emphasized the importance of blood donation. As he stated “Volunteerism gives meaning and substance to human values like collective action, social solidarity and love towards our fellow human beings which is expressed through social contribution.”
The Minister congratulated PwC and its people for their contribution and characteristically stated that, “The sufficiency of reserves in our Blood Banks depend solely on volunteerism. Thus bright examples, as is yours today, should be followed by other organisations as well.”

Mr Dinos Papadopoulos, Deputy Managing Partner of PwC in Cyprus, thanked the Minister of Health for honouring the firm with his presence at the event and noted that:

“The level and quality of services offered to the Health industry is a challenge for every modern society. And we should all contribute to this: state, organisations and individuals, according to their own abilities.

For our people, professionalism goes hand in hand with social sensitivity. We listen to the needs of the society in which we live and work, offering our support where is needed through voluntary participation and contribution. In sectors such as Health, Environment, Education, Culture. During the past year, the Cyprus office had more than 386 volunteers in various volunteering activities organised.

Donation of blood is a gift of life. And some of us are in real need of it. In PwC we feel it is our duty to support them.”

We thank all our 100 blood donors, colleagues from our offices in all towns as well as our associates from Abacus and Landwell, who support our efforts with their participation. We also thank the blood units of the General Hospitals of Nicosia, Limassol, Larnaca and Paphos for their assistance and invaluable services. We wish them strength and all success in their noble cause.