As a Non-Governmental Organisation, ICPCN relies greatly on all of our Trustees who give up their time, energy, and free time for the work of ICPCN and children’s palliative care globally. Over the past few months, we have had various changes in our Board – with new members joining and existing members leaving after their time on the board has been completed. ICPCN would therefore like to express our sincere thanks and gratitude to three of our Trustees who completed their terms of office this year:
Sabine Kraft – Sabine was a member of the original ICPCN Steering Committee, and has been a Trustee since 2011, most recently as Chair from 2016 to 2019 and then continuing as representative for the European region. Based in Germany, Sabine was also on the board of ICPCN Operations in South Africa for 6 years, from May 2015. She continues as the Managing Director of Bundesverband Kinderhospiz e.V. in Germany. Her dedication and years of service to ICPCN is greatly appreciated and we will miss her on the Board.
Dr Marianne Phillips – Marianne has been a Trustee since 2014, based in Australia and representing the Western Pacific region. She is a Senior Consultant Paediatric and Adolescent Oncologist and Palliative Care Physician at Perth Children’s Hospital and is a strong advocate for children’s palliative care, Her clinical guidance over the past seven years has been immeasurable and sincerely appreciated and Marianne will continue to be involved with ICPCN through different projects that are working on.
The ICPCN board and staff would like to thank each of you for your support and guidance over many years, and wish you well in your future endeavours.
ICPCN are also pleased to announce that we have recently appointed seven new Trustees to the ICPCN board, and there have been previous ehospice articles introducing them:
- Rob Jones – European region
- Gayatri Palat – South East Asia region
- Justin Baker – Region of the Americas
- Esther Nafula – Africa region
- Michael Tatterton – European region
- Tan Ru Wei – Western Pacific region
- Hanneke Britts – ICPCN Operations, South Africa.
A warm welcome to our new Trustees, and a big thanks to those retiring. Thank you for all your work to raise the profile of the ICPCN, and at the same time raise awareness of the lack of children’s palliative care services worldwide.