Lifeline Humanitarian Organization

The patron of Lifeline Humanitarian Organization, founded in 1993, is Her Royal Highness Princess Katherine. The organization’s offices are located in Canada (Toronto), the United States (Chicago and New York), Great Britain (London) and Greece (Athens). Princess Katherine is very active in the field of humanitarian work: she helps children, the elderly, and anyone who is in need of aid, regardless of religious or ethnic background.

 “People who are selfish, difficult and different, love them anyway;
If you do good, people will think you are on an ego trip, do good anyway;
If you are successful, you may make enemies, succeed anyway;
The good you do will be minor and soon forgotten, do good anyway;
Honesty and fairness make you seem naive, be honest and fair anyway;
What you spend years building could be destroyed overnight, build anyway;
People really need help, but they may not appreciate your help, help them anyway;
Give the best you can and you may get little appreciation, give the world the best you can, anyway.”

Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Katherine of Serbia

Lifeline Humanitarian Organization provides materials and medical equipment for children in development with physical and mental disabilities, children without parents, abused children, etc. Lifeline helps those who are socially disadvantaged and poor. It delivers clothing and food to refugee camps and provides help to elderly and disabled people. The organization collects funds for vital medical equipment for hospitals.

Thanks to the generous donations that Lifeline Canada collected in the past few years, HRH Princess Katherine and Crown Prince Alexander have donated ultrasound machines, ambulances, modern Stryker beds for intensive care, neurosurgical microscopes, and other equipment to hospitals and health centres across Serbia. Significant donations have also been collected for the fight against cancer in Serbia, which has one of the highest rates in Europe.

Lifeline also organizes support programs in orphanages, and the integration of children without parents into family settings. Every Christmas and Easter, thousands of children from orphanages and group homes are ceremonially received at the Royal Palace, where they are given presents.

In 2016, the Royal Highnesses visited a children’s hospital in Ottawa with the intention of establishing collaboration and help for children in Serbia. Besides that, Princess Katherine established collaboration between medical institutions in Serbia, Canada, and the United States to facilitate the education of doctors from Serbia in North America.

In June of 2014, Lifeline Organization Canada, with Her Royal Highness in attendance, organized an event dedicated to collecting funds for families affected by the floods in Serbia in May of the same year. The $185,000 in donations collected that evening was distributed to 220 families. The government of Canada supported Lifeline Canada and contributed an additional $840,000 to help the flooded regions of Serbia.

At the humanitarian event “High Tea at the Tower,” Lifeline, held on April 2, 2017 at the Skylon Tower, funds were collected to benefit the Institute for Gerontology and Palliative Care in Belgrade.

“High Tea at the Tower” was a non-profit humanitarian event organized with the goal of raising funds for the Institute for Gerontology and Palliative Care in Belgrade. This event was held on April 2, 2017 at the Skylon Tower in Niagara Falls. The event was organized on behalf of Lifeline Canada by representatives of the Serbian community of the Niagara region, whose committee members included Georgina Kiraly, Stephanie Pejic, Anne Radojcic, Richard Sereda, Cindy Yerich, George Yerich, Michael Yerich, and Milena Yerich. On this occasion, the family Yerich, who are the owners of the Skylon Tower, provided the space and refreshments for this important event. In a pleasant atmosphere and good company, and with a beautiful view of Niagara Falls, around 250 guests spent their Sunday afternoon in the 360° Revolving Dining Room of the Skylon Tower. A silent auction was held to the sounds of live piano music and the inescapable melody of Tamo daleko. Between the tickets and the silent auction, $27,000 was collected.

You can find more information about the organization on the following websites, as well as information on how to donate:

www.lifeline-canada.org

http://www.royalfamily.org

http://www.lifelineaid.org