Ana was awarded with ‘Zagreb woman of the year’ award<\/p>\n
ZAGREB, March 8th 2007. (Hina) \u2013 International woman\u2019s day, March 8th was celebrated on a Zagreb City Council session today. On this occasion, the award \u201cZagreb woman of the year award\u201d was posthumously awarded to the journalist Ana Rukavina-Erceg <\/p>\n
“This is for the first time that I award this public acknowledgement of Zagreb City for \u201cZagreb woman of the year\u201d, said Tatjana Holjevac, the president of the City Council, and accentuated how Ana Rukavina-Erceg deserved it by her courage and sensibleness, because she showed that it is possible to gather the people around common good even in the moments many consider impossible.
\nThe actress, Anja \u0160ovagovi\u0107-Despot red the letter of Ana Rukavina-Erceg called \u201cI want life!\u201d. <\/p>\n
“In her letter filled with living optimism, despite the difficulty of the moment, close to the thin line separating life and death, she discovers the possibility sprouting from something that people rarely show de to various reasons and that\u2019s the capacity to understand and sympathize with other people\u2019s troubles. \u201cHer appeal succeeded\u201d, said Holjevac. <\/p>\n
Zagreb mayor, Milan Bandi\u0107, said that the Foundation, which is helping those fallen ill from leukemia and lymphoma and bearing her name was established thanks to Ana Rukavina-Erceg, who died in November last year from leukemia and the Registry of potential bone marrow donors grew from 150 registered at the beginning of 2006 to 13.000 at the moment.<\/p>\n
“I am proud that Ana was a Zagreb citizen”, said Bandi\u0107 and expressed hope that she will be posthumously awarded the City of Zagreb award, too.
\nAna Rumanian\u2019s mom, Marija, accepted the award \u201cZagreb woman of the year\u201d in her daughter\u2019s name from Milan Bandi\u0107 and Tatjana Holjevac and thanked to city management, all donors and all citizens in the name of her family and Ana Rukavina Foundation. <\/p>\n\n\t\t