From President Natasha Jovanovska Popovska, HAE Macedonia:

HAE Macedonia celebrated the 10th anniversary of hae day :-) by promoting a video that carried a message with the motto of the awareness day, “Many faces one family”. The video was produced by the dance studio Eureka, which manifested great effort and enthusiasm.

The video featured young dancers who managed to convey a message through their dancing that regardless of how alone and afraid an HAE patient feels, things will improve with the help of the HAE community. A poem was specially penned in Macedonian by Violeta Hristovska to metaphorically describe the struggle of HAE patients and how everything can change for the better when they get the help they deserve. Members of HAE Macedonia translated the poem to English and had it translated to Albanian. The video was very emotional and accepted very well by the public. It was also distributed on the official Facebook page of the Minister of Health. The video was viewed 1,000 times on YouTube, and there were more than 17,000 views on the Ministry of Health page. 

T-shirts with the hae day :-) logo were distributed to the members of HAE Macedonia, the healthcare professionals at the Paediatric Clinic as well as the Clinic of Dermatоlogy in Skopje, the Ministry of Health, and also to the participants that have supported HAE Macedonia with hae day :-) activities entries. Due to that kind gesture, the recipients of the T-shirts felt happy and appreciated, being glad that their efforts to help HAE Macedonia were cherished.

Here is the text of the English version of the video:

When the stage is ready for the skies at night
Thousands of stars come out basked in silver light.
Each twinkling in peculiar splendor,
Starting their dance ever so tender.
Look at each star fly, hop and twirl!
Oh, no! One of them stumbled and fell,
Where did it curl?
Friends are looking for her, there! She is found!
Along comes help so unwavering and profound!
And up stands the star, with the burden lessened
Looking upward, to the moon beautifully crescent.
I dance and feel cared-for
I travel and always explore.
I dream without а quaver
I swell but defeat do not favor.
Since I am rare, stronger I shall thrive
Since I have HAE, I yearn to survive
Since I am human, special I shall be
My own person but so fond of thee.
Each star is special, diverse and rare,
Each twinkling and shining in its own magnificent flare.
Still, they dance all together, nobody is alone
And every night that scene is what we are shown.
That we are one of many faces in a family of our own.
Together we are more beautiful and brighter,
Part of a web, so miraculously spun,
Many stars, many faces in a family as one!