Help Cancer Patients Pay for Travel Expenses!

Milana was diagnosed with cancer in 2019, when she was 9.  She is from Kazakhstan and she was treated there initially.  Neuroblastoma is a very aggressive cancer, particularly when in older kids, and Milana had to undergo multiple chemo cycles, three surgeries, stem cell transplant and radiation therapy.  At last, she also had immunotherapy to strengthen her remission.  

Unfortunately, in spring of 2022 Milana relapsed and a small part of the original tumor began to grow again.  In her home country she could no longer get help, so her mom took her to a children's hospital in Barcelona, Spain for treatment.  After surgery that, fortunately, removed the tumor completely, she began treatment with naxitamab, a new immunotherapy drug.  Thanks to treatment, Milana achieved remission again.  At this time, she still needs to complete 2 more cycles of the 5 initially prescribed.  Milana has a brother who stayed behind with her grandparents.  Her mom raises her on her own and had to sell her apartment to raise funds for the treatment. 

Thanks to your support, we were able to offer Milana's family help for the third year in a row.  Traveling abroad for treatment is very expensive, and the costs of lodging are considerable.  We really appreciate your help for families of children with cancer! Your help allowed Milana to access lifesaving treatment, and we are wishing her the soonest recovery.

Thanks again for your continuing support - it truly helps the families to turn the corner from despair to hope.  If you would like to automate your support, you can sign up for easy and convenient monthly donations at our project page.

All the best,

Little Solomiia and her mother are war refugees from Ukraine.  They found shelter at Solomiia's aunt place in Poland. Unfortunately, the horrible war in Ukraine, where Solomiia's father is a soldier, is not the only terrible thing in her young life. Solomiia has neuroblastoma. Treatment was brutally discontinued and the only hope for this little girl is help from all over the world. Solomiia and her mom have support from the local Polish community, but there are many others who need help, and cancer treatment is expensive for non-residents of European Union. 

Neuroblastoma is a very aggressive cancer and it requires highly specialized care that takes years.  Solomiia traveled to a Children's cancer hospital in Barcelona to access immunotherapy that is needed to improve survival of neuroblastoma patients.  She needed our support to afford her travel and lodging expenses, and fortunately we were able to support her and her mom. 

To date this year, we were able to support 32 kids with cancer with their travel and treatment expenses abroad. Most of them were Ukrainian.  There are many other kids like Solomiia whose treatment at home was interrupted by war.  As long as war goes on, more and more lives will be distrupted.  Unfortunately, there is no end in sight to war, and we ask for your committment to support Ukrainian kids in 2023.

We are very grateful for your support during this difficult year and please know that we truly appreciate your care for some of the most vulnerable among us - kids with cancer.

Hope you have an amazing year ahead!  Our best wishes to you and your loved ones!