Improve cancer care for 250 children in Malawi

Progress at our childhood cancer project in Malawi continues to go very well.

We would like to say a HUGE thank you to all of our supporters who have donated towards this project!!

Our project at the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre is now entering its 5^th year of funding from the charity and so much has been achieved so far but we are expecting great progress in this year as well.

Some highlights from the last few months at the project are:

• Diagnosis speeds continue to decrease through the review of cases by doctors at the twinning centres
• The unit are using more varied chemotherapy treatments to be able to treat a wider variety of cancers
• Locally appropriate protocols have been developed for easily treatable cancers which will allow survival rates to continue increasing
• Collaboration with other sub-Saharan Africa centres in the development of policy and capacity building
• The unit has a full time play therapist to help the patients
• Nutritional support is provided to all children and mothers receive food to cook on the weekends
• Awareness in the community continues with mothers being given posters to take home to their village chiefs
• There is a new support group and activities have been taking place in February for World Cancer Day
• A needs assessment visit will take place in April to investigate the potential of extending the project across the country

We hope that you are able to continue supporting our work and helping us improve the lives of children with cancer.

It is thanks to your amazing support that all of these achievements have taken place at our project in Malawi so once again - THANK YOU!!

Links:

• Malawi Project
• Website