Disability therapies for 1,300 children in Moldova

Thank you for supporting our work with less fortunate children. The Tony Hawks Children's Health Centre improves the life quality of chronically ill children from socially vulnerable families. They combine multi-disciplinary rehabilitation with parental education to help promote each child’s integration into society. The aim is to optimize the child’s potential for the future development of their young bodies.

While the service is free to access for users, the annual budget to operate the Centre is in the region of £92,000. 

Additional funding will help the team at the Tony Hawks Centre maintain their free-to-use service, and allow them to enhance and replace orthopaedic equipment.  The Centre also needs to maintain their programme of providing desperately needy children and their families practical aid in the form of medications, food, and clothing.

The household budgets for families with disabled children are always under severe pressure. Economic crisis such as that experienced with Covid-19 makes such pressure even harder.

Over the Christmas period, the team from the centre, distributed food packages to families in need. The families were thankful for the kindness they received.

Food packages are so important for struggling families, but with your support, we are giving children the tools to reach their full potential.

Thank you for supporting this programme.

With gratitude

ChildAid to Eastern Europe

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Dear Supporter, 

We are blessed to have supporters as yourself, you are giving hope to vulnerable children with disabilities. 

Andrei suffers from Cerebral palsy and typically experiences one epileptic seizure every day 

His mother doesn’t work, because she has to take care of Andrei. Only father is working and as a result family’s income only just covers their utilities and food bills but very often, they are struggling to pay the bills. Andrei needs medical treatment every day. Because of neurological health problems he is often nervous and experiences epileptic seizures. The ability to concentrate and attention is greatly affected. 

He loves to colour, to watch cartoons, but most of all he loves his cat that recently his parents gave him. His mother teaches him how to take care of the cat, and treat her calmly, so as not to scare her. Also taking care of the cat teaches Andrei to be more patient. 

The Tony Hawks Centre provides Andrei with free rehabilitation courses, consisting of massage, physio- and hydro- therapy. Andrei has also received food packages and some financial help towards school supplies. 

Thanks to your kind donations we are keeping families together and give hope to less fortunate children. 

Thank you for making our work possible 

ChildAid to Eastern Europe 

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