Free Accommodation for Kids with Cancer in Ukraine

Dear friends,

thank you for supporting our project Center for Children Affected by Cancer Dacha!

Today I would like to share with you the story of little Yeva’s family that is at the Center Dacha now. The girl has brain cancer and has been in treatment for a year and six months. During this long period she can always come to the Dacha between hospitalizations for a surgery or chemotherapy cycles. She can be here with her mom and her dad, all the family together. From time to time her granny comes for a visit. And they never have to worry that there will be no place to stay in Kyiv.

Yeva’s native town in the Luhansk Oblast is now occupied by Russian invaders. The family cannot go home even during longer pauses in treatment because the parents are afraid that passing block posts and war dangers may put their ill daughter’s life at risk. Staying at the Center Dacha is their only opportunity to continue treatment in Kyiv. The family cannot afford to rent an apartment because all the money earned by the father is used to pay medical bills.  

Yeva has very bad eyesight because of the brain tumor. The girl sees only contours and she can see objects only if they are very close to her eyes. It’s hard for her to orient herself but at the Center Dacha she knows all the corners and all the stairs, so she can even run and be sure that here she will not fall down and get injured. She feels safe at the Dacha. She plays here, she goes for a walk and rides a bicycle her. 

Her treatment is not completed yet. Ten more chemotherapy cycles and probably one more surgery is waiting for her. Her parents do their best to provide everything that is necessary. And they are happy that they have Dacha and they don’t have to worry about a place to stay.

Thank you for making it possible!