Help Cancer Patients Pay for Travel Expenses!

During 2014 our project helped 7 cancer patients from the former Soviet Union with the costs of lodging when they traveled abroad for access to quality care.  The patients varied from a two-year-old boy from Russia to a 60-year-old grandmother from Uzbekistan.  Uniting all of them was the cancer diagnosis and the lack of adequate treatment options at home.  Thanks to supporters like you they were able to travel abroad and receive appropriate therapy. 

So far this year we have been able to support another young patient, Alikhan from Kazakhstan.  This 4-year-old has already been fighting leukemia for over a year.  The disease retreated after the initial treatment, but remission was short, and he relapsed after just four months.  He now needs to undergo transplantation of bone marrow from one of his parents, and this procedure is not done in his home country.  Although the government of Kazakhstan paid a portion of the costs of treatment, it does not help with the travel and lodging expenses.  Our support covered a month of lodging for the family, and they are very grateful for the reduced financial burden. 

Woud you like to help more patients like Alikhan?  Then donate today, March 18th, during GlobalGiving Bonus Day!  Each donation to our project (up to $1,000 per donor) will be able to get a 30% bonus - but only while the funds last. So donate early - the matching starts at 8 am CDT. 

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