Let's Help More Than 100 Children with Cancer

Today is the day when we want to say a huge thank you for believing in the little patient and his step into tomorrow. Today is the day when we want to bow for your support to “Rugute's“ ambition to be with doctors and ensure the most adavnced treatment for children with oncological illnesses, to conduct the necessary diagnostic and genetic testing which are not conducted in Lithuania, to provide the needed charity for families and a cozy home-like environment for temporary stay in order to spend time with one‘s family at “Rugute's home“.

Lately, while filling various reports, we are more and more surprised and thankful from our hearts for supporting the “Rugute“ Foundation. It was only together that we could raise:

•  7 748,38 Eur for medicine and nursing supplies;
•  3 574,35 Eur for central vein catheters (20 units);
• 2 515,59 Eur for needles used for central vein catheters (630 units);
• 738,58 Eur for special infusion systems (60 units) and connectors (200 units);
• 2 178,87 Eur for oral care products: Caphosol® (9 units) and GUM® AftaClear (184 units);
• 4 269,00 Eur for buying an arms and legs trainer for D. I.;
• 1 610,00 Eur for paying for behind-the-ear hearing aid for R. B.;
• 176,60 Eur for MIC-KEY skin level gastronomy tube (1 unit);
• 3 025,00 Eur for genetic OncoDEEP & TRACE test conduct;
• 11 536,91 Eur of charity for A. R.‘s first surgery, two trips, accommodation, meals and other expenses endured during the planned surgery at Gdansk University Clinical Hospital‘s Centre of Children‘s Surgery and Urology;
• 36 000,00 Eur support for O.V.‘s treatment in the hospital of Köln;
•  2 013,37 Eur for T. Z.‘s trip to Turkey;
•  12 110,00 Eur support for basic needs of families;
•  1 800,00 Eur support for Lithuanian Society of Pediatric Onco-hematologists;
•  753,06 Eur for buying supplies for Children‘s Hospital, Affiliate of Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos, renewal of psychology rooms;
• 30 000,00 Eur support for Vilnius Chindren‘s Hospital‘s Center for Pediatric Oncology and Hematology for the renovation of patient rooms.

During the first eight months of 2019 the total amount of 120 049,71 Eur was meaningfully spent. We did not include the expenses of: minor supplies for hospital‘s play rooms, supplies for aquarium care, gifts for children, “Rugute's home“ maitenance and realization of other international cooperation projects.

Thank you for being with “Rugute“ Foundation. Thank you for giving sails and favorable wind to children, who are using their endless will and effort to row through the vast and treacherous ocean of illness.

We are certain that this support will help children to reach the safe coast with no hospital wards and procedure rooms as fast as possible and only the straight road to dream realization will lie ahead.