Let's Help More Than 100 Children with Cancer

This winter, together with your help, we continued to provide comprehensive support to children diagnosed with an oncological illness. A child's oncological illness diagnosis becomes a huge ordeal for the whole family, often accompanied by anxiety, uncertainty, pain and fighting for one’s life. Because of your support, over the past three months we have been able to ensure that seriously ill children receive the necessary medications, nursing equipment and other vital assistance. Your donations through the GlobalGiving platform – 3,170 USD – turned into very specific and important help:

• 22,900 EUR – financial support for families. With this support, families caring for a child with oncological illness were able to pay for nursing equipment, food, and hospital travel expenses.

• 11,420 EUR – the Fund helped to purchase specific medications that are needed by individual childhood cancer patients but are not State-covered or not supplied in Lithuania at all. This was done in order to ensure that the proper treatment is administered.

• 1,251 EUR – for buying central venous catheters. For 16 years, the Fund has continued taking care of the emotional and psychological well-being of the little patients during treatment by supplying hospitals with long-term central venous catheters. These catheters ease the procedure of administering drugs, allowing children to avoid pain.

• 549 EUR – for oral care products Caphosol®, Mucosamin, Anaftin. These solutions help little patients get over the most common side effect of chemotherapy - mouth ulcers that are known to worsen both physical and psychological condition of a sick child. Thanks to these solutions, children are able to eat without suffering too much pain.

• 1,292 EUR – for nursing care products: adhesive bandages that are breathable, do not cause allergic reactions and are easy removed from the skin.

• 500 Eur – for genetic testing.

We are sincerely grateful to everyone who chose to support Lithuanian children suffering from oncological illnesses through the GlobalGiving platform. Your generous support is not only financial assistance, but also the belief that every child deserves to receive the most advanced and effective treatment.

You gave a priceless gift – the opportunity for a child to hear the words “You are curedl”! After all, there is no greater joy and meaning than seeing a recovering, growing child, stepping into life again with a smile and hope.

Thank you for believing, helping and creating a illness-free future for children.