Palliative Care Program for Children with cancer

Overall expenses for Palliative program of Tabletochki foundation in April-June 2020 made $57569.

Thanks to your support we purchased medicines, medical equipment and consumable materials for $35216, we have provided targeted assistance for $2217, special nutrition - $1995, we paid for funeral services $2463, presents, home help and other expenses - $10550, psychology services - $388. Administrative expenses of the foundation in April-June 2020 made $4738.

Our wards are making progress in their studies. Maxim received an honorable certificate! This coincided with the fulfillment of Maxim's dream. Which one? Never guess what! The guy moved from a wheelchair to a bicycle! We fulfilled his dream. Yes, that happens!

Dima, another foundation’s ward received a diploma for the successful completion of reading lessons. This year he goes to school. He loves computer games and dreams of the sea. Last year, Dima visited the sea thanks to you. This year, in connection with lock down, we have not yet considered such an opportunity.

And we continue our super important mission to fulfill the dreams of our wards. Before getting sick, Anton went to Don Juan’s opera in Lviv and watched for 3 hours how the musicians played in the orchestra pit, questioned about the instruments. He didn’t even want to go to intermission. The family returned home and Anton passed the selection to the music school and then fell ill - a brain tumor.

Now his hand does not work well, strabismus, but he really dreamed of learning to play the flute. Why exactly the flute? The wording is of course unusual. Anton said: "In order to put the snakes to sleep." Mom asked where he was going to find a snake? Anton replied: "Let's go to the forest, and they themselves will come to the flute." Perhaps this desire was not clear to us adults but it is for Anton.

This dream was fulfilled by a volunteer of Tabletochki foundation palliative program. She just wrote us: "Hello! I have a flute, they will send it today."

Anton was happy and tried to play, of course he didn’t succeed and was surprised: “Why can't I play the flute?”. But he will certainly learn, thanks to your support!

Overall expenses for Palliative program of Tabletochki foundation in January-March 2020 made $26844 (March is not included in the report as far as by now 1st quarter 2020 report is not ready because of the obvious time reasons).

We purchased medicines, medical equipment and consumable materials for $16714, we have provided the targeted assistance for $408, special nutrition - $514, we paid for funeral services $2550, presents, home help and other expenses - $1257. Administrative expenses of the foundation in January-March 2020 made $2965.

Even if it’s impossible to cure child’s cancer, we stay with the family. Helping to live the grief. Together we rejoice in every smile of parents. And yet, there are many of them.

Psychological support plays a big role in palliative care that is why we pay a lot of attention to it: we paid for psychology services $2436. In December we launched our third group of physiological support for families who lost their kids from cancer. This time, we have twenty parents and eleven siblings.

These meetings are always filled with energy and support and are equally exciting for the organizers and the participants. And these meetings occur thanks to you - our donors!

All the children in the palliative program of the foundation are taken cared about. We make all our children happy with gifts - toys, books, fulfill their dreams and also take care of siblings and parents.

It is important to note that we select each gift in accordance with the condition and capabilities of the child.

We are incredibly thankful to you! Palliative is not about death but it’s about life till the end.