With the spread of Coronavirus/COVID-19 and its financial effects, we need your help more than ever to keep our programmes running. Continue to support children with cancer by donating today.
With the spread of Coronavirus/COVID-19 and its financial effects, we need your help more than ever to keep our programmes running. Continue to support children with cancer by donating today.
At the age of five, Sahara has been at Kanti Children's Hospital, Nepal, for the past two years receiving treatment for blood cancer. Help support a child like Sahara today.
World Child Cancer is celebrating an important milestone this fall. One year ago, the World Health Organization joined our call to action and announced a new effort – the WHO Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer – with the aim of reaching at least a 60% survival rate for children with cancer by 2030. We know this is possible as World Child Cancer has raised survival rates from 10% to 60% in some of our program areas already.
Since the beginning, World Child Cancer has been advocating for governments to give more priority to childhood cancer. We are so pleased to see the momentum growing toward this ambitious goal. Please join our community and make your donation today!
In 2013, World Child Cancer was chosen by the The Financial Times as the sponsored charity for its seasonal fund drive. It was a partnership that raised over $2.3 million.
The incredible response to the seasonal appeal in the UK created demand for a US-branch of World Child Cancer. Today, World Child Cancer US supports programs around the world, with a special focus on Mexico. Learn more here.
Read stories of children and families that we have supported, and continue to help, thanks to our donors. You can also read about our partner doctors, nurses and social workers, who work tirelessly to ensure that the best possible treatment and support is given.
Latifa came from a large, loving family in Zoosali, a village in northern Ghana. She was just three years old when she developed eye cancer.
Latifa’s family first noticed that something was wrong when a white spot appeared in her eye. When traditional medicines and eye drops failed to work, Latifa’s parents took her to the eye clinic at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi where she underwent eye removal surgery.
The surgery cost Latifa’s family two months’ income, leaving them under severe financial pressure. Without enough money to pay for the
Read moreNurse Pat is a Deputy Director of Nursing Service who now works at the Day Care Unit at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) in Accra. With over 30 years of nursing experience, Pat’s knowledge is invaluable to the team at KBTH.
Despite being incredibly busy, Pat walks the ward with a smile on her face each day. It is clear that the children are very fond of her, with five-year-old Sono joining us as we sit down to find out more about her role;
“With the shortage of nurses, Prof Renner
Read moreIbrahim lays on the bed at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in Dhaka, Bangladesh. His mother Nusrat hasn't left his side for the four weeks he's been at the hospital.
She tells us about home - her family, her three children and her husband. They live over 300km from the hospital in a rural village and the busy city streets are a far cry from life at home.
When Ibrahim fell unwell with a fever and his stomach began to swell his family had to borrow a loan of 50,000 taka (£466) to travel to their local hospital and pay for
Read moreStay-up-to-date with our latest news from our in-country programmes and fundraisers, as well as finding out different ways that you can get involved to support children with cancer.
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