Children are dying in oncology departments. I learned this terrible fact six months after I started volunteering. It was a girl named Olya with Down syndrome. She died of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. I still remember the shock I felt. How could it be, after all the treatment had yielded results and suddenly everything was so ... My second loss…
This phrase is from Chulpan Khamatova's terrific book, It's Time to Punch the Ice. Indeed, when a child in an oncology ward passes away for whom everything seems to have been done, it is a defeat... It is "not a victory". that makes us lose heart... We are powerless in the face of illness and death... These defeats take away our…
When we find ourselves powerless in the face of illness and death, we want to cry out in despair... Today the heavens found two angels, and two stars were lit in the sky. Today Rustam Lernich and Andryusha Mamedov passed away. We still do not believe in what happened... Two little lives were cut off. So early. So bitterly. Parents - strength…
Together with his loving mother Nastya, Bogdasha continues to fight for his life without pain... The boy has a whole list of complicated diagnoses: microcephaly, severe mental retardation, organic brain damage, epilepsy (Lennox-Gasto syndrome), tetraplegia, severe delay of psycho-speech development. The boy does not speak, does not sit and…
Katusha Zhirnaya. A small, seriously ill ward of our foundation. The girl has microcephaly and a complex form of cerebral palsy combined with frequent epilepsy attacks. The whole life of Katusha's family is a struggle for the children's lives. In addition to her seriously ill daughter, the girl's older brother is also ill. The boy…
And today our hero Stas Bilai has a birthday! And, of course, we couldn't miss this great event. Part of our team came to congratulate the birthday boy at his home! Smiles, good wishes, hugs and, of course, presents - we brought all that to Stas! He didn't expect such a surprise! For 4 years Stas has been fighting for his life with…
With these words all hell broke loose in our Rustamchik Lernich family. What we were so afraid of happened: the disease came back with renewed vigor. Now Rustam and his mother are having a hard time. The boy is spending in hospital bed almost all the time, he is in a lot of pain and suffering from serious malaise. From yesterday the boy's…
Looking at these children, our adult problems seem insignificant and insignificant... Some of these kids grew up in an orphanage and never knew their mother's hands... Some of them were not even in their infancy... Some of them were abandoned at a mature age. It is useless to look for the reasons why these children were not needed...…
Treatment of brain tumors is always associated with risks and complications. Arina Buglo has an astrocytoma. It is a tumor of low malignancy, which fortunately can be treated, but nevertheless requires postoperative chemotherapy. Arinochka took the beginning of treatment very seriously. Her appetite was completely gone, and so was her strength to…
After a story of illness begins a story of triumph - that is the motto with which our special children go through life - children who have had cancer. And we would like to share with you the victory story of one little girl with a sweet smile, dark curls, and an incredibly beautiful name, Kristina. The story begins happily in a family of two…
Friends, we have more than one great reason for your bright smiles. And we share with you smiles and great mood ! We congratulated our brave heroes on their birthdays, because a cancer is not a reason for not celebrating the main event of the year brightly and cheerfully. Seryozha Gordeyev, Tema Bessonov and Maksimka Vinnichenko sincerely wish…
Arishka doesn't leave the room and shows no interest in anything - that's what almost all the residents of the oncology ward say about the girl. Arina has astrocytoma. A severe tumor disease, in simple terms. And Arinka is also only six years old. That's the age when children have an inexhaustible supply of energy. Except that…
A year of pain and fear, tears and sadness, daily drips and painful punctures, blood transfusions and constant tests... That is how little Zhenechka Titarev lived his year. In one day the boy's life dramatically changed: he was diagnosed with leukemia, and his second home was the department of pediatric oncohematology of the Institute of…
Wizards, we are so happy to share with you the good news from our children's lives. Our beloved Davidik found a family almost a year ago...We have been dreaming and preparing for this long-awaited event for so long.The boy has found a real, loving, strong family. There is an atmosphere of kindness and happiness, warmth and love. Every day the…
Bright rays of sunshine on a rainy, windy day? Impossible, you might say! But even such miracles can be done by our team! For the kids from Donetsk orphanage every celebration is special and unique, since it's not just a fun little adventure, but also another great way to see the big world. Dinner in a huge restaurant, hugs, laughter and…
Friends, we will give you some warm rays of light from the lives of our children. Yesterday a wonderful baby girl, Tanya Ivanyuk, celebrated her birthday. The little princess was 4 years old. We heartily congratulate our little sunshine on this joyful day and wish you all the warmest wishes: first of all, a speedy recovery, happy smiles, good…
Thanks to the participation of parishioners in our Easter charity fairs at St. Andrew the Apostle and St. Vladimir's Church, we were able to help our beneficiaries Egorka Boyko (acute lymphoblastic leukemia). Unfortunately, the boy is an orphan, and therefore he needs support and help especially to Stas Bilai (acute lymphoblastic leukemia,…
And Sasha Kasyanova has had guests and presents all morning. No, it's not her birthday. Although this holiday was an occasion for Sasha to get acquainted with a very, very kind girl. Sofia learned about Sasha's illness from her father. You just imagine how much love, kindness and mercy exist in children's hearts - on her Birthday…
He completed his long and difficult treatment at the Department of Pediatric Oncohematology of the Institute of Oncohematology of the L.V. Guskov Institute of Oncohematology of the Academy of Medical Sciences. Our nice boy Yegor It's so nice to share good news about the lives of our wards! For almost a year little boy Yegor has been fighting…
We always write about courageous mothers who go through all the trials in oncology departments with their children. And we completely forget about the dads, who also take on all the troubles, suffering and grief of their babies. Sashenka Sverchkova's daddy has been by his son's side almost from the very beginning of treatment. By virtue…
Watching your favorite movie, have you, friends, dreamed of being in the place of the main character? To relive all his amazing adventures, to speak beautifully about love, or to save the planet from zombies? Probably everyone, without exception, wants to become a part of a Hollywood movie! For our young dreamers nothing is impossible! That is…
Friends, we want to share with you the successes of our small but very brave heroes. Our brave children in their young years face many terrible trials, they have to fight for life with an insidious disease - cancer... Our children's day is packed to the minute: tests, puncture wounds, injections and cribbing - all this instead of the usual…
Friends, smile with us. Their Birthdays celebrated just 2 princesses: Sasha Dan and Vladyushka Pahalyuk Our girls were 12 years old. And we heartily congratulate our talented, wonderful, beautiful girls on their holidays and wish, of course, a speedy recovery, a healthy and happy childhood, happy and warm smiles, sunny days, let your every dream…
Ilyusha will walk, just look how confidently he stands on his feet after a successful Just look at his feet after a successful surgery in Taganrog and how much joy there is on his face! How long the baby dreamed of this! Thank you to everyone who helped us raise funds for the surgery for our hero. To everyone who cared and gave this patient boy…
On November 20, the whole world celebrates Children's Day. It's a wonderful holiday dedicated to the most precious thing in the world - children. But there is a place where this holiday is just an ordinary page in the calendar, and this day will pass here as usual - ordinarily. This is a group of disabled Republican Specialized…
This is how the youngest cancer patients at the beginning of treatment sometimes react even to us - the volunteers... We see the children's eyes running and frightened, the desire to hide and forget forever about the terrible disease... Forget about the punctures, chemotherapy and the walls of the room, which replaced their home... To forget,…
Hello, my name is..." - each of us is involuntarily afraid to hear this seemingly ordinary phrase when we come to the oncohematology department for children. As much as we wouldn't like it, the department is never empty, and vacant beds more and more often "find" new owners in the form of young patients. Unfortunately, every…
There are many ways to support seriously ill children - make a donation, give medicines, pay for tests and examinations. And you can visit our charity fairs, which our team has been holding for 5 years. Visiting the fair you can buy for yourself, relatives and friends handmade souvenirs, which are created by hand cancer children with the help…
Little Misha Pussovsky spent almost a year in the hospital. A year full of pain and fear, sorrow and grief. The daily collection of tests, painful punctures, daily IVs and constant blood transfusions - all this our brave, intelligent, kind little boy endured. Misha's life was divided into two parts: games and entertainment were left behind,…
Still don't believe in miracles? And right now we're going to make you believe in the magical informational power of social media. We've been waiting for this moment for three years, and the man responsible for this post for seven years. Ilyushka, our Ilyushka the Sailor, our Ilyushka the Smiler. Ilyushka that we wrote about so…
On the day of her 16th birthday Lera found out she had cancer. Tender, kind, beautiful and bright. Today is Lera's birthday, but she is celebrating her birthday outside her home in the pediatric oncohematology department. Our team wanted to make Lerochka's birthday even a little, but magical, even though the girl is in gray hospitals…
Immunohistochemical studies are one of the most important steps in making a diagnosis when a serious blood disorder is suspected. Unfortunately, such studies are not carried out in the DNR and we provide assistance in paying for such studies for patients of the Department of Oncohematology of the Institute of Hematology named after Gusak in…
Artemka's holiday began in the morning: the real Spider-Man, who our little hero had been dreaming of meeting, came to congratulate him. Spider-man not only said warm words to Temochka, but also played interesting games with him and solemnly declared Artemchik a superhero and gave him a present. Grow up, little boy, please mommy, daddy,…
Research for Donetsk oncology patients in Moscow clinics makes it possible to give an accurate diagnosis and initiate the most effective treatment in time. Thanks to the charity of our wizards we were able to pay and deliver immunohistochemical examinations to the Moscow Rogachev Clinic for Nastia Trostyanskaya and Volodya Markov, who are…
At the age of 3 the little girl faced a cruel disease called leukemia... After the terrible diagnosis, the girl's life completely changed - in front of her awaited a long treatment in the oncology department... And all of her regular daily activities as a child were replaced by morning tests, daily punctures, and daily IVs... Despite the…
Every girl dreams of being a magical princess... To wear dresses from fairy tale movies, to surround herself with beauty and make the whole world happy with her bright smile. But sometimes such sweet wishes disappear, because the pain of the hardships erases everything, even the brightest dreams... Our beautiful girls, pupils of the Donetsk…
The Christmas miracles continue... Every baby wakes up on a festive morning from the tender kisses of beloved parents, hearing warm greetings and sorting out colorful presents under a decorated Christmas tree... But there is another reality... There are children whose lives have no mom's kisses, dad's hugs, and no rooms of their own...…
For the kids from Teremok orphanage and children's social shelter New Year's holidays were marked by pleasant surprises from our team and friends of the foundation. Bright matinees and New Year's greetings from the Sushi Life restaurant chain. As expected, to congratulate the kids arrived Santa Claus, the Snow Maiden and, of course,…
More than sweets, the kids from the Shakhtarsky Orphanage and Boarding School love to have fun! Everything here is always special. A special atmosphere, a special smell, and, of course, special kids. Every time I come here I feel a little sad. Especially when you see new faces in the younger group. This means one thing - kids were transferred…
Children who end up in oncology departments are forced to grow up early. The healthy and smiling child of yesterday turns into a serious little man. Children are forced to accept the inevitability of regular painful procedures and manipulations and accept the restrictions imposed by the diagnosis. Vova is under treatment at the surgery…
Bogdan is the most ordinary child. With the most common childhood desires and experiences. But there is something unusual in Bogdan's life - he won brain cancer. But the price for this victory was blindness and a wheelchair (the boy can hardly walk). All of this is a consequence of operations, chemotherapy and radiation therapy he underwent…
For 5 years we have been giving orphans positive emotions and a piece of our hearts! And every time we can't hold back tears of joy when children who have experienced pain and betrayal begin to believe in miracles in a new way... In a new way they learn to trust adults and dream. This month, we held three birthday parties for orphaned…
Happy emotions from our special matinee for special children - children who know firsthand what it means to fight for their lives children, in whose life one day burst the dreaded word Cancer. For the kids who are still being treated at home, we held a New Year's Eve party at the "Cars and cats" game center. Both kids and…
Two magical words that take us back to our childhood, when a decorated Christmas tree, falling snow, and gifts found under the tree in the morning caused incredible delight... That's how it was in our childhood. But there is another childhood, seized by a terrible disease... The childhood of our children with cancer... For them the key to…
The holiday in which miracles come to life and St. Nicholas gives warmth and joy to all the children in the world. St. Nicholas decided to please and surprise our children with cancer, who fight for their lives every day and never give up, so he sent a magic fairy to the children with an unusual gift - a magical winter fairy tale made of sand.…
Each of our meetings with the kids from Boarding School #1 in Donetsk is always an adventure. A trip to the zoo in the village of Pridorozhnoye was no exception. We were met well, bought some food for the animals at the entrance and set off on our "trip". Exactly on the trip, because the area of the zoo is about 2 hectares. We saw a…
And we continue to have #Miracles for Orphans by the Sushi life restaurant chain as part of the project of Birthdays in Orphanages. Delight, amusement and surprise - three words that clearly describe the emotions of the children - inmates of Teremok orphanage during our next birthday party! Alive characters of fairy tales, warm wishes, birthday…
Our dreams continue to come true.We are in a hurry to share with you another joyful event in the life of our team.Step by step the department of oncohematology supervised by us INVH named after Gusak is being transformed. Finally in the department completed the repair of the dining room! Now instead of dull gray walls the kids are happy with…
Many people must have heard the story of this unique boy. We have known this family for more than three years, and all these three years we try to support this courageous boy in his difficult struggle for health.Dima has hydrocephalus.It would seem that in our age of modern technology, when medicine has already stepped far ahead, this disease…
Thanks to a charity event held jointly with FIGHT MASTERS DONETSK, necessary medication was bought for Anfisa. One of the most important areas of our foundation's work is providing medicine for young, critically ill patients at the Onco-Hematology Department of the Gusak Institute of Onco-Hematology in Donetsk. Dozens of children with…
BIRTHDAY IN SPITE OF A CANCER DIAGNOSIS Happy Birthday to one beautiful little princess - Masha Yakimova.We didn't come to Masha's party alone, but with our magical guest from the Land of Ice and Snow - the Queen Elsa. Together with Elsa, kids danced and sang, made a snowman, traveled to the Ice Kingdom and even made snow pizza for Olaf.…
And our children had another educational and exciting trip! Exotic snakes, cute rabbits, funny piglets and goats - all these animals were waiting for our little friends in the contact zoo. We did not expect so much excitement! The kids could not only look at the animals, but also stroke each little animal, feed it with tasty treats and hold…
It's the birthday of our little princess, our good little sunshine, Vika Kotchenko. We congratulated the little girl on her birthday and wished her a speedy recovery, colorful smiles, fun and loyal friends, summer days full of joy and new discoveries. Happy birthday to our little sunshine!
And our team continues to give its warmth and care to kids who are deprived of their mothers' love. As part of the Birthdays in Orphanages project, we visited the Republican Specialized Orphanage in Donetsk. Donetsk, where our visit was awaited by five birthday kids at once. The kindest wishes and the funniest songs sounded during the…
Your child has relapsed. These are the words all mothers dread to hear whose children have already beaten cancer once. Unfortunately, this terrible disease is unpredictable. Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma is malignant and the most common tumor among young children. And now everything starts all over again for Slavik. It's like a terrible…
And again, Shakhtyorsk. And again, a home for disabled children with the most severe pathologies. 240 eyes looking at us inquisitively. We always prepare for this trip in advance (especially morally). When we look at the children there is an overwhelming sadness. This orphanage is home for all of them forever. Here there is no line of potential…
We are writing these words with tears of joy in our eyes. Over the past 10 months a lot has changed in the life of Rodion: a comfortable home was replaced by hospital walls, a hospital bed and IV fluids instead of fun games, and his favorite sweets were intravenous glucose. And the diagnosis was acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Life was divided…
Our young heroes who just recently were patients of the ward and now they are the real winners who returned from the Moscow Winner Games with prizes, a great mood and new bright emotions. Anton, Lesha and Stas told the children how the competition was held, what new friends the boys made, what interesting things they learned and saw. Guys and…
Children's Oncohematology of the Institute of Oncohematology named after Gusak, Donetsk Magicians, do you believe that dreams come true? Do you believe that the main thing is to set goals and work hard to achieve them? Make every effort to achieve your goal and the main thing to believe that everything will work out for sure. We always talk…
We visited a different world. A world that is a stark contrast to the Donetsk orphanages, a world enclosed in a gray two-story building. The miner's boarding school for children with disabilities. This is where kids with disabilities from all over the region come after the Baby House. This is where most of the children will live almost their…
