"Не победа" всё обесценивает...

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 strength and faith... During all the time I was a volunteer, I had several such defeats, and each one was very hard for me to bear. I saw the devastated souls of mothers and the weeping eyes of fathers... And every time I thought, "I didn't do enough, I didn't find out about the baby at the right time. Guilt is what I feel every time a child leaves. But along with that feeling, slowly another came to me. I realized that I was resolutely opposed to children's deaths. So I have to fight to the last man for every little life.
I am often asked one question: "Why do I do charity?

Well, the answer to this question is banality simple - I just want DO NOT DIE CHILDREN.

Head of the Foundation Maria Afanasenko