Cure2Children: what is it about?
Cure2Children (C2C) is a non-profit, non political and secular organization providing support to developing countries' health professionals caring for children with cancer and blood disorders. The aim is to give a significant and measurable contribution, even if modest, to the cure and well-being of children with severe disorders such as cancer, leukemia or thalassemia, in poor countries.
Cure2Children wants to improve care directly were underprivileged families live by training and supporting local doctors and nurses, purchasing supplies and providing equipment. In addition, financial, psychological and logistic support is offered to needy families to prevent treatment abandonment.
The ultimate goal is to promote self-reliance and limit the painful emigration of distressed families seeking cure for their children in richer countries.
Projects
More than 50,000 children have thalassemia major in Pakistan (photos), for many bone marrow transplantation offers the only chance of survival. Cure2Children has supported the cure of an initial group of children and gave a critical contribution to the start up of two new transplant units managed by Pakistani professionals.
Cure2Children, with SOS Infanzia nel Mondo, Policlinico Gemelli in Rome, and the Italian peace-keeping force, has supported the treament of the first children with leukemia in Kosovo (photos).
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January 2009 – Development of the first bone marrow transplant unit in a public hospital in Pakistan: 25.000 Euro. (read) (photos1 & photos2)
September 2008 – The first children with leukemia ever treated in Kosovo: 2.000 Euro per child.
Agosto 2008 – Children with thalassemia are treated in Pakistan: 15.000 Euro per child.
Tracking donations and expenses
Trust is our most critical asset. We keep donations and expenses data in a database that can be linked to our website. You can browse our projects directory, tracking cost details for any of them. Just register on this website and click on "My donation" link in your personal navigation block. If you prefer you can also send us your website account data and last donation information, so we can associate your account with our contact information in the database, and you will be able to see all your donations and trace how the money has been spent.
Advisory Board Members
Dr Lawrence Faulkner is the Scientific Coordinator of the Cure2Children Foundation Advisory Board, formed by renowned specialists in the field of pediatric tumors and blood diseases.
Our history
C2C was born through the will of an Oncologist, Dr. Lawrence Faulkner, who has an extraordinary passion and dedication for really sick children. His experience in this delicate field of paediatric haematology-oncology drove him to promote a project with the finality of bringing a cure to children affected by this sickness. He believed it was critical to extend to developing countries the protocols, medicine, and experience of a scientific committee with international credibility.
C2C was also born through motivated parents who lived the every day pain of the loss of a child to cancer. This pain cannot be quantified and no words can describe it. The only certainty to come out of this experience was the desire to ensure equal opportunities for any child.
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