Palliative Care Program for Children with cancer

During October-December 2018 Tabletochki supported 15 families with children who has palliative status.

The overall expenses were $14043 (not including December as far as internal report is not completed yet). We purchased medicines for $3240, we have provided the targeted assistance for $2444, medical examination for $215, special nutrition for $196, medical equipment for $180, we paid for funeral services $361, we paid for psychology services $3255, psychological parents meetings for $630, we purchased consumable materials $600 and paid $804 for other expenses. Administrative expenses made $2118.

A special place in our palliative program is occupied by psychological meetings for parents. Christmas angels, toys for a box of courage and a lot of warmth and love - this was our last meeting this year for parents who lost their children through cancer.

One of the mothers held a master class for the manufacture of angels. Parents have created good guards for our ward palliative program. And during the master class, while the hands were busy with creativity, communicated and supported each other.

Another mother brought from Putivl as many as 350 toys for a box of courage. They were collected by the whole city so that babies in the hospitals after painful procedures received a small reward for their courage.

Some parents came with the children. And while adults interacted with psychologists, the kids were having fun at the pizza master class.

Each such meeting for parents is an opportunity not to stay alone in their grief. Feel support, talk with the same families, listen to the advice of psychologists.

We are currently planning the next meeting and opened the second group of psychological help for parents who lost children.

In December on the eve of the New Year holidays we congratulated 3 of our children under csre: a girl 3 years old with cancer of the nervous system (smt. Ivankovo, Kiev region), a girl 4 years old with lung cancer (Kiev) and a girl 10 years old with brain cancer (Kiev).

All children were looking forward to Santa Claus. The children were given gifts that they chose themselves, and someone with the help of their parents. The new year for them was fabulous thanks to the volunteers who came to visit them.

And for a girl 18  years old with brain cancer, (Zarechany village, Zhytomyr region), we prepared a meeting with a volunteer, who wrote letters for her for several months. In the letters volonteer shared her memories of the trip to India, since our girl under care loves to watch Indian films.