By Sofiia Kostenko | Coordinator of Volunteer Fundraising
Dear friend,
If there's one thing we've learned from the past year, it's that together, we can accomplish anything.
This week, we invite you to join us for the GlobalGiving #LittleByLittle campaign. With 50% matching on all donations up to $50, BIG change can come from lots of little acts of kindness.
Support kids with cancer by giving today: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/palliative-care-program-for-children-with-cancer/
Your help really matters! Please see below the latest news about the Palliative Care Program for Children with cancer.
A new direction in the palliative program of the Tabletochki Charity Foundation is canistherapy.
Canistherapy is a type of therapy with animals, a treatment and rehabilitation method using specially selected and trained dogs.
Specially trained dogs provide emotional and psychological support to the child, family and help to distract from the illness, switch their attention to positive emotions and assist in rehabilitation.
28 sessions have already taken place with the wards of the palliative program.
The miniature schnauzer dog Lika, together with a dog handler and a psychologist, conduct classes for children who cannot overcome cancer.
One of the first to meet the dog Lika was a wonderful boy Maxim. Maxim has been undergoing treatment at the Cancer Institute for a long time. Due to illness, Maxim sees only with one eye. The boy has brain cancer.
During the lesson in the park, Maxim learned to give commands and interact with Lika, played and learned a lot about taking care of a dog. Maxim and his family laughed a lot.
Now Maxim dreams of his dog and even came up with a name for her - Marshal (as in the cartoon "Paw Patrol").
Their sincere laughter is possible by your support of the Palliative Care Program for Children with cancer.
Thank you so much for your support!
Links:
Project reports on GlobalGiving are posted directly to globalgiving.org by Project Leaders as they are completed, generally every 3-4 months. To protect the integrity of these documents, GlobalGiving does not alter them; therefore you may find some language or formatting issues.
If you donate to this project or have donated to this project, you can receive an email when this project posts a report. You can also subscribe for reports without donating.
