After Diagnosis: How to Cope
Childhood Cancer International - Transforming the lives of kids with cancer everywhere!
by Stefan Jurecek
2y ago
After Diagnosis: How to Cope   Author: Dr. Arturo Osorio No parent ever wants to hear their child has cancer. The initial shock and fear can make it seem like your entire world has been turned upside down in an instant. Each year, around the globe over 400,000 children and adolescents are diagnosed with some form of cancer. Knowing how to cope after your child has received a cancer diagnosis can help you to navigate a life-altering experience as best as you can.  Ways to Cope With Stress There is no one-size-fits-all solution to coping, everyone reacts differently. You may fee ..read more
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CCI Ukraine Statement
Childhood Cancer International - Transforming the lives of kids with cancer everywhere!
by Stefan Jurecek
2y ago
Dear Friends, Childhood Cancer International, as the global patient support organization for childhood cancer, is deeply saddened and worried with what is happening in Ukraine. We hear from our local members that children from the Paediatric Oncology wards are in the basement of hospitals or underground shelters, and therefore not receiving the proper care. We also hear that the health professionals are doing their utmost to ensure that these children will continue receiving the best possible treatment in such a difficult situation. Last but not the least, we hear from our member organisatio ..read more
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Better Childhood Cancer Survival is achievable
Childhood Cancer International - Transforming the lives of kids with cancer everywhere!
by Stefan Jurecek
2y ago
Better Childhood Cancer Survival is achievable #ThroughYourHands — Amsterdam, Netherlands – Geneva, Switzerland, 15 February 2022 – International Childhood Cancer Day (ICCD), held each year on 15 February, is an important day for children with cancer across the world. This year, children and families affected by childhood cancer and the healthcare professionals who look after them have joined forces to launch an Advocacy Toolkit to help advance more care for children with cancer globally.  This will be accompanied by the creation of a ‘Tree of Life’ in virtual and physical formats ..read more
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#throughourhands
Childhood Cancer International - Transforming the lives of kids with cancer everywhere!
by Stefan Jurecek
3y ago
Dear Members, Friends and Colleagues, As promised, herewith we have provided you with the toolkit for 2021 International Childhood Cancer Day (ICCD). Since we believe that community participation is the key to the ICCD campaign’s success, by preparing this toolkit we aim to invite you to join us on 15th February, 2021 to honour and spotlight this important day. Ready to download the Toolkit? Click on the button below to get started! Meanwhile, with support from members of CCI & SIOP, we are preparing a version for other main languages in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian ..read more
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My Name is Antonia
Childhood Cancer International - Transforming the lives of kids with cancer everywhere!
by Stefan Jurecek
4y ago
          My Name is Antonia. I am 11 years old and I live in the middle of Germany with my parents and my two sisters. Actually- I am a pretty normal Girl who loves to go to school and play with other kids. Sometimes my Disease comes in between those things.   Since I am two years old I am accompanied by my Cancer. Actually I am not thinking about it a lot and just do whatever other kids in my age do. I go swimming in my Swimming club, meet my friends, play with my PlayStation, visit my Foster pony named Hannelore and just love to go on adventures with my family ..read more
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Hard work!
Childhood Cancer International - Transforming the lives of kids with cancer everywhere!
by Stefan Jurecek
4y ago
Hard work! My name is Alan Romo I am part of the staff of Casa de la Amistad para Niños con Cáncer  in Mexico City. We are thankful for the opportunity to share with all the global community of CCI our hard work continue helping children’s and young’s with cancer in Mexico, and even harder with the pandemic situation that all of us are facing throw now days. https://www.childhoodcancerinternational.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CCI-Quarantine-activities-2020.mp4   ..read more
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Life in Lockdown is nothing new for children with cancer
Childhood Cancer International - Transforming the lives of kids with cancer everywhere!
by Stefan Jurecek
4y ago
Life in Lockdown is nothing new for children with cancer During lockdown the Child Cancer Foundation of New Zealand interviewed a father from one of the families they support. They asked him how he and his family were coping during lockdown and what advice they could share with the public around life in lockdown. Here is his story, as told on their  Instagram account and website:https://www.childcancer.org.nz/who-we-are/our-stories/life-in-lockdown-is-nothing-new-for-our-families/ Living within their bubble is something that the Kupa family has been doing for almost four years so the ..read more
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Dear Aunt or Uncle, Please Have Your Meal on Time
Childhood Cancer International - Transforming the lives of kids with cancer everywhere!
by Stefan Jurecek
4y ago
叔叔,阿姨,你们要记得吃饭呀! Dear Aunt or Uncle, Please Have Your Meal on Time Yuran小朋友是一名来自中国武汉的抗癌小勇士,也是和润保芳德长期联系尤为紧密的恶性实体肿瘤患儿之一。 Ran Yu, an anti-cancer hero from Wuhan, one of the survivors keeps good relationship with Rainbow Foundation, Beijing, China. 从病发确诊到如今结疗,他对待癌症的态度有着天翻地覆的转变。新冠状病毒爆发期间,他身在武汉这个疫情状况较为严重的地区,却不忘为我们这些远在北京的大人们加油打气。他常常问我们早上好和晚上好,惦记我们有没有按时吃饭,叮嘱我们要注意身体。 Since the day been diagnosed with cancer to the day end of treatment, Ran has a totally eye sight with cancer. During the COVID-19 pandemic, been in the center of the epidemic area, Ran, always encourages us, the adults volunteers or stuff ..read more
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A wonderful survivorship story about patient empowerment from India
Childhood Cancer International - Transforming the lives of kids with cancer everywhere!
by Stefan Jurecek
4y ago
A wonderful survivorship story about patient empowerment from India For the last 50 years, CPAA has disbursed funds to patients who approach us at our branches in Mumbai, Delhi and Pune. Over the past two years, we have started supporting treatment of patients in far flung cities and towns all over India including Hyderabad, Coimbatore, Kolkata, Junagad, Nasik and Goa. With the Covid situation, it becomes necessary to put in extra efforts to acquire and verify the myriad supporting documents required to satisfy government regulations before we could transfer funding. We must interact with the ..read more
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SURVIVORS GROUP MEETING IN VIENNA
Childhood Cancer International - Transforming the lives of kids with cancer everywhere!
by Stefan Jurecek
4y ago
    A “Survivors group meeting” organized by the Austrian Survivors group and Österreichische Kinder-Krebs-Hilfe (Austrian Childhood Cancer Parents Organisation) took place in Vienna on the 22nd of November 2014. More than 25 participants from Croatia, Czech Republic, Poland, Romania and Slovakia came to visit Austrian survivor group representatives and some of those even enjoyed pre-Christmas Vienna. The main aims of this exchange meeting were to share the experiences of the Austrian survivors group with the participants, to offer insight into the different Austrian activitie ..read more
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