Little Fighters Cancer Trust: Hope in a Bag

The Little Fighters Cancer Trust assists Children with Cancer and their Families.

Apart from supporting families nationally and adopting cancer wards in places of safety, we also have an ongoing project where we extend support to children in pediatric oncology wards around the country, delivering our Bags of Hope to children and mothers irrespective whether or not they are listed with us for support.

Most of the children and mothers who receive these Bags of Hope are from impoverished rural areas and are in hospital for months on end without being able to afford the basic necessities. Apart from providing for basic needs, LFCT aims to restore dignity where it has been ripped apart due to the devastating effects which Childhood Cancer has on families, both emotionally as well as financially.

Little Fighters Cancer Trust wishes to thank EXPAND A SIGN, who has recently sponsored 1000 canvas bags for our Bag of Hope Campaign.

The aim is to fill and distribute the full 1000 bags before December 31^st, 2012. The Bags o Hope will be distributed to Pediatric Oncology wards in hospitals nationally.

The items in a Child’s Bag of Hope are as follows:

Soft new blanket
New set of Pajamas
Soft toy
Coloring book and crayons
Reading book, puzzle or educational game
0- PH Soap and facecloth
Toothpaste and toothbrush
Aqueous cream
Crisps
Boxed fruit juices
Sweets

The cost of such a Bag of Hope amounts to R450.00. The cost of the Bags of Hope delivered to the mothers of the children amount to the same.

Items typically in a Mother’s Bag of Hope are:

Dry cereals
Longlife Milk
Boxes of Cup-a-Soup
Two Minute Noodles
Sandwich Spreads
Coffee
Tea
Sugar
Rusks
Biscuits
Soap and facecloth
Towel
Shampoo and Conditioner
Toothpaste and toothbrush
Sanitary products

Please feel free to Back a Bag to the value of R450.00, alternatively, smaller and larger donations are just as welcome.

Corporate donations can be invoiced for taxation benefits. If you require an invoice, please email a proof of payment to mandie@lando.co.za with full company details.

Please feel free to share this project’s URL on your personal facebook page or assist us by forwarding the appeal to your email contacts.

There is a Little Fighter who needs YOU in their corner!

CHILDHOOD CANCER FACTS:

Childhood Cancer is responsible for more child deaths in South Africa and World wide than HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis COMBINED.
200 000 NEW cases of Childhood Cancer was diagnosed World wide the past year.
80% of the newly diagnosed Childhood Cancer cases is in developing countries, which include South Africa.
The success rate for treating Childhood Cancer in developed countries, such as the US and Europe, is 80-90%, whilst the success rate in developing countries, including South Africa, is a mere 10-20%

(As per the National Tumor Registry of South Africa 2011 Statistics Release)

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