Childhood cancer needs extended and sometimes long treatment that takes kids out of their familiar life, family and school. Physical pain and suffering always come along with stress, fear and anxiety. But modern advanced medicine has developed an important tool to confront this - Child.Life practice, when qualified psychologists support kids in hospitals and rehabs, helping them to overcome the illness. Since very first year of work, Podari.Life funds the development of Child.Life competence for Russian hospitals. This year, we already funded Child.Life practice development for Russian clinical psychologists.
Our Rehabilitation Program covered the cost of education for several specialists at Child.Life Center.