Arina Gaba, Trustee of Gift of Life, on how she found herself enjoying charity work and how it all started with Gift of Life back in 2010 Read more
“Every pound, or dollar, or ruble, pays for someone’s life, and the value of life isn’t something you can measure in money,” says Galina Novichkova. Read more
Viliam had gone through treatment for leukaemia with the support of Podari Zhizn, and tells us where he gets his inspiration and his “energy boost”. Read more
In 2007, 18-month-old Abu Baysultanov was diagnosed with acute leukaemia. He survived and recovered from cancer thanks to your help! Read more
“I’m alive, in good health and ever so grateful.” Oksana Sobolevskaya and her brother Anton are recalling their experience of bone marrow transplant treatment in our Family Blood project. Read more
On 27 May 2017 Ignaty Dyakov from St Petersburg, known across the UK as a linguist, Russian teacher and coach, walked the 100 km distance from London to Brighton within 24 hours in aid of Gift of Life and raised over £1200 for our young patients. Ignaty dedicated that challenging journey, without sleep, breaks, music or audiobooks, to the children receiving oncological treatment in Russian hospitals. Read more
Dr Warmuth-Metz works at the University Hospital of Wurzburg (Germany), and has earned a reputation as a unique specialist in the diagnosis of brain tumours. She provides regular consultations to patients of the charity in Moscow. Read more
At the end of a hard day packed with cancer treatments and medical procedures mothers of the children in our care feel exhausted. But you know that a mother’s love knows no limits. And our mothers carry on smiling through the tears and keep doing all they can to save the most precious what they have - their children. Read more
Galya Bolshova has had to face leukaemia twice. But she didn’t give up, and emerged victorious from the battle. Today, Galya has graduated from university and works as a manager. Read more
The story of Nastya Zerova, a girl from the little town of Gubakh in Perm Krai, can be called nothing but amazing. All manner of remarkable things happened to Nastya and her mother Vera thanks to the acute myeloblastic leukaemia Nastya was diagnosed with in 2008. Read more
Zhenya Vaneeva is 25. As a 15-year-old, she was hospitalised with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Now, 10 years later, Zhenya recalls the past and shares her thoughts about the future. Read more
The twins Liza and Katya Kartishov became even closer when Katya fell ill with aplastic anaemia. Luckily, Katya’s salvation came in the form of a bone marrow transplant, with her sister Liza as the donor. And today, they tell about surviving cancer. Read more
Alexey Makarov is raising funds to help 16-year-old footballer Sergei Gerasimov from Samara, one of the World Cup cities. This promising young sportsman, Sergei has suddenly found himself faced with the worst matchup of all—a deadly illness. Read more
Anya Sorokina was diagnosed with aplastic anaemia, one of the worst bone marrow diseases, when she was the only child in her family. Now she is a healthy young lady and a happy sister to four siblings. Once, Anya's parents Olga and Alexei only dreamt of having a single child, but Anya's disease changed everything. Read more
At 9 years old, Nastya knows that some illnesses can kill. She’s already spent half a year being treated for nephroblastoma. We came to see Nastya in hospital and found out that on top of the treatment she’s been finding time for art and studying. Read more
The sisters Kristina and Anna Tarasova (though they now go by their married names) live in Kursk, and have a remarkable story to tell us about how Kristina was saved from aplastic anaemia. There’s only one way to cure this disease: to carry out a transplant which will replace the dysfunctional bone marrow with healthy donated marrow. To the great delight of their parents, their doctors and of course the sisters themselves, Anna was able to become her sister’s donor. Read more