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Projects for children with cancer
Zoé4life funds projects for children during and after their treatment. It's important to support these children in order to encourage them and help them through these difficult times, while offering them a better future.
Kanji pearls
Beads for courage, to encourage our heroes in their fight against disease. This program, originating from the VOKK in the Netherlands, was set up by the Vaud Cancer League and Zoé4life supports it by financing the pearls.
Thanks to this program, children have a way of bearing witness to their fight against the disease. Each bead they receive represents an intervention or treatment. Children can proudly show their friends and family how far they've come. As a result, sick children gain self-confidence and their courage is rewarded.
Robin and his Kanji
Pearls of courage to encourage our heroes in their fight against disease
The Jayson Attitude play cart
Toys for children in isolation. This cart provides children confined to isolated rooms with play and sports toys. The aim is to get them moving, active and occupied during those long moments when they can't get out of the room. The idea for these games came from Jayson, an 8-year-old hero who spent several weeks in one of these isolation rooms.
Jayson waits for his games
Toys for children in isolation.
Fertility preservation
Therapeutic advances now enable us to cure more than 80% of children with cancer. Unfortunately, these treatments can have serious long-term consequences. Recent studies show that around a third of adult survivors of pediatric cancer have fertility problems, and that these have a major impact on their quality of life. Preserving fertility is therefore essential for the future of these children. Zoé4life is supporting a project in this field for children with cancer in French-speaking Switzerland.
Becoming a parent: a choice we want to make possible for the future of children with cancer
A sports program for children undergoing treatment
PASTEC Promotion de l'Activité Sportive Thérapeutique pour l'Enfant Atteint de Cancer. The aim of this study was to demonstrate the beneficial effects of adapted sports activities on children with cancer. The project was born of a collaboration between theCHUV's Pediatric Hemato-Oncology Unit and the Center Sport et Santé at the Centre Sportif Universitaire de Dorigny. Its aim was to evaluate the benefits of physical activity on improving physical capacities and quality of life in children treated for cancer.
After funding the scientific study to the tune of over 100,000 Swiss francs, Zoé4life continued to support the initial operational costs and provided financial assistance to the families taking part.
