9/18/11: Galina Chalikova, founder of largest Russian charity, Grant Life, passed away today from ovarian cancer. A remarkable woman who recreated charitable tradition in Russia and saved many lives will be remembered by thousands of families, supporters, volunteers and friends. A tribute to her life and accomplishments was posted on Grant Life’s website.
7/13/11: Two of our patients participating in the clinical study in Greenville, SC were highlighted in the local TV news.
5/30/11: Sergei Gomenyuk, a 21-year old from Ukraine, had arrived to Greenvile, SC to participate in the clinical study for Hodgkin’s lymphoma. We are very grateful to personnel of St. Francis Hospital for their warm welcome and going out of their way to make Sergei feel at home!
4/16/11: Good news from Kirill Vazhenin. Kirill has been in Italy since last fall and will finally be able to go home soon. Kirill has a rare type of lymphoma and did not have treatment options in Russia after his latest relapse. Fortunately, an Italian hospital in Napoli took him in for free treatment, which was successful.
3/31/11: Nadya Chernoknizhnaya and her parents had arrived to Baltimore. Nadya is starting treatment at Johns Hopkins hospital.
2/5/11: Stas Pryakhin is waiting for news from the Bone Marrow Registry.
2/4/11: February 4 is a World Cancer Day. Please help us make a difference in the patients’ lives!
1/31/11: Ira Nikonova arrived in Houston for a consultation with Dr. Pete Anderson at MD Anderson Cancer Clinic.
1/31/11: Levon Karagezyan is back in Russia after undergoing cyber-knife surgery in London.
1/31/11: Irina Gavrysheva just underwent surgery on the open heart. She is now recovering.
11/29/10: Video of Charity Ball to benefit Elena Sadikova.
8/4/10: Our volunteer Tonya Kurtova speaks about what change means to her. She was chosen to be highlighted at Grassroots.org blog.
4/9/10: We can now process monthly credit card donations based on completed Monthly Donation Form. Please consider signing up for easy recurring donations!
12/31/09: Dear friends!
In these final moments of year 2009, we would like to thank all of you for your support of our young organization! In just a few months in operation, we raised over $30,000 in donations - much more than we expected! The generosity and trust of our supporters were truly humbling. You inspire us to aim higher in 2010 and we hope we will be able to help more and more patients each year.
In 2010 we will continue focusing our work on helping those patients who suffer from the most aggressive and rare types of cancer and need access to the latest medical advances. We will also help patients gain access to bone marrow transplants and vitally needed medications. And we will continue our efforts to raise money for the children from former Soviet Union who need to travel abroad for cancer treatment due to lack of appropriate medical facilities.
Once again, thank you very much for your care and support! Happy New Year!
10/30/09: Thanks to Boris Vinogradsky, Chairman of the Board of Directors of RAMA (Russian American Medical Association), Advita Fund USA is now on RAMA’s Forum. Please join us to ask questions, learn about RAMA Cancer Project, find out about our new collaborative initiatives, and to support us.
