With the help of The Moscow Times readers the charity program of Centre of Humanitarian Program helping disabled children managed to fundraise more than 14 million rubles of donation for the period from March 2014 till January 2015. Thanks to your help 160 children have got professional medical treatment.
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To get report on spending you can write to info@cgp.ru with the information of your donation (date, sum, name of person). We provide you the report with documents of the medical treatment procedures.
Konstantin Kolesnik
DOB: July, 28,2014
POB: Donetsk
Mum's letter:
Our family found in extremely difficult life situation. The first test was the unexpected diagnosis of our son: «Congenital upper lip and palate cleft on the left», and he needs three surgeries. When we accepted the situation, the war in Ukraine began. We live in Donetsk, now we can't move to the quieter place. Our son can't receive treatment, because the hospitals in the city don't work, there is constant firing almost every day.
Last autumn with the help of the Center of humanitarian programs the first surgery was done in Moscow. Now we need next stage — the important surgery of the soft palate. Unfortunately, we have no money for paying the treatment in Moscow. Because the war we have no constant job.
And again we ask for help.
Diagnosis: Congenital palate cleft
Recommendation: Surgery ?€“ staphyloplasty
Clinic: The Institute of congenital diseases of the maxillofacial region
Required: 134 000 RUR
Received by 24.02.2015: 91 439 RUR
Lack: 42 561 RUR
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