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GOALS OF THE FOUNDATION

        The goals of the Foundation are to provide appropriate care for children with cancer and to promote awareness of and concern for children with cancer.

MISSION OF THE FOUNDATION

The work of the Foundation is multi-faceted：

1.Setting up a database of children with cancer in order to determine the incidence rate and mortality rate, to establish geographical distribution of children with cancer and to determine their caring needs.

2.Subsidizing medical expenses and financial support by providing anticancer medicine, financial assistance for patients receiving surgical treatment, radio-therapy and bone marrow trans- plantation.

3.Providing continuity care including follow-ups by telephone consultation, homecare and hospital care for children with cancer.

4.Sponsoring parents' meeting to facilitate close contact among health professionals and parents, to introduce new information on cancer and to answer questions from parents.

5.Publishing the quarterly newsletter to provide new information and media for parents and children to exchange and share their feelings as well as to acknowledge contributions from the public.

6.Providing public education by publishing pamphlets.

7.Providing training programs for nurses so that more well-trained nurses are available to ensure quality care.

8.Setting up a well-organized health care network to ensure that children with cancer receive the same standard of treatment and care at the different treatment centers.

9.Sponsoring research to identify the needs of children and their parents.

10.Raising funds as the main financial sources of this Foundation. The amount of financial support offered to children with cancer depends upon the donations from charity-minded people in society. We sincerely welcome donations from every one of you with any amount of money both here and abroad.