GUINNESSUDV

Once again "Guinness UDV" showed their support by donating half of the funds raised from the company's Christmas charity raffle on 10th December 2001 to our Foundation. The other charity fortunate enough to benefit from the remaining half of the funds collected is "Africakwaba" (www.africakwaba.com).

Again this campaign received much support & the total amount raised was FL 2960,- (1343,- Euro) which was split 50-50 between both charities - this means "Russisch Kind" received a donation of FL 1480,- (672,- Euro).

Thanks to everyone who helped organised the event and to all those who contributed in order to help us provide aid to sick children.

A month ago we received an urgent request from The Haematology department of the Children's Hospital in Crimea to provide second hand infusion pumps as the equipment they are currently using has long surpassed the normal lifespan of such equipment & will not be of use much longer. This means the children are now in the situation where they have to wait/queue one after another to receive treatment.
Therefore we propose to use the funds raised to purchase the requested second hand infuse pumps as new equipment is too expensive.

Once again we would like to thank everyone who was
involved in this campaign and have made their contributon.

22-01-2002
From the beginning of December last year until now we have been searching for second hand infusion pumps through countless hospitals & dealers. Unfortunately, the only affordable pumps we found during our search were in such poor condition, that the use of this equipment could potentially be dangerous for the patients.
The minimum price for a new infusion system starts from 1400 EUR, which we can not afford at the moment. Therefore at present there was no viable option to fulfil this project, although our investigation still continues.
In the meantime the Children's Hospital of Crimea contacted us with details of a young boy who is desperately in need of urgent treatment after suffering a relapse. Alexy Gustenko requires a second bone marrow transplantation for his condition lymphoma. After discussions with the Charity Foundation "Parental Initiative" who are based at the hospital, we decided that the best use of the funds raised from this campaign would be to donate the money towards the cost of Alexy's operation. Read more here...