The Fundación Amigos Contra el Cáncer Infantil, Inc. was organized by a group of friends who attended the Oncology Unit of the Children´s Hospital, Dr. Robert Reid Cabral. They gave a portion of their time and resources to provide financial and emotional support to children with cancer and their families.
Going to the Hospital to deliver medications only to a group of children who were "sponsored", while others waited anxiously to see their needs met, was the reason for our decision to form this group to raise funds and begin the "Treatment for All" program so that every child with cancer who attends the Children's Hospital can be treated properly with the necessary medicines at their time of need.
We began to work with the fundamental purpose of providing every children diagnosed with this condition, with a better quality of life. Our mission is to help provide, in coordination with a group of doctors led by Dr. Rosa Nieves Paulino , the urgent needs of better diagnostics, cancer drugs, and general support presented to these children and their families. We are working so that the Children´s Hospital Dr. Robert Reid Cabral provide a program of the highest quality to the children with cancer of our country.
Legal Status
We are a nonprofit organization formed on April 26, 2003, incorporated by Decree No.993 of October 9, 2003, according to Law No.520 of July 20, 1920 that governs Nonprofit Associations.
Our Mission
To improve survival and quality of life of children suffering from cancer and their families through the support programs so that they receive the proper treatment at the time of need.
Our Vision
To be recognized as a modern service institution, driven by a high sense of social responsibility, committed to fighting for children from low income families suffering from cancer in the Dominican Republic.
Objectives
1) Identify the children with cancer who do not have the financial resources and assist and join them in their fight against this disease.
2) Provide the medical treatment for these children through the Children's Hospital Dr. Robert Reid Cabral, so that they receive medical and psychological assistance in a continuous and safely way.
3) Improve the quality of medical attention by contributing with medicines, chemotherapy, medical support, diagnostics, renovation of facilities, and donation of equipment.
4) Serve as a liaison to establish training programs for doctors, nurses and psychologists from the hospital with institutions and hospitals abroad.
5) Raise funds through a variety of activities to sustain programs and projects of the foundation.
6) Provide ongoing support to these children and their families, helping them confront and overcome this disease and its treatment.
7) Make the services the foundation provides available to the community in general and the pediatric cancer community in particular.
8) To contribute to the education on cancer in children in our country, because an early diagnosis can save a life.
Values
-Solidarity
-Teamwork
-Cooperation
-Transparency
-Commitment
-Perseverance
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