Call for projects

Cameroon, Ecuador, Mozambique, Panama, Thailand

Up to 10 projects selected to start in 2010

Up to € 50,000 awarded to each project in the first year

Support may be extended for a second year

Grant priorities

Sharing of knowledge, early detection, access to care and treatment of childhood cancer

• Encourage and improve collection of childhood cancer data in resource- constrained settings
• Improve training in early detection for health-care professionals
• Contribute to better access to treatment, care and support (e.g. pain management and palliative care)

Education and awareness

• Educate parents on the first symptoms of childhood cancers
• Inform parents and caregivers on the importance of care and support, in particular to improve compliance with treatment regimens and follow-up
• Remove stigma and discrimination associated with childhood cancers 

Strengthen psychosocial safety nets

• Support initiatives for children living with cancer (through games, sport, art, etc.)
• Improve material and psychosocial support for parents (e.g. support for parents while children are in treatment, networking with children cancer parent associations…)

Who can apply?

Applications are invited from organizations (hospitals, NGOs…) that demonstrate innovative and synergistic approaches to early detection, treatment, care and support of children living with cancer in resource-constrained settings.

How to apply?

Only online application will be accepted.
Click here to access and complete the application form.

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Rules & Regulations (EN)    --    Rules & Regulations (FR)

For more information

Contact:
International Union Against Cancer (UICC)
Julie Torode,
Head, Education & Capacity Building
+41 22 809 1822
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My Child Matters is a UICC and sanofi-aventis partnership

that has already launched projects in Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Honduras, Indonesia, Kenya, Mali, Morocco, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Senegal, Tanzania, Ukraine, Venezuela and Vietnam.