Childhood Cancer Treatment for Families Who Cannot Afford Care
A child with leukaemia who completes a funded chemotherapy course has an 80%+ chance of survival. Without funded care, the same diagnosis is often fatal. Your gift funds treatment through locally-licensed paediatric oncologists.
What does World Aid Network fund?
World Aid Network funds childhood cancer treatment — chemotherapy, surgery and supportive care — for poor families in Pakistan, Indonesia and Malaysia who cannot afford private paediatric oncology. All care is delivered by licensed local clinicians at accredited partner hospitals. We maintain continuity funding so children do not stop treatment mid-course.
Every year, thousands of children in Pakistan, Indonesia and Malaysia are diagnosed with cancers that are curable with funded treatment — leukaemia, brain tumours, Wilms tumour, neuroblastoma and more. The barrier is not medicine. It is cost.
World Aid Network's Cancer Emergency Appeal maintains continuity funding for children already in treatment who risk stopping mid-course because the money has run out. Mid-protocol abandonment is clinically catastrophic: residual cancer cells develop drug resistance, and relapse carries a far worse prognosis than the original diagnosis.
All disbursements go directly to partner hospitals against named patient lists approved by our trustees. We operate a strict no-cash policy and publish outcome reports for every funded patient.
Your donation at work
Every gift is restricted to patient care and emergency relief within our charitable Objects.
£50
One chemotherapy session for a child whose family cannot afford the next dose
£250
Essential anti-cancer medications and supportive care for one week
£500
Surgical access support for a child with a resectable tumour
£1,000
A meaningful contribution toward a full funded treatment course
Frequently asked questions
What childhood cancers does World Aid Network fund?
Our Cancer Emergency Appeal funds treatment for childhood cancers including acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), brain tumours, neuroblastoma and other paediatric cancers for poor families in Pakistan, Indonesia and Malaysia who cannot afford private care.
Why is childhood cancer survival so much lower in these countries?
In high-income countries, national health systems fund full chemotherapy courses — survival exceeds 80% for many childhood cancers. In our Object countries, families pay out of pocket. Stopping treatment mid-course due to cost turns curable cancers into death sentences.
How much does it cost to fund childhood cancer treatment?
£50 funds one chemotherapy session. £250 covers a week of essential medications. £500 contributes toward surgical access. £1,000 may fund a significant portion of a full treatment course at partner hospitals.
Who delivers the treatment?
All care is delivered by locally-licensed paediatric oncologists and haematologists at accredited partner hospitals. World Aid Network funds treatment costs only — we do not employ clinicians or operate hospitals.
Fund cancer treatment for a child in need
Early diagnosis and funded treatment can mean the difference between a curable and an incurable childhood cancer. Every donation goes directly to patient care at accredited partner hospitals.
£50 funds one chemotherapy session. £1,000 contributes toward a full treatment course.