Childhood Cancer Treatment — Paediatric Care Families Cannot Afford
A child with leukaemia who completes a funded chemotherapy course has an 80%+ chance of survival in well-resourced systems. Without funded care, the same blood cancer diagnosis is often fatal. Your gift funds paediatric treatment through locally licensed oncologists — treatment access, not research.
World Aid Network funds childhood and paediatric cancer treatment — chemotherapy, surgery and supportive care — for poor families in Pakistan, Indonesia and Malaysia who cannot afford private oncology. Licensed local clinicians deliver care at partner hospitals. Continuity funding means children are not forced to stop 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.
How is 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 paediatric cancer treatment including acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), brain tumours, neuroblastoma and other childhood 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, 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, run research hospitals or sponsor clinical trials.
Is this the same as donating to childhood cancer research?
No. Research charities and specialised paediatric centres fund discovery and trials. World Aid Network funds diagnosis and treatment access — chemotherapy, surgery and supportive care — so a child can complete a course their family cannot afford.
How can you fund paediatric cancer treatment?
Early diagnosis and funded treatment can mean the difference between a curable and an incurable childhood cancer. Every donation goes to patient care at accredited partner hospitals — not research labs.
£50 funds one chemotherapy session. £1,000 contributes toward a full treatment course.