A winter camp for teenagers who need a rehabilitation after a burn injury took place in Kaluga Oblast from 14 to 18 March. Fifteen children, as well educators and psychologists from the Speransky Foundation in Moscow and a young team of counselors spend together four incredibly intense days: therapeutic theater plays and sessions with a coach, quests and walks, art therapy and career guidance and much more.
Here's what the participants themselves had to say.
Andrey: "It was wonderful! Cool activities, the best coaches, a cosy atmosphere, great gifts".
Yulia: "I've been waiting for this all year! I love going to camp. This joy starts with packing the suitcase and a long train journey. I feel comforthable and happy at this camp".
The camp for teenagers who experienced burn injury is a space where they feel among equals. As Misha, one of the participants, put it, "We are a troop".
The activities, such as a theatrical improvisation workshop, were designed to teach the children how to form a community and support each other. In the comedy format, the participants learnt how important it is to develop trust in the world and in themselves. This approach proved to be very successful. It was therefore decided to repeat the activity at the summer camp.
The children also enjoyed a quest after which all received hoodies as a gift.
For organizers, there is no greater joy than hearing directly from the children about their happy experience. This is what Dasha says: "After each visit to the camp, we get a huge "suitcase of memories" that will stay with us for a long time. Thank you so much for this opportunity to spend time together!"
The camp was made possible to a significant degree thanks to you, our donors. With your help, Hilfeverein AdVita was able to support this event. Thank you for your help!

It's been a very challenging year, but it's also been an incredibly generous year in terms of help from our supporters.
We were able to find and pay for compatible bone marrow donors for 5 people. For the patients, this is an opportunity to move on with their lives; this is the "dearest" part of our work in every sense.
This year we managed to organize treatment for five-year-old Eva in Germany. The girl was diagnosed with cancer of the (only) kidney, and without the help of our donors and volunteers, she would have had to live on dialysis all her life.
Regarding the burn program: this year, thanks to the support of our donors, three rehabilitation camps were held, the work of play therapists was paid for, and more medical materials were purchased than usual. Children will have fewer nasty burn scars - and more essential social skills.
We, together with the AdVita Foundation in St. Petersburg, and the Children's Hospital Fund in Moscow, are very grateful to all our donors for their incredible support. Doctors also join us.
We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We wish everyone happiness and prosperity. May the coming year bring good news to us all.

On July 22, a children's camp for patients of the Children's Burn Center of Speransky Hospital started in the village of Grishkino, Tver Region. Children's burn camps and clubs developed by our specialists with the participation of the European Burn Association are necessary for the recovery and socialization of children who have suffered severe burn injuries. This year 40 children went to the camp. The work of the teacher, the organizer of the burn camp, was paid for from donations from our sponsors.

Thanks to a large donation of one of our sponsors, an expensive antiviral drug, Foskavir, was purchased for the Intensive Care Department of the Raisa Gorbacheva Clinic in St. Petersburg.

Foskavir is a resuscitation drug, one of those that are always required urgently when, after chemotherapy or bone marrow transplantation, a viral infection that is not sensitive to other drugs registered in Russia (acyclovir, ganciclovir) develops rapidly. The availability of the drug in the clinic determines whether doctors can cope with the complications.

We really appreciate the help in purchasing this medicine!

We thank our faithful supporter Ms. Judith Hinze for another generous donation to the burn program. With this money we will pay for several months of work of a social pedagogue. Thanks to the support of Mrs. Hinze, a summer burn camp for 40 former patients of the Speransky Burn Center will be organized in Tver Region this July. We will keep you informed.

Our director Mikhail Kazbekov has visited Moscow on behalf of our aid program to the Speransky Children's Burn Center. Burns always happen unexpectedly, causing pain and fear, especially because they are often connected to the loss of relatives or appearance changes. Therefore the participation of psychologists and play specialists is vital for children's rehabilitation in addition to medical care.
Thank to your help and especially to the help of Dr. Judith Hinze, the work of a specially educated play therapist in the Burns Unit will continue. Children, who are discharged from the hospital will also be able to go to the Summer Burns Camp.

Thank you for your valuable support!

Right after the launch of our website we started to receive various donations, including recurrent contributions to our cancer program. Thank you very much for your trust and help! Our special thanks goes to Dr. Judith Hinze, who has already supported our burns program more than once. Her extremely generous donation will enable several months of work for a social pedagogue of the Speransky Children's Hospital Fund both in the Burns Unit of Speransky Hospital and in camps and clubs for discharged children. We want to congratulate and thank all our new friends and helpers! Your donations will be reflected in our financial report.