Nina Anisimova
Diagnosis: Aplastic idiopathic anemia

Nina felt worse in the summer of 2020, went to see a local therapist at the city hospital in Cheboksary (Chuvash Republic). She was diagnosed with low hemoglobin, and was prescribed iron supplements. The therapy did not give results, hemoglobin continued to decrease. In May 2021, she was diagnosed with "idiopathic aplastic anemia" (a disease in which the reproduction of all important blood cells stops).

Since then, once a month, Nina was admitted to the hospital for a blood transfusion and received treatment with modern drugs. But, unfortunately, the therapy did not give a noticeable positive effect, and after an examination in June 2022, a doctors’ comission at the Raisa Gorbacheva Research Institute of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology and Transplantology decided that a bone marrow transplant was necessary. A compatible donor was found in the Russian registry and the transplant was performed in April 2023. Then there was a long recovery, a fight against cytomegalovirus and a skin reaction to the transplant, and a follow up at the place of residence.
In December 2024, Hilfeverein AdVita paid the bill for 1,315.11 euros for a set of medical services for the procurement of hematopoietic stem cells of peripheral blood. Now Nina feels well, does housework, and devotes most of her time to her two daughters and husband. Her next examination in St. Petersburg is scheduled for May 2025.

Eva Saiko

Saint Petersburg

Diagnosis: Nephroblastoma



A year has passed since Katerina Gordeeva turned to her subscribers on social media for help: The call was to urgently raise money for a surgical operation for Eva Saiko in Tübingen, Germany. And then many people responded to this call, and within 24 hours the missing amount was collected.

By that time, this was already the second fundraiser: Hifeverein AdVita paid for the first complex organ-preserving operation for Eva in May 2023, but life-threatening complications arose, and a second operation was immediately required, which meant an emergency fundraiser. We at Hilfeverein AdVita were in constant contact with the hospital in Tübingen and monitored the situation. To our common joy, the second operation was successful—Eva was saved.

Recently we talked with Yulia Saiko, Eva’s mother, about how things are going now:

“Everything is fine with us, and Eva feels good. The yearly supporting chemotherapy ends in June. And that’s it, this is where the treatment ends. The rest of the time she’s here in the theater group and preparing for school (she won’t go to school yet this year). There were episodes, of course, with health concerns, but, in general, everything is fine, the body is coping and recovering.”


This is an amazing story: with your help, we managed to raise more than 136,000 euros. Thanks to you, little Eva can, as her mother says, “run, jump and play with friends.”

And this is what Yulia Saiko asked us to tell you:

“Eva and I want to express our deep gratitude to everyone who participated in helping pay for our treatment! It was only thanks to such caring people that this trip and operation became a reality. Eva's kidney was saved and now she can enjoy a carefree childhood!

We wish everyone that your kindness will be returned to you a hundredfold.”

01.07.2024

Irina Bogdanova
Diagnosis: Multiple myeloma

Irina is 39 years old, lives in the city of Zarechny, Penza region. She has a close-knit family - husband, son, mother and cat. In the summer, she likes to spend time in the country, she likes to grow flowers and berries.
In February 2018, Irina began to worry about chest pain, at first she did not pay much attention, but the pain did not go away. In November, Irina learned the terrible diagnosis - "multiple myeloma". Then a long treatment began - more than 10 courses of chemotherapy at the A.F. Tsyb Medical Radiological Research Center in the Kaluga Region, and in November 2019 - an autologous bone marrow transplant at the N.I. Pirogov Medical Center in Moscow. After the treatment, remission occurred. Irina returned to her usual life, went to work, saw her son off to first grade, and was with her family. But in May 2021, the disease returned, more hospitals, more chemotherapy. It was only possible to remain in long-term remission with the help of a bone marrow transplant, which was ready to be performed at the Gorbacheva Research Institute of Haematology and Transplantolgy in St. Petersburg.
A fully compatible bone marrow donor for Irina was found in the International Registry in June 2022. The transplantation surgery took place in St. Petersburg in early September. Hilfeverein AdVita transferred 17,257 euros to the International Morsch Registry to fully cover the search and activation of a bone marrow donor for Irina.
At the end of November 2022, Irina's health allowed doctors to discharge her from the hospital to her place of residence, in the Penza Region under medical supervision. Before being discharged home, Irina felt well, celebrated her first victory - the doctors allowed her to eat an apple!
Scheduled examinations at the Gorbacheva medical center take place every six months.

Daniil Bushkovskiy
Daniil is 24 years old, he lives in a small Siberian village in Tomsk Region.

The young man is a bright student, he reads a lot, learns to play guitar. He has graduated from secondary school with very good notes. Life could be happy, but unfortunately Daniil has a rear and life threatening diagnose – primary immune deficiency, chronic granulomatous disease (CGD).

From early childhood the boy suffered from purulent inflammations, constant pain in the stomach, later also lungs were affected. The child was unsuccessfully treated for various alleged diseases and only at the age of 17 he was correctly diagnosed at the Dmitriy Rogachev Medical Center in Moscow. This made it possible to prescribe adequate therapy, but it only helps to cope with the consequences without eliminating the cause.

CGD is a genetic disease that causes primary immunodeficiency. Bone marrow transplantation is an effective, and sometimes the only way to combat the disease, it allows to radically change the quality of life of the patient.

Daniil needs a bone marrow transplant. The St. Petersburg-based R.M. Gorbacheva Research Institute of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology and Transplantology has agreed to perform the transplant. The problem is that Danya has a compatible donor only abroad. It is necessary to pay the German registry named after S. Morsch, 14500 euros for donor activation and stem cells collection in 120 thousand rubles for transplant delivery to St. Petersburg.

With your donations we can help Daniil.

Lilya Znayeva
Lilya Znayeva, 35, lives in Irkutsk. After graduation she worked in the Federal Bailiffs Service and as a lawyer. Lilya is married and has two sons.

Before the illness, Lilya had an interesting and active life — vacations on the Baikal Lake, hiking and kayaking. Julia made big plans, but the diagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia, made in the Summer of 2017, changed her whole life: eight months in the hematology department, six courses of chemotherapy, then three supporting courses. And in June 2018 — a new relapse and endless exhausting treatment. It became clear that the only way out was a bone marrow transplantation.

In July 2019 a bone marrow transplantation was successfully performed. Julia is feeling well and she is busy raising her two children. Hilfeverein AdVita goes on with raising funds for the patients of the Raissa Gorbacheva Cancer Center
Julia Mysova
Julia Mysova lives in Satka in Chelyabinsk Region. Thirty two years old, Julia is married with three children. In March 2017, she was diagnosed with acute monoblastic leukemia.

Julia underwent chemotherapy twice during her last pregnancy. Luckily, her baby was born healthy, and Julia is currently in remission. The doctors at the Raisa Gorbacheva Research Center in St. Petersburg are convinced, however, that the risk of a recurrence is quite high without a bone marrow transplant.

The search for a bone marrow donor in Russia proved fruitless. It took a huge effort, but Julia's family and friends raised the 6,000 euros required to launch a search for a compatible donor in the international registry. Since the total cost of the search, is 18,000 euros, however, Julia's family will need help from concerned outsiders. Their income is too low.

Julia dreams of living a long life with her loved ones and raising her children.

"Any help you can give me is a chance I will get well. I thank everyone who has shown their concern for me" she writes.


Mikhail Dugin
Mikhail Dugin, 34, lives in Volzhsky in Volgograd Region. It was a real shock to Mikhail when he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. His life changed dramatically. Mikhail did not give up, however, and his disease soon went into remission.

In 2018, the illness returned. Mikhail's doctors at the Raisa Gorbachev Memorial Research Institute said he had to undergo a bone marrow transplant. No compatible donor was found in the nationwide Russian database.

A search for a donor in the international registry costed 18,000 Euro.

In May 2019 a bone marrow transplantation was successfully performed
Mikhail Volkodav
Unfortunately, Mikhail died 25.08.2019 in the Intensive Care Unit. After the first transplantation, the bone marrow did not take, and the second operation Mikhail did not endure. We express our sincere sympathy to his relatives and friends.

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Mikhail Volkodav is 24 years old. He lives in the small town of Shakhty in Rostov Region in the South of Russia. In February 2017, Mikhail was diagnosed with leukemia at the Raisa Gorbacheva Oncology Center.

Bone marrow transplantation is the only effective treatment in such cases. Unfortunately, no compatible donors were found in Russia. It costs 18,000 euros to find potential donors abroad.

Mikhail's parents are elderly, and the family does not have the means to raise such a large sum of money. Nevertheless, relatives managed to find 6,000 euros for the first payment to the Stefan Morsch Registry in Germany.

Mikhail wants to get over his illness and return to a normal life.