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Moshe's story |
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Who is going to help Moshe and the hundreds of other children
whose families do not have the financial resources to seek treatment
outside of Israel?
Although Israel is technologically advanced in many areas, the
delivery of cancer care to unfortunate victims like Moshe has
not kept pace with the country's progress.
There is a compelling need for providing quality medical care
in Israel to children like Moshe who are afflicted with the
dreaded disease of cancer.
In Israel, one in every 330 children, including teenagers, develops
cancer before the age of 20. The average age of diagnosis is
six. Currently, approximately 500 Israeli children are diagnosed
with cancer each year, with more than 1,400 currently under
treatment. The most prevalent types of cancer in children are
leukemia, brain tumors, bone cancers, neuroblastomas, and lymphomas.
Childhood cancer, which touches the lives of almost every family,
continues to be the number one disease killer of Israeli children
and the number of cases are on the rise. |
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Moshe's
Story
Moshe, who is six years old, has cancer. His impoverished parents
live in the Negev development town of Ofakim and can barely
meet their everyday needs, let alone an expensive course of
treatment that could help reverse his cancer. The treatment
that Moshe has to undergo would require him to come to the United
States. But, to quote the head of the Israel Medical Association,
"Only parents who are well-to-do can afford to send their
cancer-stricken children abroad for treatment." |
