Podari Zhizn
Russian non-governmental charitable organization
Podari Zhizn (Russian: Подари жизнь) is a nationwide Russian non-governmental charitable organisation, founded in 2006 by the actresses Dina Korzun and Chulpan Khamatova. It has sister charities in the United Kingdom, operating under the name Gift of Life, and in the United States, known as Podari.Life.
The principal aim of the foundation is the treatment, support and rehabilitation of children and young adults suffering from oncological, haematological and other life-threatening conditions in Russia and the CIS.
History
The Russian branch of the organisation was founded on 26 November 2006 by the acclaimed Russian actresses Chulpan Khamatova and Dina Korzun. The concept was proposed by Galina Chalikova, who subsequently became the organisation's first director, together with the oncohaematologists Galina Novichkova, Alexei Maschan and Mikhail Maschanov. Prior to this, similarly named benefit concerts had been organised by a group of activists, most notably Yuri Shevchuk.
Since then, regular events have been organised in Moscow featuring many prominent Russian cultural figures, among them Andrey Makarevich, Chaif, Oleg Basilashvili, Alisa Freindlich, Diana Arbenina, Marina Neyolova, Liya Akhedzhakova, Leonid Yarmolnik, Sergei Garmash, Artur Smolyaninov, Viktoriya Tolstoganova, Emmanuil Vitorgan, Konstantin Khabensky, Vyacheslav Butusov, Ilya Lagutenko, Mumiy Troll, Neschastny Sluchai and others.
The foundation established connections with a number of leading medical institutions, among them the Dmitry Rogachev National Research Center of Pediatric Haematology, Oncology and Immunology, the Russian Children's Clinical Hospital, the Russian Research Center of Radiology, the Moscow Regional Oncology Center, the N. N. Burdenko Institute of Neurosurgery, the Morozov Children's Municipal Clinical Hospital, the S. P. Botkin Municipal Clinical Hospital, and oncology centres in various Russian regions.
In 2011, the Federal Centre for Paediatric Onco-Haematology was established, for which Podari Zhizn provided state-of-the-art equipment. The centre treats more than one thousand patients annually.
Each June, Podari Zhizn organises The World Children's Winners Games, an event designed to assist children who have overcome cancer in returning to a normal life and in rehabilitating after their prolonged struggle with the disease.
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