Help not to starve. 2

All the wards of our fund are special – they have at least one seriously ill person in their families, and in some families there are even two. This means that from year to year all the money in the family are spent on treatment, one has to save just on everything, including food… quarantine has hit everyone hard, many of us had to cut costs and abandon the usual things. But these families have nowhere else to tighten their belts.  

Some of our wards also lost their jobs or had to take leave without pay. They have no savings. This spring, the foundation had to add also food aid to its usual "medical" areas of care – and that also helps to survive.

Our wards are families raising children with severe congenital cystic fibrosis, as well as adults with this disease. One of its manifestations is impaired digestion, most patients are underweight. However, they are vulnerable to infectious diseases and weight affects whether they will have the strength to fight another exacerbation. The program of maintenance treatment for a person with cystic fibrosis contains many requirements for diet, nutrition should be complete, high quality, high-calorie. Yes, it is important for anyone. But for a person with cystic fibrosis – especially. It is dangerous for them to save on food.

They still save, because such are the realities. But let's help them a little! Now they need strength to survive.

As part of this project, at UBB we are raising funds for the purchase of products for children and adults with cystic fibrosis.