Here’s a
summary of the Gift of Life Cancer Treatment Foundation’s activities in
February 2018.
In
February, more than 232,000 euros was donated to the cancer treatment
foundation. The foundation council approved the funding of the treatment of 16
people, six of whom are receiving the foundation’s support for the first time.
We also
supported many other people whose decision to treat was made earlier. All in
all the foundation covered more than 152,000 euros worth of medical bills.
Flood of
applications
In 2018, we
have received exceptionally many applications. All in all we have supported
nearly 50 people by mid-March. Demand is high. Read the summary here.
A gift
of hope, a gift of life
We have
many grateful beneficiaries. For example, we have supported the treatment of
Marju Maasik-Kütt since the second half of 2017. Listen to Marju’s interview on
the Vikerhommik radio programme here.
Family man
Alar Tupp from Mustvee, who was declared to be free from disease thanks to the
foundation’s help, and Grandma Anika Mõrd from Põlva appeared in Hästi, Eesti
TV programme on Tallinna TV. Watch the
programme.
As a part of the programme, Toivo and programme host Jüri Aarma raised
donations in the Stockmann department store. You can watch here how this turned out.
A
beneficiary of the Gift of Life, political scientist Agu Uudelepp, gave an
interview to Radar TV programme. Watch his
interview here.
Little
Annabel and her father were live on the Aktuaalne Kaamera news programme. Watch
their interview here. You can read Annabel’s parents’
interview for the Delfi news portal here.
Our
lovely donors
The
foundation has plenty of donors worth a spotlight. For instance, entrepreneur
Aare Koppel celebrated his birthday and asked his friends to make a donation to
the cancer treatment foundation.
Kadri
Kalamees, a member of the Keila finance committee, decided to donate her salary
for cancer patients’ treatment.
Indrek
Laul, the owner of the Estonia Piano Factory and a member of the council of
Omniva, the post and logistics company, donates half of his council member
salary for cancer patients. Read more.
In
February, Toivo Tänavsuu visited Estonia’s centennial celebrations in
Washington and New York, organised by the Estonians living in the U.S. We also
held a charity auction during both events where CDs and books with composer
Arvo Pärt’s autographs and books signed by President Kersti Kaljulaid were
sold, among others. All in all the U.S. Estonians contributed nearly 4700
dollars to the foundation.
In
February, we raised donations during Arvo Pärt’s concerts at the Nordea Concert
Hall, basketball games in Rapla and Tallinn and in several department stores.
The audience of famous rock band Toto raised 1250 euros for the foundation.
At the end
of the year, kitchen furniture manufacturer Mööblimasin invited its customers
to support the cancer treatment foundation. For every kitchen ordered in
December the company attributed 3% for cancer patients. The year ended and
kitchens were bought. As a result, nearly 1800 euros was raised.
Foundation’s
birthday
In
February, we celebrated the Gift of Life Cancer Treatment Foundation’s 4th
anniversary.
The
foundation was founded in February 2014. In four years, we have given more than
250 people hope and a chance to live. We have given crucial help to absolutely
everyone who has come to us and belongs to our target group.
The people
of Estonia have contributed more than 3.6 million euros all in all. So many
people have found invaluable hope or gained extra years thanks to tens of
thousands of donors. Read more here. Summary and pictures of the
anniversary celebrations can be found here.
We
summarised our year 2017: a hundred people helped, nobody left outside. Find
out more here.
The
President recognised Toivo Tänavsuu
Kersti
Kaljulaid, the President of the Republic of Estonia, bestowed state decorations
upon Estonia’s most remarkable pioneers. Toivo Tänavsuu received the Order of
the Red Cross, 4th class, for his helping cancer patients.
This was
covered in the media:
State
Decoration Bestowed upon Toivo and Hille: Millions of Euros Worth of Gifted
Life
Toivo
interviewed by the Ringvaade TV programme for being awarded the state
decoration
Cancer
Treatment Foundation Sprouted from 100,000 Euros Donated by Businessman
Kristjan Rahu
Toivo Tänavsuu
on TV3 on The Gift of Life Cancer Treatment Foundation: Estonian People Are
Truly Remarkable Donors Deserving of a Decoration
Members of
foundation council Dr Kadri Putnik, Dr Kristiina Ojamaa and Dr Peeter Padrik
answered the questions of the readers of the Delfi news portal
concerning cancer. Read the questions and answers here, here and here.
Rain Laane,
the head of the Health Insurance Fund, recognised the Gift of Life’s activities.
New
donation possibilities
You can now
visit our website and have your donation added to
your phone bill. It’s really simple: just enter the amount of your donation and
your mobile number.
Customers
of Elisa and Tele2 can make donations of up to five euros with the click of a
mouse. Larger donations, regular donations and/or donations made via the Telia
mobile network need to be confirmed with an SMS.
The service
works in all networks. The amount of the donation is added to your phone bill
next month. The service fee is 5%.
The
technical solution for microdonations was made by Zlick, an Estonian start-up,
which made it work in cooperation with the Sviiter creative agency.
You can now
make a donation by bankcard in Circle K stations in addition to cash donations.
Just ask the cashier to add the donation to your receipt. Read more here.
Want to
support cancer patients with the gift of life?
On our website you can use bank links to become a
regular benefactor within seconds.
You can
sign up for our newsletter via info@kingitudelu.ee
Wishing you
a nice upcoming spring,
Katrin
Kuusemäe
The CEO of
the Gift of Life Cancer Treatment Foundation
Toivo
Tänavsuu
The head
and founder of the Gift of Life Cancer Treatment Foundation