Hello!
I am asking for help because this is the only possibility to save my daughter. Dasha is 10. She is in the third grade and she has good grades. Dasha is a kind, joyous girl. She is very social and has many friends. Dasha loves animals, especially her cat Barsik. Her dream is to learn to ride a horse. Dasha really enjoys active sports (ice skating, rollerblading, and biking), but with every passing day she has more difficulty with movement, gets tired quicker, and even during a walk she gets fatigued as her hemoglobin count decreases.
Back when Dasha was still in kindergarten, she was taken to a hospital due to food poisoning and the doctors found that her platelet count was low. This is when it all started: constant drops of blood counts and transfers from one hospital to another. The disease started progressing, and Dasha's hemoglobin count started to go down. Finally, she was diagnosed with Fanconi anemia.
Lately, Dasha had to be taken to the hospital more and more often for the supporting blood transfusions. She underwent another examination in St. Petersburg. It showed that bone marrow transplantation is the only chance to save Dasha's life. We need to start searching for the donor at the international bone marrow donor registry, as Dasha does not have any matching related donors.
The treatment and search for the bone marrow donor will require a large amount of money: 15,000 Euros for the donor search and collection of cells for transplantation, and additional 2,500 Euros for the delivery of transplant by courier. By myself, unfortunately, I am unable to raise this much money because I am a single mother. My hopes rest on you, those people who can feel the pain of my small family.
Thank you very much in advance for finding opportunity to help Dasha.

Ekaterina Nekozyreva.
Home address:
628309, Tyumenskaya oblast,
HMAO-Yugra, Nefteyugansk,
mkr 1, dom 17, kv. 53.
Contact phones:
+7 (911) 728-95-90 (in St. Petersburg)
+7 (950) 505-06-58
+7 (922) 771-52-68
(in Tyumenskaya oblast)

Update as of June 30, 2009. Matching cord blood was found for Dasha at one of Moscow's blood banks. The search for unrelated donor will not take place.

Update as of October 1, 2009. Unfortunately, cord blood transplant turned out to be impossible, as the two blood samples that were located were not a good match to each other, and a single sample would not be sufficient due to low cell count. It was decided to initiate the donor search for Dasha at the International registry, even though the preliminary search yielded few potential matching donors. .

Update as of November 9, 2009. The donor search for Dasha was paid in full by one of the companies from Khanty-Mansiysk. We now need to raise 2,500 euros for the delivery of transplant.

Update as of December 16, 2009. The donor search and delivery of transplant were paid for in full. I would like to express my enormous gratitude to all our supporters and everyone who took part in saving my daughter!
Thank you very much for your help! Wishing you great health and all the best!
Dasha's mom

Update as of January 12, 2010. A donor for Dasha was found. Transplantation was scheduled for beginning of February, and the exact date is being verified. The money for the delivery of transplant was raised.

Update as of April 3, 2010. Transplantation took place on schedule. Dasha feels rather well. Her good condition allowed the doctors let her stay at the rented apartment. Dasha is monitored as a day patient.

Update as of April 30, 2010. Dasha feels well. She is monitored as an outpatient. Dasha's improving condition allowed to plan for her visit of Children's theater in May. Dasha cannot wait to see the play.

Update as of May 19, 2010. Dasha suffers from infectious colitis and severe pains. She was prescribed antibacterial therapy.

Update as of June 22, 2010. Colitis was taken under control, but Dasha was again hospitalized due to worsening of skin GVHD. She started a course of photopheresis and her family needs help with paying for various tests and ointments. The donated bone marrow is working well and blood counts are normal.

Update as of July 8, 2010. Dasha feels better and she already goes outside. My daughter underwent two photopheresis procedures and had some improvement. She is helped by ointments, such as Advantan, Epidel, and Aven Triczera. The doctors are gradually reducing her hormonal therapy doses.
We are enormously grateful to AdVita fund and all our supporters who helped us with buying medications, and to everyone who does not leave our children face cancer alone.
Dasha's mom

Update as of July 27, 2010. Dasha is monitored as an outpatient. Twice a week she goes for tests to the clinic. Her leukocytes are little low, but this is due to decrease in the hormonal therapy doses. Overall, Dasha feels well. We try to go out more, read and draw together. The doctors already lifted many dietary restrictions. Dasha cannot wait to start eating fresh vegetables and fruits. We are very grateful to the fund for buying medications for Dasha!
Dasha's mom

Update as of August 18, 2010. Dasha is feeling ok. She comes to hospital twice a week for tests. Otherwise she's spending much time outside with her mother and is glad her diet is not so strict any more. Dasha loved the visit to the Water Museum. AT the end of August or beginning of September Dasha is to undergo a photopheresis course.

Update as of October 4, 2010. Twice a week, Dasha goes for tests. Photopheresis was postponed for now. We try to be outside while the weather allows. We went to Peterhof and were greatly impressed!
Katya, Dasha's mom

Update as of October 24, 2010. The first photopheresis course has been administered. Dasha is still taking hormones and has blood tests done at hospital once a week. October 17 was Dasha's birthday. She had lots of guests, and the main gift for her were wonderful clowns. The birthday girl and her guests were so happy!
Katya, Dasha's mother

Update as of November 24, 2010. Dasha underwent 12 courses of photopheresis. She feels well, undergoes tests and travels to the hospital for procedures (she had a catheter replacement). Dasha continues to enjoy studying 4th grade Russian language and math with volunteers.

Update as of August 10, 2011. Dasha came in for control tests. She has slight symptoms of chronic skin GVHD. Hormonal therapy was canceled, and Dasha is now treated with Gleevec. She feels well.

Update as of September 15, 2011. Dasha underwent tests. She has chronic skin GVHD in mild form, so Gleevec therapy is continuing. Dasha returned home. The next round of tests will be scheduled in two months.

Update as of December 25, 2011. Dasha came in for planned tests. She feels well and continues taking hormonal therapy and Gleevec in low doses to treat chronic skin GVHD.

Update as of January 24, 2012. Dasha underwent planned tests. She is in remission, feels well, and skin GVHD is under control. It was decided to keep Dasha on low doses of hormonal therapy and Gleevec for some more time. Dasha returned home.

Donate online >>>

Wire transfer to AdVita Charitable Foundation bank accounts

  * - Please specify your name and how we can keep in touch with you. We also need the letter from you with the following data: your full name (name of organization), address, phone (fax), goal of donation, date, signature (seal).
Please use on of the following applications: in russian, in english, in german.

** - If money amount are transfered by the third party we kindly ask you to show in the letter which firm would transfer the sum of money (by our request money transfer would be performed by firm....

If you would like to transfer money through Western Union, please contact site administrator.

If something wrong in the table below or you don't see reference on your donation, please keep in touch with site administrator.

If you would like to help us collect money for Dasha's treatment, please e-mail to the site administrator and write your name, or company name, payment number, time and place of money transfer. This information will help us to account for money collection and inform you about every donation. Please don't forget to tell us about your donation. We need to make sure that every donation reaches its intended recipient.

List of Patients

Search: