Welcome to

Kayula Childhood Cancer Foundation

The Kayula Childhood Cancer Foundation (KCCF) is a Non-governmental Organisation (NGO) in Zambia registered in March 2012 with a mission to "contribute to the wellbeing of children with Cancer and other life threatening blood disorders through non clinical support services for patients, caregivers and strengthening of health systems.

The foundation was created to support the Childhood Cancer Community based at the University Teaching Hospital Paediatric Oncology Ward AO6. KCCF is also a member of the Childhood Cancer International, a network of 180 grass roots and international networks of Parent Organisations in 90 countries spanning 5 continents.

The foundation's organisation structure comprises the Trustees, the Board of Directors, Committee Members and Members of Staff. KCCF also has a database of volunteers who sacrifice their time, effort and money to help KCCF achieve its goals. Our Board members have various professional back grounds, including Engineering, Financial, Medical and Entrepreneurial. We are confident that the Board of Directors will help steer KCCF in the desired direction.

Although a Cancer hospital has been established in Lusaka, many challenges have continued to affect the country's biggest teaching hospital, the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) in Lusaka. Challenges such as:

• The late diagnosis due to lack of awareness on early symptoms due to the lack of equipment for early detection by doctors.
• Inadequate medical specialists in Childhood Cancers.
• Unaffordable costs for Cancer drugs compounded by erratic supply of drugs were some of the challenges that doctors, Cancer patients and parents or caregivers had to grapple with.
• The lack of a systematic follow-up mechanism for patients being discharged from the hospitals

Our Mission

Is to contribute to the well- being of children with Cancer and life threatening blood disorders through treatment, care and support, through interventions for patients, caregivers and strengthening of healthcare systems.

The Vision

Is to see an increase in the national survival rate of children with Childhood Cancers

Message from Chairman - Mr. David Kombe

On behalf of the Board of the Kayula Childhood Cancer Foundation (KCCF), I would like to thank our donors, Volunteers, Cancer Diseases Hospital staff at the University Teaching Hospital, and the general public for the support rendered towards the foundation.

KCCF has come a long way in achieving its goals and we would not have done it without you! The continued support sustains the daily operations and the Children afflicted with Cancer and other blood disorders staying at our Parent House. The Parent House serves as a home away from home for many families coming from faraway places.

Raising awareness through various methods is one of our main objectives and a key factor as agreed with the Ministry of Health in our Memorandum of Understanding. Our Big Audacious Hairy Goal is to eventually build our own Children's Oncology Hospital, All this cannot be achieved without the support of our immediate, surrounding and international community.

Let me take this opportunity to call upon all of you to join our efforts and play a key role in the fight against cancer and childhood cancer in particular. We can achieve much more if we build stronger collaboration and concerted effort.

As they say, a problem shared is a problem solved