Improved cancer therapy thanks to new PCR device
Children suffering from cancer can be cured in many cases today. However, the therapies used usually lead to severe side effects due to high doses of medication. A new treatment method at the Munich Schwabing Children's Hospital makes it possible to treat children without these severe side effects. To do this, the treating doctors needed a modern real-time PCR device. This is what the Regine Sixt [...]
New day clinic for children's oncology in Dakar
In Senegal, around 800 children are diagnosed with cancer every year. The only pediatric oncology care service is located in the Aristide Le Dantec hospital in Dakar. Until now, only 220 children could be treated there each year. The GFAOP (Franco-African Pediatric Oncology Group) therefore proposed a training program for the early detection of childhood cancer to the Senegalese Ministry of Health. This is currently being [...]
Handicraft activities as a distraction from everyday hospital life
There was a special surprise for children at the Wilhelmina Children's Hospital in Utrecht at the beginning of the year. Everyday hospital life is often monotonous and there are few opportunities for children who are mobile to keep themselves occupied. Corona has also restricted visiting rights. The Regine Sixt Children's Aid Foundation TRÄNCHEN TROCKNEN has therefore supported the Wilhelmina Children's Hospital with [...]
Educational support for critically ill children
The Regine Sixt Children's Aid Foundation has a long-standing partnership with Haus Atemzeit. The home provides intensive care for seriously ill children and children with disabilities. Parents and relatives can learn how to deal with the difficult everyday life here. So that all of the children's senses can be reached via individual levels of communication and they can [...]
New rooms for counseling and pastoral care at Alder Hey Children's Hospital
As part of the conversion and renovation of the Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool, the Regine Sixt Children's Aid Foundation TRÄNCHEN TROCKNEN has made a donation. This enabled two rooms to be set up for pastoral care and counseling. The design of the new rooms creates a feeling of calm and serenity, making them ideal for [...]
New playroom for Blaue Haus
The renovation of the Blue House in Stuttgart, a project of the Förderkreis krebskranker Kinder e.V., began in 2020. The family house is a home for parents and siblings of children with cancer for the duration of their treatment. Due to its proximity to the Stuttgart Children's Hospital, the families are only a short distance away. The house is also an aftercare counseling center after [...]
Improved living conditions for families with children suffering from cancer
Together with the Groupe Franco-Africain d'Oncologie Pédiatrique (GFAOP), the Regine Sixt Children's Aid Foundation has financed the renovation of the parents' house, which belongs to the Hôpital d'Enfants Béchir Hamza in Tunis, as well as the furnishing of the interior for children. The modernized premises are intended to make the situation more pleasant for the treated children and their parents on site. [...]
Modern equipment for hospital in Ukraine
Baryshivka Hospital is located around 70 kilometers east of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Around 300 children are born in the hospital's maternity ward every year. Modern equipment was urgently needed to make births more comfortable and, above all, medically safer for mothers and newborns in the future. That is why the Regine Sixt Children's Aid Foundation, together with [...]
Children's Urological Surgery Team Austria for Eritrea
Doing good is an important concern for the members of the Managing Board of the Regine Sixt Children's Aid Foundation TRÄNCHEN TROCKNEN and their environment. This is also the case for Konstantin and Noni Sixt. Instead of giving presents for their birthday in 2018, they therefore asked their relatives and friends to make a donation to the Regine Sixt Children's Aid Foundation in their name [...].
Roof garden for the Sir Anthony Mamo Oncology Centre
On the roof of the Sir Anthony Mamo Oncology Center, where until recently there was an empty space, there is now a multi-purpose garden for relaxation. The project was initiated by the Ministry of Health, under the legislature of Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, President of the Republic of Malta, who has since left office, and the Malta [...]
Support for children who have suffered a stroke
When we think of the clinical picture of a stroke, we usually think of older people who are affected, but there are also children affected by strokes, even in the womb. The German Stroke Foundation is committed to helping these young patients and their families. It has been supporting affected families since 2011 [...]
New place of remembrance for children's hospice
Remembering in peace. The Northern Ireland Children's Hospice provides specialized care for children with life-threatening and life-impairing illnesses. Around 230 children and over 70 bereaved families are cared for here each year. The "Quiet Garden" has been an important part of "Horizon House" for the past 17 years. Surviving siblings, parents and friends use it to pay tribute to the deceased child.