With 80% of its funds generally coming from Lebanon, the Children’s Cancer Center of Lebanon (CCCL) is facing extremely challenging times as donations have drastically decreased.
Therefore, CCCL has launched on December 18, 2019 its Rescue Fund with a target of 10 Million USD which is essential for CCCL to overcome this situation and continue its lifesaving mission.
Due to the deteriorating economy for the past 2 years (2018-2019), CCCL has been intensifying fundraising efforts and implementing cost containment to ensure the continuity of support and services to all our patients. However, times becoming extremely challenging leaving the center with a 2.5 million USD deficit for 2019 and projections of harder times to come, urgent support is needed to ensure continuity of services, access and coverage of treatment.
CCCL currently cares for almost 40% of childhood cancer patients in Lebanon; so the drop in funding will have a tremendous impact on the survival of these young patients.
CCCL’s Rescue Fund will safeguard the CCCL to continue treating 300 patients in 2020.
As a footnote:
Inaugurated in 2002, CCCL is a regional center pioneering in the treatment of kids with cancer. More than 1,740 kids have been treated at CCCL till date, with an average yearly treatment cost per child of 55,000 USD and an average cure rate of 80%.
CCCL is only dependent on donations to fulfill its lifesaving mission.
To donate: cccl.org.lb/RescueFund | 70-351515