NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION
Helping children and teenagers with cancer to have the best possible care and quality of life!
Asociación Anita is declared of public utility (Resolution JUS/456/2018 - March 12, 2018).
Research in both curative treatments and palliative care is critical to ensure that cancer patients receive the best possible care.
"Human beings unfortunately only react when things happen to them....
In this case, when it happens to you (when you are told that your daughter has cancer) it is already too late to react. You have to worry now, in order to cure children who have cancer tomorrow (research takes years to be effective)."
Carolina Amado Vega, Anita's Mother and President of the Asociación Benéfica Anita
Asociación Benéfica Anita was born in 2014 to try to solve a serious problem that affects most childhood tumors: The Lack of Research, and therefore, of effective treatments, especially in cases of relapse.
Since then we have not stopped working to raise funds to investigate the Germ Cell Tumor in children and teenagers... the tumor that took Anita's life, the raison d'être of the Association, a few months after it was founded.
LITTLE BY LITTLE, EVENT BY EVENT, FRIEND BY FRIEND, ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA ANITA HAS BEEN GROWING WITH NEW AND IMPORTANT PROJECTS... THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT POSSIBLE!
"Para Todos La 2" TVE2: Interview with Carolina Amado, one month after the death of her daughter Anita.
Board of Directors of the Asociación Anita, together with Dr. Jaume Mora, Dr. Manuel del Castillo and Dr. José Hinojosa.
"Estoy Aquí", composed by Carolina Amado, and performed with Predicador JJ Bolton, from the album Ruta al Paraíso in favor of Asociación Anita.
Dr. Jaume Mora Graupera
Scientific Director of the Anita Association, Project Advisor with the Sant Joan de Déu hospital.
Dr. Jaume Mora, Director of the Developmental Tumors Laboratory at Barcelona's Sant Joan de Déu hospital.
"Research must be at the patient's side to improve our ability to predict, diagnose and apply treatments."
DID YOU KNOW ...
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Cancers that affect children have nothing to do with adult cancer. Therefore, funding adult cancer research does NOT HELP research on childhood "developmental cancer" AT ALL.
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People like you contribute 70% of the funds needed to research childhood "developmental cancer". YOUR MICRO-EFFORT MAKES IT POSSIBLE.
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Childhood "Germ Cell Tumor" is a type of "developmental cancer", and they all actually occur randomly (regardless of the child's genetic history), therefore, any child can be affected by this mutation during the development of their organs. "IT'S A GENETIC LOTTERY".
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The main challenge for scientists is to be able to guarantee CONTINUOUS RESEARCH in order to obtain significant results. While raising funds on an ad hoc basis to solve needs (machines, consumables, clinical trials, etc.) is very valid and vital, the most difficult and scientifically valuable thing is to keep this funding stable in the long term.
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"Music Heals", is inspiration for the soul and universal energy, which mobilizes our vital spirit to make this world a better place, where children do not suffer from "rare" diseases without cure. Therefore, we have created Music Therapy programs to help children and their families, and we organize benefit concerts to connect with you.
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From a solidarity birthday party, a cooking course, a ping pong championship, a bike race / jogging / walking, a concert, an exhibition of your paintings and drawings, a dance, a jam session, a play, a video game championship, or whatever you are best at.
Contact us to share your ideas, so we can help you understand how you can help.
Asociación Anita is declared of public utility (Resolution JUS/456/2018 - March 12, 2018).
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