A non-governmental organisation, the Okapi Children Cancer Foundation , has disclosed that it has supported over 60 pediatric cancer cases and has intervened in over 200 cases since its establishment in 2017.
Lamenting the federal government’s lack of intervention in the treatment of childhood cancer cases, Adekanye said that to lessen the burden of parents whose children have been diagnosed of the disease, the attention of the federal government needs to be drawn to the malaise. “The foundation is all about funding and creating sensitisation about cancer in children. Cancer care is really expensive and so we try to raise funds from friends, family and other organizations to support children living with cancer.
‘Lack of government intervention is one of the challenge we are faced with. We really need to draw the government’s attention to childhood cancer as there’s no form of support whatsoever. So, the children only have to rely on their parents or on organisation’s like ours.”
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