Children for Children: Help Mark with M’Andryk International School

M’Andryk International School has made it a tradition to take part in the Children for Children charity campaign run by the Zaporuka Foundation. Pupils, parents and teachers come together to help the seriously ill children our foundation supports.

This year, the pupils chose to support one-year-old Mark. He was diagnosed with trigonocephaly, a condition in which the suture in the forehead closes too early. Mark needs surgery to correct the shape of his skull.

Mark was born prematurely at 35 weeks, weighing just 1,350 grams. He spent his first days in intensive care receiving treatment. He is still gaining weight slowly, so his family needs to buy specialist formula and pay for further tests.

Mark is currently at St Nicholas Children’s Hospital in Lviv. The surgery requires special screws and plates costing UAH 184,883.

Mark’s parents are doing everything they can for him. His mother is on maternity leave and his father has a Group III disability. The cost of treatment and tests has become more than the family can afford.

Thank you to M’Andryk International School for coming together again to help. Together, we can help Mark get the treatment he needs and give him a better chance at a healthy childhood.

Children for Children is a Zaporuka Foundation charity campaign that brings schools together to help children undergoing complex treatment. Pupils and their school communities organise fundraising events, and the money raised goes towards the most pressing needs of children supported by the foundation.

The campaign turns pupils’ ideas into practical help and shows them how working together can support another child through a difficult time.