A sea of smiles, happiness and kind words. Eyes shining with joy. And children who instantly make friends and go out to play – three years past the transplantation, Vlad Demidov has met his bone marrow donor, Nastya.

Let us introduce you to young and beautiful Zlata. She was unlucky to get cancer when she was 15 y.o., but she Is one in a million lucky girl to have her mother as a donor with 100% match. The Blood Family project (“Родная кровь”) is all about amazing stories of cancer survivors, and here is Zlata’s story.

Anya Sorokina was diagnosed with aplastic anaemia, one of the worst bone marrow diseases, when she was the only child in her family. Now she is a healthy young lady and a happy sister to four siblings.
Once, Anya’s parents Olga and Alexei only dreamt of having a single child, but Anya’s disease changed everything.

In 2008, Nikita was treated for lymphogranulomatosis. We have recently talked to Nikita about the second most serious quarantine of his life – coronavirus self-isolation.

Viliam Khailo lives and breathes music. Even during his treatment for leukaemia in December 2017, he kept his violin by his side. We talked to Viliam and learned whether the coronavirus quarantine was a barrier between him and his beloved music.

Margarita Khairullina recovered from leukaemia and managed to earn a degree in journalism, get into photography and become a swimming instructor. Read her story now and support children with cancer.

Ten years ago Maria Dyatlova was a child in the care of Podari Zhizn. We’ve reached out to Maria to talk about the quarantine, her fears, and her plans for the second half of 2020.

I’m alive, in good health and ever so grateful. Oksana Sobolevskaya and her brother Anton are recalling their experience of bone marrow transplant treatment in our Family Blood project.