My name is Julia. I work as a coordinator for the Podari Zhizn charity at the Dmitry Rogachev National Medical Research Centre for Paediatric Oncology, Haematology and Immunology. To me, this isn’t just a job, but a way of life. Today, I want to share with you one August day from the life of our hospital.

Simon Jennings, our Chair of the Board, talks about charity work, motivation to do good and inspiration to discover the world.

Alexey Makarov is raising funds to help 16-year-old footballer Sergei Gerasimov from Samara, one of the World Cup cities. This promising young sportsman, Sergei has suddenly found himself faced with the worst matchup of all—a deadly illness.

The Podari Zhizn coordinators at the Rogachev Centre about quarantine, its lows and ups for young cancer patients and the team.

Arina Gaba, Trustee of Gift of Life, on how she found herself enjoying charity work and how it all started with Gift of Life back in 2010

On 27 May 2017 Ignaty Dyakov from St Petersburg, known across the UK as a linguist, Russian teacher and coach, walked the 100 km distance from London to Brighton within 24 hours in aid of Gift of Life and raised over £1200 for our young patients. Ignaty dedicated that challenging journey, without sleep, breaks, music or audiobooks, to the children receiving oncological treatment in Russian hospitals.