Larger Than Life / Improving The Quality Of Life Of Israeli Children With Cancer

Every year, more than 500 children in Israel are diagnosed with cancer. Due to the grim diagnosis of the disease, hospitalization and treatments, the children and their families face many emotional, functional and economic challenges, including: anxiety, despair, confusion, lack of information and the ability to prioritize, fatigue, isolation, dealing with institutions and logistical organization of the family, purchasing pharmaceutical drugs, finding financial support when the parent’s income is affected, and more. After the hospitalization period, when the children return home, the families deal with challenges such as reintegration into their own lives combined with the routine of monitoring and treatments. To make it easier to deal with these challenges, the nonprofit organization Larger than Life was founded in 2000, with the aim of improving the quality of life and wellbeing of children with cancer and their families, all over the country, regardless of religion, gender and nationality. Our vision is to support children with cancer and their families from diagnosis to recovery, and to bring about a significant change in the lives of the children and their families by creating joyful experiences while continuing to improve the quality of care and medical conditions for the children. Since it was founded, Larger than Life has helped more than 15,000 children to cope with cancer, through activities that focus on three areas: happiness, health and hope