About ZACCAF

Our story

In Zambia, a lot of investment has been placed on Cancers that affect adults with very little recognition of Childhood Cancer and Life Threatening Blood Disorders.

This has left us with no choice but to get up and fight for the rights to proper health care system for children with Cancer and Life Threatening Blood Disorders through Lobbying the Government institutions for supportive policies on childhood Cancer as a neglected non communicable disease.

We also believe that interaction with other parents who have gone through this experience can be of great value in dealing with the situation. It is with this back ground that The Zambian Childhood Cancer Foundation (ZACCAF) was born on the 14 of June 2012.

ZACCAF volunteers.jpeg — Our mission

To provide holistic care for children with Cancer, Life Threatening Blood Disorders and their Families through practical and psycho-social support programmes.

Our causes

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ZACCAF is a non-profit organization managed with financial, material and in-kind donations.

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Our Objectives

Raise awareness.

To create awareness surrounding childhood cancer and blood disorders through promotion of early warning signs and symptoms.

Advocate for better health care.

To Advocate and lobby the government for best health care and services for children with cancer and life threatening blood disorders.

Support families and care givers.

To provide support for bereaved families and to basic palliative and end of life care givers and nurses.

Provide palliative care.

To establish an in-patient palliative care ward-Hospice (linked to but away from UTH) for end of life care for pediatric, hematology-oncology patients.