The overall aim of the project is to improve childhood cancer survival rates in Nepal. Currently we estimate survival rates for children with common cancers treated at Kanti Hospital to be around 40%. Over the next three years we aim to raise them to 50%.

The work we will do will also ensure a better quality of life for all 815 children who are expected to present with cancer at Kanti over the course of the three-year project, as well as those already in treatment at the point the project starts. This is our first project in Nepal, but it aims to lay the foundations for a larger programme. We will work in partnership with two registered not-for-profit organisations, Together Against Childhood Cancer and Ramesh Gupta Memorial Trust in order to ensure project funds reach Kanti Hospital and are used in accordance with the project’s activities and goals.