We are taking action for the Princess Máxima Centre for childhood oncology
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Why do we like to take action for the Princess Máxima Centre?
Our mission is to support all women and babies as best as possible in the developments and growth before, during and after pregnancy. In this way, we want to contribute to a healthy future. When a child is seriously ill with cancer, only one thing matters: curing them. That is why everyone at the Princess Máxima Centre for Childhood Cancer works together every day, passionately and at the cutting edge, to improve the chances of survival and the quality of life of children with cancer. Now and in the long term. Because children still have a whole life ahead of them.
Did you know?
In the Netherlands, approximately 600 children are diagnosed with cancer every year, and currently, 1 in 4 children still dies from this disease.
The Princess Máxima Center has also affected us personally. Shortly after the birth of our daughter, my partner discovered that he carries the BRCA gene. The BRCA gene, which stands for BReast CAncer gene, refers to a group of genes that play an important role in regulating cell division and preventing uncontrolled cell growth. Mutations in these genes can increase the risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer in women by as much as 80%. Men who carry the gene have an increased risk of prostate cancer.
This left us with a great deal of uncertainty and questions about what we can do now for my partner, our daughter, and our wish to have more children. The fear that our daughter has a very high risk of developing cancer made us realize that we will do everything we can to reduce this risk as much as possible.
In the Netherlands, around 600 children are diagnosed with cancer every year, and currently, one in four children still dies from the disease. That is why the Princess Máxima Center was founded with a single mission: to cure every child with cancer, while ensuring the best possible quality of life. The Princess Máxima Center is not an ordinary hospital, but a research hospital. All children with cancer in the Netherlands are treated here, and all research into childhood cancer takes place here. This makes the Princess Máxima Center the largest childhood cancer center in Europe.
More than 900 healthcare professionals and 450 researchers work closely with Dutch and international hospitals to develop better treatments and new perspectives on cures. In doing so, they provide today’s children with the very best care and take important steps to improve the survival chances of children who cannot yet be cured. We want to contribute to this mission and are therefore taking action for Máxima.
Our donation to the research hospital
We would love nothing more than to help this hospital and especially these children together with you.
For every MomPwdr package sold, we will donate €1 to the Princess Máxima Center.
We also hope to organize campaign days where we will strive to raise even more money for the Princess Máxima Center.