Mathieu (& Rux & Ella) - for Mia & Camille & Rosalie

Du haut de ses 2 ans et demi, Mia a vu la leucémie s'inviter dans sa vie le 22/02/2024. Depuis, elle combat ce cancer avec une énergie et une détermination qui nous impressionnent chaque jour un peu plus. Ruxandra, Ella et moi-même souhaitions donc nous mobiliser et VOUS mobiliser pour kicker une bonne fois le cancer des enfants en finançant davantage la recherche spécifique sur les cancers pédiatriques, encore trop à la traine. D'avance un grand merci pour elle et tous les enfants atteints du cancer!
Mia, Ella, Ruxandra et Mathieu

As some of you know, our 2-y old daughter Mia was diagnosed end February with leukaemia. To her and to all of us, it was a hard kick 🥊 in the face, as 2-y is much too young to have to face cancer 🦀. The very same happened to Camille, Mia’s hospital roommate, also 2-y old.

But Mia and Camille bravely climbed on the ring and took up the fight against that cancer 🦀 animal, with the great care of the HUDERF pediatric oncology team and the support of our families, friends and colleagues.

NOW HAS COME THE TIME TO KICK BACK🥊 and that is what all of you 🫵 can help achieve!

But, wait a sec⏳, aren’t pediatric cancers very well treated today? Well, there are (sadly) about 35 000 new pediatric cancer cases each year in Europe, spread over 16 cancer types. When you compare that to the (equally sad) 3 700 000 total yearly cancer cases diagnosed in Europe, you understand that each pediatric cancer is in fact a rare pathology, therefore unlikely to attract much medical research 🔬😕 by default.

What can we do about it? Well KickCancer is an NGO precisely focused on supporting research for pediatric cancer breakthroughs.

On Sep 29th in Brussels, i will line up alongside 2000+ participants and run 🏃‍♂️ 10 km to help kick kids cancer back in the Run To Kick event.

Do you want to help make each of my 10 000 steps🦶that day more impactful 🎯 💪?
Well, YOU CAN by sponsoring me and team Run For Mia & Camille with a donation for a good cause!

Thank you for your support, so that all kids that will have to take up cancer 🦀 in the future can do it with perfected treatments 💊 🎯 🥊!

— Mathieu