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Athletic Competitions for Childhood Cancer Survivors
Moscow - May, 30th – June, 3rd 2012
“Internal scars caused by sufferingare much deeper than traces frominjections and surgeries. Thesechildren have already won the mainbattle; they have survived. Now they need help to return to theirchildhood, to learn to enjoy their lives, and to embrace the fact that they were ill. Such athletic events give these children an opportunity toshow themselves and others what they are capable of.”
The founders of the Gift of Life Foundation Russian actresses Chulpan Khamatova and Dina Korzun
• The treatment of oncology diseases treatment is long and painful.
• Restoring a high quality of life after treatment requires a lot of time and effort.
• Children are often labeled handicapped andexperience difficulties due to their limitedphysical abilities.
• Athletic competitions allow children affected by oncology to gain self-esteem and the feeling of equality.
• These athletic events will encourage children in treatment and empower them as they struggle with the disease.
Socialization of children affected byoncology diseases
Provide support to children in treatment
Popularize athleticism among people with oncology diseases
Form and strengthen friendships among children, parents and charities from different cities and countries
Attract public attention to the problems of childhood cancer
Dispel the cancer-is-incurable stereotype
Winners’ Games 2010
Organizers: Gift of Life Foundation, Locomotive FC
Date: June 13-16, 2010
Place: Moscow, Locomotive Stadium
Participants:12001children1from1Russia, Ukraine, Belarus,
Armenia, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Hungary
Winners’ Games 2011
Organizers: Gift of Life Foundation
Date: August 4-7, 2011
Place: Moscow region, Foresta Tropicana hotel
Participants:13001children1from1Russia, Ukraine, Belarus,
Latvia, Poland, Romania, Hungary, Turkey,
the Czech Republic
For_more_information, results, photos and stories, please visitwww.winnersgames.ru
Winners’ Games –together we celebrate the victory over disease
World Children’sWinners’ Games
Organizers: Gift of Life Foundation
Date: May, 30th – June, 3rd 2012
Place: Moscow, Gorky Park
Participants: 300 children - former cancer patients
We invite teams from all over the world!
Audience:• Guests
• Fans
• Employees of sponsoring companies
• TV audience
Participants
Total - over 1000
Participants; 300
Journalists; 50VIP guests, 100
Parents; 300
Organizing committee and
volunteers, 100
Referees and coaches, 30
Attendants with foreign teams, 40
Childhood cancer survivors in the age of 7 to 16
Winners’ Games are an international project: we invite participants from all over the world
Winners’ Games are a common celebration of the victory over disease: we invite one parent with each child
Participation is free of charge for all registered participants
• Spectacular
• Well-known and inclusive
• Adapted for participants with different physical abilities
• Olympic and Non-Olympic
Winners’ Games competition rules:
• Awards for all participants
• Three age groups: 7-9, 10-13, 14-16 years
Football Chess Table tennis Swimming Track Shooting
Athletic celebrities: refereeing, rewarding, ceremonies
Paralympians Sergey Shilov, Svetlana Yaroshevich, Ivan Goncharov
Olympic championsElena Dementyeva, Anton Sikharulidze
World chess champion Alexandra Kostenyuk
Athletes from FC Anzhi
Music, cinema and theatre stars: concerts, ceremonies
Officials of government and public organizations and businesses
Journalists from the state mass-media
First channel, Rossia-1, Rossia-2, Rossia-24, NTV, Podmoskovye, Soyuz, Prosveshchenie, Doverie, 5 channel, RIA-novosti, Russia Today,Volgogradskoe TV, Vesti Moskva
Winners of previous Games
they are active, talented and encouraging!
Creative
An opportunity for participants to meet friends
and show their talents
• Workshops
• Photo marathon
• Exhibitions
Entertaining
An inviting way to learn about Russia, its culture,
relax and spend time together
• Dance
• Concerts
• Sightseeing around Moscow
Informational
A base to attract attention to the questions regarding childhood cancer, establish contacts and develop cooperation among nonprofit organizations from all over the world
• Round-table discussions
• Press conferences
The World Children’s Winners’ Games
www.winnersgames.ru
E-mail: winners.games@gmail.com
Gift of Life Foundation
www.podari-zhizn.ru
Tel. +7 (499) 246-22-39
Project Coordinator
Nadezhda Kuznetsova
Mob. +7 (916) 936-27-22
E-mail: manera@list.ru
Team Coordinator
Julia Shchetinskaya
Mob. +7 (905) 711-02-62
E-mail: shchetinskaya@gmail.com
We should prove to ourselves and to people around us: we can do it, we are as capable as everyone else, we are not different.
Sergey Varygin19, diagnosed with leukemia 5years ago
I took part in running. I finished in second place, but I didn’t feel upset because my mom told me I was great.After that we had a drawing contest and I won the first prize. I got a huge pile of presents!!! I’m so happy!!!!!!!
Dima Egorov10, diagnosed with leukemia 6 years ago
Elena Bychek,a participants’ mother
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