January 2023

As the 2023 New Year opens, please consider making a donation to FECC.

All the FECC board members are volunteers and there are no employees. Its overhead is minimal.  Seventy percent (70%) of the raised funds are spent to buy medications, and thirty percent (30%) on the Oasis, the first residential, supportive, educational and recreational facility in Egypt for the children and their families to stay in during the children’s cancer treatment.

Your donation to FECC, gives the children an opportunity to get treated, recover and live a healthy and productive life.

Thank you in advance for your generous donations to FECC .

Donations may be sent by one of the following ways:

With greatest appreciation,

The 21st Annual FECC Gala Fundraiser is in the planning stage to be held during one of the weekends in February 2023.  More details will be provided as they are available.  If you cannot attend, please consider making donations to FECC to help treat and cure the Egyptian children with cancer.  Thank you!

October 24, 2022

Dear Friends of FECC,

Twenty-six (26) years ago, an American lady, Susan Work, established the non-profit organization, Friends of Egyptian Children with Cancer (FECC) in Houston, Texas. The idea arose a few years before when Susan’s husband, David, had been transferred to Egypt in 1990 to run the third largest American company in Egypt. Susan met a pediatric oncologist, Dr. Salah Abdel Hadi, who had recently returned from a Fulbright Scholarship in the US, where he spent three months in three different cancer hospitals. He came back to Cairo determined to establish in Egypt what the US hospitals had. Susan organized volunteers to visit the children’s ward to spend a few hours a week with the poor children. In 1991, Dr. Abdel Hadi and Susan began setting up a non-profit organization.

When David and Susan returned to Houston, Susan decided that the only way she could continue to help the Egyptian children was to organize the Egyptian community in Houston to support her efforts. With the help of a number of dedicated volunteers — Ahmed and Kadria Abou-Sayed, Mamdouh and Helju Hamad, Dr. Norman Jaffe, Drs. Samia and Kamal Khalil, Dr. Ezzat Abouleish, Dr. Mohamed Khalil Ali, Dr.& Mrs. Robert Bast, Ms. Naila Seif, Drs. Nageeb and Rose Abdallah, and Moustafa Abou-Ghanem — we have succeeded in continuing the activities of FECC.

The mission of the FECC is to:

1.      Provide comprehensive care to Egyptian children with cancer in Egypt
2.      Promote awareness of pediatric cancer diagnosis and therapy
3.      Purchase cancer medications, medical supplies, and medical equipment
4.     Provide scholarships for Egyptian junior physicians and nurses to specialize in pediatric oncology care.

All FECC Board Members are volunteers. FECC has a minimal overhead. The main function of the FECC is to raise funds, which are transferred to our sister organization in Egypt annually. This year 70% of funds were spent on buying the necessary medications for children who were treated at no cost at the following universities and institutes hospitals: Alexandria, Borg El Arab, Mansoura, Zagazig, Ain Shams and Assuit Universities and Nasser Institute. Thirty percent of FECC funds were designated to the “Oasis”, the first residential, supportive, educational and recreational facility to serve the children and their families in Egypt. Also, $15,000 were allocated for pediatric oncology nurses’ scholarships.

Due to the current status of the economy, there is a decrease in the raised funds. The FECC last fund-raising gala was in 2020. Currently, the FECC is planning a fund-raising gala on February 4th 2023.

Please, help the FECC and donate to cover the rising cost of medications to be able to treat and cure the poor children. Donations may be sent by one of the following ways:

With greatest appreciations,