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#FamilyFocus - Childhood Cancer Week: 6 year old cancer survivor's story brings hope for others

───   08:49 Thu, 10 Sep 2020

#FamilyFocus - Childhood Cancer Week: 6 year old cancer survivor's story brings hope for others | News Article

Hearing your child has cancer is something no parent wants to hear but little Daru won his battle and his mom Maryka wants other families to know that a diagnosis is not a death sentence, there is always hope. Listen to their story here.


Daru was diagnosed with a very rare cancer at the age of 3. As a family they had to go through 10 months of rigorous treatment, away from their home in Klerksdorp with much uncertainty and pain. 



Through it all they remained positive and with wonderful support from their friends and family, they never felt alone on the journey. Walking in faith every step of the way.



Daru is their superhero and according to mom Maryka, he remains their shining light. They are so proud of him for overcoming his battle against cancer and want to remind other families that a diagnosis is not a death sentence, there is always hope. Listen to the podcast below.



Seeing that September is childhood cancer awareness month, we also want to give some of the charities supporting these families the acknowledgement they deserve. Daru was a dream recipient from the Reach For A Dream foundation who work with children who have life-threatening illnesses across South Africa. Here he is on his dream day - he wanted to fly in a helicopter and that happy face says it all!



If you would like to make more dreams possible for children who have life-threatening illnesses such as cancer in the Free State, North West, Southern Gauteng and Northern Cape email sandra@reachforadream.org.za or click below to visit them online. 




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