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