We called our charitable fund after Nastenka Koposova, a little girl from a far-away Vologda village.
Nastenka was a common Russian girl with trustful round blue eyes, a snub nose and charming smile. She was the only child in the family. Nastenka was born on the 29th of May,1995. When she was eighteen months old she was diagnosed with a terrible disease: nephroblastoma. Doctors did their best to save the child's life. Nastya had five operations, one kidney removed, a few courses of chemotherapy, high-dose chemotherapy and bone marrow transplantation. Nastya died on the 9th of August 1998 in a sterile ward. She was only three. She was the only child of young loving parents.
Nastenka's story is just one out of many. We would like to perpetuate this girl's name, the story of her short life and remind the whole world about the children who need our help.