The term “glass child” was coined to describe children who grow up in families where a sibling’s needs are so intense that the other child becomes emotionally invisible.
The word “glass” refers not to their fragility, but to the way adults and caregivers often look through them—focusing instead on the sibling in crisis.
A Section 18A Tax Certificate means that a business or individual who donates to the Little Fighters Cancer Trust, a registered Public Benefit Organisation (PBO), can legally claim part of that donation back from SARS when submitting a tax return. 📨 In simple terms: ✨️The donation helps feed Children with Cancer and supports their Families […]
Please join LFCT in helping to keep these children warm this Winter (Children with cancer get cold because of their treatments and also have highly compromised immune systems, so need to keep warm to fend off infections)
How much would you love to be able to make a quick, tasty meal for your Child with Cancer that they are sure to enjoy? No time to spend in the kitchen slaving over a stove for hours on end to cook the family a meal or even make a nice little snack because you […]
Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) is a common — and often costly — problem among patients with cancer. Chemotherapy is the use of specific drugs, administered by a paediatric oncologist, to destroy cancer cells by preventing the cancer cells from growing and dividing to make more new cells. Cancer cells generally grow and divide much faster […]
The loss of a child is the most inconsolable of losses; It violates the natural order of things. Here at LFCT we unfortunately see too many parents face this devastating loss, and it breaks our hearts every time we do, but even we cannot really say that we know what they are feeling.
This candle burns for Little Fighters who lost the Battle
🎗Always in our Hearts 🎗
