MAHER Center's mission is to protect the rights and be the voice for children and adolescents who have cancer. The Convention on the Rights of the Child dictates that all children have a right to education, recreation, and health care. MAHER CENTER dreams of a world where children with cancer have the same rights and opportunities as other children.
The Center strives to make the lives of children with cancer as normal as possible, to minimize their suffering, and to maximize their educational and recreational opportunities. Support is also provided to the survivors of cancer, who are sometimes affected emotionally and physically by different disabilities. Some of these survivors are actively volunteering in MAHER CENTER.
MAHER Center also provides support to families. Families often do not understand their child’s illness, do not know what to tell their child, or are afraid to allow their child to participate in normal activities. During prolonged hospitalization for a child in treatment, parents confront many emotional and financial difficulties, including travel to visit with their child or weeks spent by their child’s bedside while the rest of the family must manage without them. Traveling back and forth to visit a hospitalized child is even more challenging in Palestine because of the prolonged military occupation. The Maher Center tries to help families deal with the many stresses associated with having a child with cancer.
Our work also extends into the community, where MAHER Center advocates and educates about the needs of the children with cancer.
Through our work we strive to empower and develop the individual, the family and the local community. We are committed to teamwork and collaboration with other groups and institutions that are also dedicated to helping children with cancer.
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