Nadvirna First Children’s Hospice

The community non-profit enterprise “Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Children’s House” was established back in 1980 as orphanage for children from birth till 7 years and has provided care to over 8 000 children since that time. In 2013 it was decided to create a children’s palliative care department on the site of the orphanage. For this purpose a telethon was held in 2015, when the renovation works were completed. The First Children’s Hospice initially had 15 palliative beds for children with life limiting illnesses and we have provided aid to over 350 children since it was established. Unfortunately, COVID-19 and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine led to a significant decrease  in the number of palliative patients. In 2022,  we cared for 77 kids, 29 of them as refugees and 8 disabled children with life limiting illnesses.

St.Panteleymon Fund took part in fundraising events for establishing the First Children’s Hospice. With support of the fund received aid from the Vlček Family foundation (Prague, Czech Republic), which  provided funds, food and supplies for the children.. We continue to support the development of services for children who need palliative care, both in the in-patient unit and in the community and are now appealing for support to ensure that the future of the First Children’s Hospice is secured

This year we faced the need to reorganize, as the government will no longer support the orphanage.

Inspired and funded by Hospices of Hope, we are working on possibilities to create a St.Panteleymon Fund’s Mobile Palliative Care Team.