KAF Fund of support and development of philanthropy

Fund of support and development of philanthropy of KAF — the Russian socially oriented non-profit organization registered in 2012.

The mission of fund — to promote that society is more and more active and with big effect participated in charity on advantage to people and local communities.

KAF fund works in a broad spectrum of the directions among which — management of charity programs, the organization of grant tenders, consulting projects and carrying out researches.

Annually the fund implements more than 20 charity programs in close cooperation with the Russian and international companies.

Grant fund

In 2016/17 financial year the grant fund made more than 272 million rubles.

History

2018: A grant from Medtronic to the aid of children with diabetes

The fund of support and development of philanthropy of KAF at the end of March, 2018 announced receiving a 2-year grant from Medtronic fund in the amount of more than 5.6 million rubles within a charity program of Alpha Endo. The grant purpose — to increase availability of high-quality medical care to children with diabetes of the first type from socially vulnerable groups (orphan children, incomplete and needy families, etc.) thanks to cooperation of spheres of health care, social protection and diabetic associations.

Within the received grant KAF will hold cross-disciplinary meetings of specialists in the field of health care, educations, social protection and diabetic associations. At the same time, adaptation and testing of a technique and the instrument of identification of factors of social risk (orphanhood, poverty, lonely motherhood, etc.) among families of children with diabetes and also a procedure for granting by him the medico-social help will be carried out.

Besides, within a grant training of pediatricians and social workers medico-socially in patronage of children with diabetes in a difficult life situation for improvement of control of a disease will be provided. Regular consultations of children, including with participation of the leading federal experts will be organized. Also development and deployment of a system of "equal support" of family of the child with type 1 diabetes by other family which faced the same problem and already having successful experience of overcoming a difficult situation is planned. The initiative will be coordinated from diabetic association.

The project will cover not less than five regions of Russia — Moscow, the Samara, Chelyabinsk and Vologda regions and also the Republic of Tatarstan. It is expected that according to the results of the project not less than 80% of children with diabetes from socially vulnerable families which took part in the program will receive complex social and medical services. It is going to increase by 50% number of the health and social workers trained medico-socially in maintenance of children with diabetes. It is supposed that at least 30% of social and vulnerable families with children with diabetes will get equal support from diabetic associations

Social conditions are factors, in much defining human health — Anna Karpushkina, MD, the head of a charity program of Alpha Endo of KAF Fund noted. — Our research shows that about 20% of children with diabetes of the first type live in families in a difficult life situation. At these children diabetes is controlled badly. It is also important to remember that the family after diagnosis is in a stressful status. What aggravates intra family problems even more. The atmosphere in family strongly affects result of treatment of diabetes. The grant will allow us to help families of socially vulnerable groups of the population and to implement the modern practices which are successfully working in other countries of the world to improve wellbeing of children with this serious disease.