Little Heroes Foundation
Field of Interest
- Health/wellbeing and medical research
- Individual/family services and support
Target Population
- Young people (6-25)
- People with a disability, illness or disease
Little Heroes are a non for profit South Australian charity with a mission to support children’s physical and mental health. The past 27 years have been dedicated to childhood cancer, raising close to $40 million to purchase lifesaving equipment at Adelaide’s Women’s and Children’s Hospital and provide daily support to families through the Little Heroes Care Program.
Now, our primary focus at Little Heroes is raising funds and awareness for childhood dementia, an under researched and funded disease taking the lives of almost as many children each year as childhood cancer. This disease causes a child to progressively lose skills such as the ability to write, read, talk, walk, and play.
In Australia, over 2,200 children are living with childhood dementia and sadly, this awful disease causes around 90 deaths a year.
One of the biggest issues is awareness that childhood dementia exists. As a result, children and families are being left with no cures and no support.
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