“Kids First” was founded in 2005 as result of the efforts of Mrs. Maya Litcher, wife of Swiss Ambassador Thomas Litcher after she met with Dr. Peter Noun, a Pediatric Hematologist and Oncologist, Former President of the Lebanese Society of Hematology and Blood transfusion, and chairman of Pediatric Hematology Oncology Unit at Saint Georges University Medical Center. This meeting was the result of a cry for help from a kid who could not afford the treatment at the Lebanese University Hospital Geitaoui and this cry for help turned into the association that was registered under license number 437/AD issued on September 14, 2006 and published in the Official Gazette No. 45 dated September 21, 2006.

The Association’s key objective is to help children battling with cancer and blood disorders by providing them with the necessary medical care and to secure the high cost of medication, especially that each child under the age of 18 has a 75% chance to be fully cured.

Kids First has been a member of the International Confederation of Childhood Cancer Parent Organizations (ICCCPO) for the past eleven years. It is also represented in several international conferences and campaigns aimed at raising health awareness and at spreading knowledge about the early symptoms and warning signs of children’s cancer.

Kids First collaborates with several associations that are specialized in children’s cancer diseases and that provide care to a sick child in a myriad of ways. These include Tamanna which fulfills sick children’s wishes; Omnia that makes children’s dreams a reality; Toufoula that turns our hospital rooms into magical areas; MySchoolPulse that ensure that children suffering from cancer receive school education and Basma that oversees Syrian children in Lebanon.

The efforts deployed by the Association since its inception to date represent a humble initiative to save children from a long and strenuous battle with the disease and give them a chance to lead normal lives and realize their dreams and aspirations.

It is worthy to note that the team of volunteers, which encompasses doctors, lawyers, mothers, young women and men, teachers, nurses, and students, represents the backbone and the pillar of the association. Without their diligent efforts and their relentless zeal, the dream would not have become a reality.