Winners` Games

Athletic Competitions for Childhood Cancer Survivors
Moscow - May, 30th – June, 3rd 2012
“Internal scars caused by suffering
are much deeper than traces from
injections and surgeries. These
children have already won the main
battle; they have survived. Now they
need help to return to their
childhood, to learn to enjoy their
lives, and to embrace the fact that
they were ill. Such athletic events
give these children an opportunity to
show themselves and others what
they are capable of.”
The founders of the Gift of Life Foundation
Russian actresses Chulpan Khamatova and Dina Korzun
• The treatment of oncology diseases
treatment is long and painful.
• Restoring a high quality of life after treatment requires a lot
of time and effort.
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Children are often labeled handicapped and
experience difficulties due to their limited
physical abilities.
• Athletic competitions allow children affected by
oncology to gain self-esteem and the feeling of
equality.
• These athletic events will encourage children in
treatment and empower them as they struggle
with the disease.
Socialization of children affected by
oncology diseases
Provide support to children in treatment
Popularize athleticism among people with oncology
diseases
Form and strengthen friendships among
children, parents and charities from different cities
and countries
Attract public attention to the problems of childhood
cancer
Dispel the cancer-is-incurable stereotype
Winners’ Games 2010
Organizers: Gift of Life Foundation, Locomotive FC
Date: June 13-16, 2010
Place: Moscow, Locomotive Stadium
Participants:12001children1from1Russia, Ukraine, Belarus,
Armenia, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Hungary
Winners’ Games 2011
Organizers: Gift of Life Foundation
Date: August 4-7, 2011
Place: Moscow region, Foresta Tropicana hotel
Participants:13001children1from1Russia, Ukraine, Belarus,
Latvia, Poland, Romania, Hungary, Turkey,
the Czech Republic
Winners’ Games –
together we celebrate the victory over disease
For_more_information, results,
photos and stories, please visit
www.winnersgames.ru
World Children’s
Winners’ Games
Organizers: Gift of Life Foundation
Date: May, 30th – June, 3rd 2012
Place: Moscow, Gorky Park
Participants: 300 children - former cancer patients
We invite teams from all over the world!
Participants
Referees and
coaches, 30
Organizing
committee and
volunteers, 100
Attendants with
foreign teams, 40
Audience:
• Guests
• Fans
• Employees of
sponsoring companies
• TV audience
Participants; 300
Total - over 1000
Parents; 300
VIP guests, 100
Journalists; 50
Childhood cancer survivors in the age of 7 to 16
Winners’ Games are an international project: we invite
participants from all over the world
Winners’ Games are a common celebration of the victory
over disease: we invite one parent with each child
Participation is free of charge for all registered participants
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Spectacular
Well-known and inclusive
Adapted for participants with different physical abilities
Olympic and Non-Olympic
Football
Chess
Table tennis
Swimming
Winners’ Games competition rules:
• Awards for all participants
• Three age groups: 7-9, 10-13, 14-16 years
Track
Shooting
Athletic celebrities:
refereeing, rewarding, ceremonies
Paralympians Sergey Shilov,
Svetlana Yaroshevich, Ivan
Goncharov
Olympic champions
Elena Dementyeva, Anton
Sikharulidze
World chess champion
Alexandra Kostenyuk
Athletes from FC Anzhi
Music, cinema and theatre stars:
concerts, ceremonies
Officials of government and
public organizations and
businesses
Journalists from the state mass-media
First channel, Rossia-1, Rossia-2,
Rossia-24, NTV, Podmoskovye,
Soyuz, Prosveshchenie, Doverie, 5
channel, RIA-novosti, Russia Today,
Volgogradskoe TV, Vesti Moskva
Winners of previous Games
they are active, talented
and encouraging!
Creative
An opportunity for participants to meet friends
and show their talents
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Workshops
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Photo marathon
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Exhibitions
Entertaining
An inviting way to learn about Russia, its culture,
relax and spend time together
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Dance
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Concerts
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Sightseeing around Moscow
Informational
A base to attract attention to the questions regarding childhood
cancer, establish contacts and develop cooperation among nonprofit
organizations from all over the world
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Round-table discussions
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Press conferences
The World Children’s Winners’ Games
www.winnersgames.ru
E-mail: winners.games@gmail.com
Gift of Life Foundation
www.podari-zhizn.ru
Tel. +7 (499) 246-22-39
Project Coordinator
Team Coordinator
Nadezhda Kuznetsova
Julia Shchetinskaya
Mob. +7 (916) 936-27-22
Mob. +7 (905) 711-02-62
E-mail: manera@list.ru
E-mail: shchetinskaya@gmail.com
We should prove to ourselves and
to people around us: we can do it,
we are as capable as everyone else,
we are not different.
Sergey Varygin
19, diagnosed with leukemia
5years ago
Elena Bychek,
a participants’ mother
Dima Egorov
10, diagnosed with
leukemia 6 years ago
I took part in running. I finished in second place,
but I didn’t feel upset because my mom told me I was great.
After that we had a drawing contest and I won the first
prize. I got a huge pile of presents!!! I’m so happy!!!!!!!