A Social Worker Describes Her Experience with Patient Families who need financial assistance from the Icla da Silva Foundation

Read how we helped this family while their loved one battled a life-threatening disease. In addition to heart-wrenching concerns, many patient families struggle with the financial pain of keeping it all together.

The story of this 9-year-old boy begins in the remote town of Shishmaref, Alaska, just north of the Bering Strait. Read how we have supported his journey to a cure.

Marelyn’s twin boys were diagnosed with sickle cell disease and scheduled to receive their 2nd bone marrow transplant. She was alone, afraid, and unsure of the outcome…