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In war-torn Syria, a charity offers hope to kids with cancer

Children play as they receive treatment at the cancer ward of the Children's Hospital in Damascus, Syria, Monday, March. 7, 2022. More than a decade of war has brought the Syrian health sector close to collapse, and an economic crisis has meant that cancer treatment is either unaffordable or in short supply. A private charity, Basma, offers cancer treatment without charge to impoverished Syrian children. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki) Staff working at the cancer ward of the Al-Bairouni Hospital in Damascu, Syria, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. More than a decade of war has brought the Syrian health sector close to collapse, and an economic crisis has meant that cancer treatment is either unaffordable or in short supply. A private charity, Basma, offers cancer treatment without charge to impoverished Syrian children. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki) A nurse tends to a patient at the cancer ward of the Children's Hospital in Damascus, Syria, Monday, March. 7, 2022. More than a decade of war has brought the Syrian health sector close to collapse, and an economic crisis has meant that cancer treatment is either unaffordable or in short supply. A private charity, Basma, offers cancer treatment without charge to impoverished Syrian children. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki) Children play as they receive treatment at the cancer ward of the Children's Hospital in Damascus, Syria, Monday, March. 7, 2022. More than a decade of war has brought the Syrian health sector close to collapse, and an economic crisis has meant that cancer treatment is either unaffordable or in short supply. A private charity, Basma, offers cancer treatment without charge to impoverished Syrian children. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki) A woman watches over her child receiving treatment at the cancer ward of the Children's Hospital in Damascus, Syria, Monday, March. 7, 2022. More than a decade of war has brought the Syrian health sector close to collapse, and an economic crisis has meant that cancer treatment is either unaffordable or in short supply. A private charity, Basma, offers cancer treatment without charge to impoverished Syrian children. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki) A child walks with a nurse at the cancer ward of the Children's Hospital in Damascus, Syria, Monday, March. 7, 2022. More than a decade of war has brought the Syrian health sector close to collapse, and an economic crisis has meant that cancer treatment is either unaffordable or in short supply. A private charity, Basma, offers cancer treatment without charge to impoverished Syrian children. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki) A sick child sits on its bed at the cancer ward of the Children's Hospital in Damascus, Syria, Monday, March. 7, 2022. More than a decade of war has brought the Syrian health sector close to collapse, and an economic crisis has meant that cancer treatment is either unaffordable or in short supply. A private charity, Basma, offers cancer treatment without charge to impoverished Syrian children. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki) A woman holds her crying child at the cancer ward of the Children's Hospital in Damascus, Syria, Monday, March. 7, 2022. More than a decade of war has brought the Syrian health sector close to collapse, and an economic crisis has meant that cancer treatment is either unaffordable or in short supply. A private charity, Basma, offers cancer treatment without charge to impoverished Syrian children. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
In war-torn Syria, a charity offers hope to kids with cancer