A Charity project «You only live once»

The project is 15 years old!

A child’s world is a space of kindness, belief in miracles, sincere love, lightness, sometimes naivety, warmth and fairy tales. When a little person making his first steps on the path of life faces difficulties, adults shall help him to remain brave and kill any disease.

MeiTan created the charity project «You only live once» for a good purpose of helping children in hospitals to become healthy sooner in 2009. The first Charity Ball was held in the same year, during which funds were raised to renovate colorful playrooms in children’s hospitals. For ten years now, we have been lighting up children’s smiles together with you, helping kids to cope with illness and believe in a miracle.

Every purchaser of the Company’s charitable products also contributes to the creation of a good fairy tale for children undergoing treatment in hospitals. When purchasing the Dao de Mei Hand Softening Cream with a red orange, you make children in the hospitals of our country happier.

Thanks to your help, we open many brightly colored playrooms, repair and equip wards and classrooms, buy educational toys, furniture and equipment every year. The kindness of your hearts fills the days spent by children in hospitals with bright positive emotions which are so important for a speedy recovery.

The project started with hospitals in Altai Krai in 2009. We opened playrooms and organized holidays for young patients, and realized that our desire to do good was far beyond the borders of one region. Then we earned the support from our partners in different parts of Russia and began to open playrooms, therapeutic exercise rooms and classrooms in children’s hospitals across our country. Bashkortostan, Yakutia, Tyva, Khakassia, Altai, Trans-Baikal Territory, Primorsky Krai, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Vladimir, Kemerovo, Kurgan, Kursk, Novosibirsk, Rostov, Samara, Sverdlovsk, Tyumen and Chelyabinsk Regions, 26 cities where 37 playrooms have been opened – this is a map of great happiness of little patients. This list is constantly expanding!

Our common endeavors could not go unnoticed. The project «You only live once» was awarded a Diploma of the Barnaul Administration «The Best Patron of Barnaul – 2013» in the nomination «Happy Childhood» and a Certificate of Merit of the Altai Krai Administration «For Providing Charitable Assistance to the Altai Regional Children’s Clinical Hospital». Our project won the regional competition of volunteer initiatives «Crystal Heart of Altai» and took the third place in the competition of volunteer initiatives «Crystal Heart of Siberia» in 2016. The project «You only live once» won the award «Best Project for Children» in the category «Social Projects and Sustainable Development» at the All-Russian Forum «Development of Regions. The Best for Russia» in 2021. However, our main reward is the smiles of children and their parents leading to a speedy recovery!

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