Little People’s psychosocial patient support services reach the largest number of child and young adult cancer patients in Romania and is the only service provider present in all major regional treatment centres, providing a standardised, consistent approach to the psychological and emotional needs of cancer patient children, young people and their families. Our full spectrum care provides psychological and emotional social support to the child and its family from the moment of diagnosis: parent education, patient-centred interventions through the award-winning Nu mi-e frică! (I am not afraid!) program for the younger ones and age-appropriate peer-support and specialized interventions for teenagers and young adults, special outings and focus group meetings with survivors, long term follow up care and surveillance after end of treatment, as well as patient education and advocacy training.

A project of Little People, the TEMERARII Club for Romanian cancer survivor teenagers and young adults was founded in 2006 and now counts over 900 members, former patients of all the pediatric oncological units across Romania. The unique cancer community provides specialised support to their needs of coping, successful reintegration into society and support for school re-entry.