After 17 years in Makarska, a city with a big soul and heart 6.4. In 2024, the action “The medicine is within us” was organized by the Ana Rukavina Foundation and the Red Cross Makarska. A lot of symbolism in the whole campaign from the date of the event (the first Saturday after Easter), emotions (founding of the Foundation and […]

Our dear Ana was born on today’s date in 1977.  The words “I want life” are the wings on which her vision still flies today. Those two powerful words are the initiators of this whole story that has been going on for 18 years. Ana is no longer with us physically, but her words, strength and charisma live on. Ana, […]

We are happy because in February a valuable transplant of hematopoietic stem cells from an unrelated Croatian donor was performed for a patient from Germany. Thanks to the selfless donors of hematopoietic stem cells, the total number of transplants increased to 171 and thus 171 patients were given hope for life! Many thanks to all the donors who decided to […]

On Tuesday, February 13, 2024, at the Maksimir Stadium, thanks to the invitation of the Nema Predaje Foundation, a registration campaign was successfully held in the Croatian Register of Voluntary Donors of Hematopoietic Stem Cells, where 8 potential donors joined us. This was the first action of the year in Zagreb, and healthy citizens between the ages of 18 and […]

There is nothing better than starting the new year with good news. We are overjoyed because in January, two transplants of hematopoietic stem cells from an unrelated Croatian donor were performed for patients from Croatia. Thanks to the selfless donors of hematopoietic stem cells, the total number of transplants increased to 170, and thus 170 patients were given hope for […]

According to the Typing Report of the Clinical Institute for Transfusion Medicine and Transplantation Biology of KBC Zagreb, 150 samples of potential donors were typed. The samples were typed on 6 loci: HLA-A, HLA-B, HLA-C, HLA-DRB1, HLA-DQB1 and HLA-DPB1, using the NGS method, and now the number of typed potential donors is 63.036. We sincerely thank everyone who decided to […]

Today, the traditional humanitarian campaign of the Ana Rukavina Foundation called Želim život (“I Want Life”) ended. Many thanks to everyone who helped our work and our fight to make Croatia a better place for hematology patients, a place with as many success stories as possible and happy endings to difficult battles. Everything we do – organizing actions to collect […]

We sincerely wish you a lot of health, love and success. Happy New Year!