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ABOUT VIVA

Saving lives of children with cancer through excellence in medical care, research, and education.

Once upon a time, a boy with cancer almost ran out of time, but his doctors cured him and gave him a new lease of life.
VIVA Foundation was established in 2006 in Singapore to celebrate this gift of life and to ensure more children like him will have the same opportunities to live.
Among the many illnesses and problems in the world, childhood cancer may not get the most of funds, focus and facilities. VIVA Foundation fights to put this on the agenda of institutions, by catalysing research, building state-of the-art facilities, supporting doctors and training nurses.

VIVA Foundation believes by doing so, it will change the way childhood cancers are being diagnosed and treated throughout the region, starting with Singapore. Ultimately, this will ensure more children with cancer, regardless of geography, will have a higher chance of full recovery to live out the full potential of their lives.

VIVA Foundation believes by doing so, it will change the way childhood cancers are being diagnosed and treated throughout the region, starting with Singapore. Ultimately, this will ensure more children with cancer, regardless of geography, will have a higher chance of full recovery to live out the full potential of their lives.

With your help, we can change the future of children with cancer. And when we do that, we will be able to change his-story and her-story, because fairy-tale-like “happily-ever-afters” can be a reality.

The End The Beginning!

Milestones

Hillary Clinton once said “to raise a happy, healthy and hopeful child, it takes more than a family… it takes a village.” In our situation, it takes more than a village – it takes a galaxy, a galaxy made up of stars like you…
  • Opened VIVA Research Lab 
2025
  • Opened VIVA Research Lab 
  • Launched VIVA Cell and Gene Therapy Academy
  • Established Sydney Brenner–VIVA Fellowships
2024
  • Launched VIVA Cell and Gene Therapy Academy
  • Established Sydney Brenner–VIVA Fellowships
  • Launched VIVA Family Educational Day
  • Appointed custodian of Dr Sydney Brenner’s Nobel Prize Medal for 30 Years
  • Established partnership with VIVA Indonesia
  • Supported launch of the George & Jennifer Yeo Professorship in Paediatric Oncology at NUS
2023
  • Launched VIVA Family Educational Day
  • Appointed custodian of Dr Sydney Brenner’s Nobel Prize Medal for 30 Years
  • Established partnership with VIVA Indonesia
  • Supported launch of the George & Jennifer Yeo Professorship in Paediatric Oncology at NUS
  • Launched VIVA Survivorship Programme
2021
  • Launched VIVA Survivorship Programme
  • Launched VIVA–NUS CenTRAL
2016
  • Launched VIVA–NUS CenTRAL
  • Signed MOU with KKH
  • Launched VIVA–KKH Paediatric Brain & Solid Tumour Programme
2015
  • Signed MOU with KKH
  • Launched VIVA–KKH Paediatric Brain & Solid Tumour Programme
  • Supported cancer immunotherapy research at NUS
  • Established partnership with VIVA China
2014
  • Supported cancer immunotherapy research at NUS
  • Established partnership with VIVA China
  • Opened VIVA Hub at Novena Specialist Centre
  • Supported establishment of Mrs Lee Kong Chian Chair in Advanced Cellular Therapy at NUS and NUH
2013
  • Opened VIVA Hub at Novena Specialist Centre
  • Supported establishment of Mrs Lee Kong Chian Chair in Advanced Cellular Therapy at NUS and NUH
  • Established VIVA-Goh Professorship in Paediatric Oncology
2012
  • Established VIVA-Goh Professorship in Paediatric Oncology

  • Opened VIVA-University Children’s Cancer Centre (VUC³) at NUH

2009

  • Opened VIVA-University Children’s Cancer Centre (VUC³) at NUH

  • Launched VIVA-Goh Paediatric Oncology Programme

2008

  • Launched VIVA-Goh Paediatric Oncology Programme

  • Launched inaugural
    St. Jude-VIVA Forum in Paediatric Oncology

2007

  • Launched inaugural
    St. Jude-VIVA Forum in Paediatric Oncology

  • VIVA Foundation for Children with Cancer founded

  • Signed MOU with St. Jude, NUS and NUH

2006

  • VIVA Foundation for Children with Cancer founded

  • Signed MOU with St. Jude, NUS and NUH

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