LITTLE HEROES OTTAWA
FOR KIDS WITH CANCER
ABOUT US
LITTLE HEROES FUNDRAISER WAS FOUNDED BY TAHEREH JAVADI (AKA TATA), IN 2013 IN OTTAWA, CANADA.
TATA STARTED THIS INITIATIVE IN HONOR OF HER 6-YEAR-OLD GRANDSON WHO WON THE FIGHT WITH CANCER.
THE VERY FIRST EVENT WAS HELD IN NOVEMBER 2013, WHICH MARKED THE END OF HER GRANDSONS’ CHEMOTHERAPY, WHICH ALSO HAPPENED TO COINCIDE WITH INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S WEEK.
TATA’S VISION WAS TO BRING HOPE TO CHILDREN WITH CANCER AND TO RAISE AWARENESS.
SINCE ‘HOPE’ WAS THE MAIN THEME OF THIS EVENT, THE FIRST YEAR WAS CELEBRATED WITH 1000 ‘LANTERNS OF HOPE’ THAT WERE MADE OUT OF PAPER BY TATA AND HER GRANDSON AND WERE MARKED WITH MESSAGES OF HOPE FROM MANY FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
SINCE 2013, THIS FUNDRAISER HAS BEEN RUNNING ANNUALLY IN OTTAWA, IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, TO RAISE FUNDS TOWARD CHILDHOOD CANCER.
AS CANCER TREATMENT IS VERY COSTLY IN IRAN AND THERE IS LITTLE TO NO SUPPORT FOR AFFECTED FAMILIES, THE FUNDS RAISED FROM THIS EVENT ARE PRIMARILY DONATED TO A NON-FORPROFIT ORGANIZATION, IN IRAN, NAMED ‘MAHAK’ THAT SPONSORS CHILDREN WITH CANCER.
IN ADDITION TO THAT OUR SUPPORTERS ALSO HAVE THE OPTION OF DONATING TO LOCAL CHARITIES SUCH AS CANDLELIGHTERS AND CHILDREN’S WISH FOUNDATION DIRECTLY THROUGH THEIR WEBSITE.
