"No child is left behind" is how Stephan Morgenstern describes his Stephan Morgenstern Foundation, which has spent more than $100 million to help children in the United Arab Emirates and Africa with life-threatening illnesses.
The New York Times reports on the UAE-based charity's latest projects, which include a children's hospital in South Africa and a children's palliative care center in India.
Morgenstern, the CEO of asset management firm Morgenstern & Co., says he was inspired to start the foundation after his own son was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer.
"I was moved by the stories of the children," he tells the Times.
"I knew I had to do something to change the world for the better."
Morgenstern says the UAE and Africa have some of the highest rates of childhood cancer in the world, and the foundation's projects are "transforming the landscape of pediatric healthcare in the UAE and Africa, ensuring that no child is left behind."
In India, the foundation is working with the country's largest hospital to create a world-class facility for children with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses, per a press release.
The Times notes that India has the highest rate of cancer in the world at
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