💛 Help Us Fight for Melinke — Give Her Another Chance

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Help 11-year-old Melinke fight terminal brain cancer. Donate now to give her a chance at life through CAR-T therapy overseas. 🙏💛

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Our beautiful 11-year-old daughter, Melinke Visser, is fighting an aggressive and terminal brain cancer called Diffuse Midline Glioma (DMG).

Melinke has already endured radiation and countless medical treatments. For a while, we were given hope as her symptoms improved. But in April, her symptoms returned, and she has been declining each day. We are now facing another round of radiation and desperately searching for every possible option to keep our daughter with us.

One of those options is CAR-T cell therapy — an innovative treatment that may give Melinke another chance. Unfortunately, this treatment is not currently available to her in New Zealand, meaning we are looking at treatment opportunities overseas, including in the United States or China.

We are asking for your help because every donation could bring us one step closer to giving Melinke more time — more birthdays, Christmases, netball games, laughter and memories with her family.

If we are unable to reach our fundraising goal or if circumstances change and the funds are no longer required for Melinke’s treatment, any remaining funds will be donated to a cancer organisation to help support other families affected by childhood cancer.

Please donate, share and help us fight for our little girl. We are not ready to say goodbye. 💛

Use of funds

Funds will help cover Melinke’s CAR-T treatment overseas, international flights, accommodation, medical consultations, medication, transport, food and living costs, visas, travel insurance, and other urgent and unexpected treatment-related expenses. ahead. A page update will be posted once the country has been confirmed.

Latest update

💛 Melinke’s Journey – A New Glimmer of Hope! 💛 2 November 2026

Another week has passed, and we are grateful that Melinke is still doing okay under the circumstances. 🙏

It has now been 4 weeks without vomiting, her headaches are well managed, and we are slowly weaning her off steroids. Most importantly, another week has passed without complications!

Emotionally, things have been difficult. Melinke is becoming frustrated with not being able to do the things she once loved. Watching our once active, energetic girl struggle with these limitations is heartbreaking. 💔

💛 EXCITING NEWS FROM SAN FRANCISCO!

After reading about B-SYNC CAR T-cell therapy, we reached out to two doctors involved in running the clinical trial in San Francisco.

We received an incredibly encouraging response! They have offered to review Melinke’s medical case to determine whether this treatment could potentially be an option for her.

Although there are no guarantees, this has given our family renewed hope. After months of searching for treatment options, having doctors willing to consider her case means everything.

We are fighting for an opportunity. An opportunity for treatment, more time and a future for our beautiful girl. 💛

If overseas treatment becomes possible, the financial costs will be enormous. Your donations are helping us prepare for that possibility.

From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for every donation, prayer and share.

Please continue supporting Melinke’s fight. Every contribution matters. 🙏💛

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