💛 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.

💛 A Little Update on Melinke 💛 12 November 2026

Another day, another reason to be thankful. 🙏

Melinke is still doing okay under the circumstances, with no headaches or nausea, which we are incredibly grateful for. ❤️

We took her out for a little treat today, and she really enjoyed the outing. It's these small moments of happiness that mean so much to us. 🥹💕

We are still waiting for her oncologist to connect with the doctors at UCSF in San Francisco to discuss her case and possible treatment options. We continue to hold on to hope. 🙏

While we wait, we continue doing everything we can to give Melinke another chance. If you are able to support her journey, whether through a small donation, sharing her story or simply keeping her in your prayers, it would mean the world to our family. 💛

Every little bit of kindness brings us one step closer to hope.

Support Melinke's fight here:

https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/help-us-fight-for-melinke-give-her-another-chance

Thank you for standing beside us. One day at a time, one little victory at a time. 💛🎗️

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