Savva’s treatment has already begun. His family urgently needs help to keep it going.

Savva is only five. Until recently, he was playing outside and laughing like any other child. Today, he is in an Israeli hospital recovering from complex brain surgery. Savva has a brain tumor. How We Got HereThe Muravyov family has lived in Korolyov, near Moscow, for the past twenty years. Nikolai runs a small food-service business. Ekaterina takes care of their two younger children, Nicole and Savva. Their eldest son, Artyom, is studying at university. They were an ordinary family with three children. Over twenty years, they had built the life they knew: their own apartment, a settled home, children’s laughter and toys scattered everywhere. On April 30, doctors in Moscow said the words that changed their lives forever: five-year-old Savva had a brain tumor. The doctors put his chances of survival at fifty-fifty. Nikolai and Ekaterina did not wait. Just six days later, the family arrived at a hospital in Israel. The diagnosis was confirmed, but the doctors also gave them hope: with immediate treatment, Savva’s chances of a successful outcome were around 70%. On May 8, Savva underwent his first operation. The surgeons removed as much of the tumor as they safely could. The operation cost $110,000. The Muravyovs paid for it themselves. Everything the family had saved over twenty years was spent on their son’s treatment in a single day. But the operation was only the beginning. Savva’s Treatment Has Already BegunTo give Savva the best possible chance of recovery, doctors have prescribed two treatments that must be carried out at the same time: Proton therapy — $150,000 Chemotherapy — $160,000 The total cost of treatment is $310,000. Treatment has already begun. It is crucial that there are no delays or interruptions in the treatment plan. After paying for the first operation, the family has no money left to cover the next stage of Savva’s treatment. But stopping now is not an option: Savva’s life depends on continuing therapy. The Family Cannot Do This Without Our HelpThe Muravyovs are not olims. They do not have access to an Israeli health fund, government benefits or any program that could cover Savva’s treatment. In Jerusalem, the family is staying with the father of close friends, who simply opened his home to them because they had nowhere else to go. The Yad Yitzhak Foundation carefully reviews every family’s case and every medical bill. All donations go directly toward the hospital, proton therapy and the medications Savva needs — with no intermediaries. “We are ready to do whatever it takes,” says Ekaterina. “The most important thing is that Savva has a chance.” Today, five-year-old Savva has that chance — around 70%. But to preserve it, his treatment must continue without interruption. Please help the Muravyov family pay for Savva’s treatment. Every donation and every day matter right now.