Nutrition and Recovery Packs

When Eating Becomes a Challenge

Chemotherapy does not only attack cancer cells. It disrupts the digestive system, suppresses appetite, and depletes the body of nutrients it desperately needs to recover. Many leukemia patients going through active treatment struggle to eat regular meals for weeks at a time.

The result is a quiet crisis on top of an already difficult one. A body under treatment needs fuel to repair itself, build immune defences, and manage fatigue. Without it, recovery slows and the patient's strength diminishes further.

The Francesco Salerno Foundation responds with something simple and practical: a nutrition and recovery pack, assembled and sent directly to patients across Europe.

What Each Pack Contains

Each pack is put together by volunteers, sourced from a Bulgarian pharmacy, and shipped directly to the patient. We buy in small quantities and keep the contents focused on what matters most during treatment:

1. Vitamin C, to support the immune system during a period when it is heavily compromised
2. Vitamin D3, which most patients become deficient in during extended hospital stays and reduced sun exposure
3. Zinc and selenium, which support immune recovery and are commonly depleted by chemotherapy
4. Omega-3 fatty acids, to support cellular repair and reduce inflammation
5. A basic multivitamin complex, to address general nutritional gaps caused by reduced food intake

The most effective options reasonably priced from a licensed pharmacy, chosen for their relevance to recovery from leukemia treatment.

Why This Cause Needs Funding

Each pack costs around €25 to put together and send. That covers roughly €16.50 in supplements and packaging, and approximately €8.50 in standard courier shipping to an EU address. We use the cheapest available route, booked through a courier comparison platform, with no express options and no extras.

Our goal of €1,250 funds 50 packs. Your donation funds:

1. The supplements themselves, sourced at pharmacy prices with no markup
2. A small cardboard box and basic protective packaging
3. Standard tracked courier delivery from Bulgaria to the patient's address in Europe, arriving within 3 to 5 business days

The foundation does not take a fee. Every euro raised for this cause goes directly into the packs and the postage to send them.

What Your Donation Actually Does

Somewhere in Europe right now, a leukemia patient has barely eaten in four days. Their treatment is working, but their body has almost nothing left to work with. A package arrives at their door. Inside: a month's supply of the supplements their body needs to begin recovering.

It did not cost much to send. But for them, it arrived at exactly the right moment.

That is what your donation makes possible.