The Life Line

Six-year-old Umar—the youngest and fourth child in the large Dzhamulaevy family—was born healthy, but at the age of three he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Nine months of chemotherapy produced results: the boy went into remission. But three years later, the disease returned.

"In July, Umar started complaining of back pain. Tests showed nothing, but a puncture revealed that…

Five-year-old Aliya from the large Kurieva family is like a little battery. Her mother, Lydia, says you rarely meet such cheerful children: the little girl is always ready to dance, help others, and find joy in everything.

Unfortunately, Aliya has few reasons to be happy right now. The girl has acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and the insidious disease is not responding to chemotherapy:

"We had…