Give hope for children with critical illnesses
by granting life-changing wishes
I wish to have a tea time in a castle like a princess with my mommy
Eva, 3
Neuroblastoma
Make-A-Wish® creates life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. We seek to bring every eligible child’s wish to life because every child deserves a childhood. Make-A-Wish has become the world’s leading children’s wish-granting organization, serving children in 50 countries and territories worldwide. Together, generous donors, supporters, staff and more than 20,000 volunteers unite to deliver hope to wish kids and their families when they need it most. Please join us by making your donation to help us grant more life-changing wishes come true!
A Wish is Hope, Donate Now to Help
“It isn’t always necessary to cure in order to heal.”
Wishes make the impossible, possible – helping children replace fear with confidence, sadness with joy and anxiety with hope.
Make-A-Wish helps to grant wishes for children with critical illnesses, we believe that a wish has a long-lasting impact on the life of a child.
A wish begins with hope, hope begins with you.
Wish Stories
I Wish To Have A 16th Birthday Party
Sara was born with congenital myopathy, a rare disease that affects the muscles, causing progressive and degenerative atrophy. Her 16th birthday party was the realization of a beautiful Wish, symbolizing her victory over difficulties.
I Wish to Go Sightseeing in London
Five-year-old Oliver lives with a degenerative muscle condition;. Wile he’s able to walk short distances for now, his wish is to go sightseeing in London.
I Wish To Be a Scientist
Despite living with a rare genetic disorder called Loeys-Dietz syndrome, 10-year old Elias from Italy always saw life as being full of possiblity, with his cheerful enthusiasm, zest for life and great appetite for learning evident to all who knew him.