The Foundation KiKa is a Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 charity foundation

Foundation (charity)

A foundation is a legal categorization of nonprofit organizations that will typically either donate funds and support to other organizations, or provide the source of funding for its own charitable purposes....

 that brings in fundings solely for research

Cancer research

Cancer research is basic research into cancer in order to identify causes and develop strategies for prevention, diagnosis, treatments and cure....

 to childhood cancers. Renewing research to this form of cancer requires a treatment that specifically aims to the genomic

Genome

In modern molecular biology and genetics, the genome is the entirety of an organism's hereditary information. It is encoded either in DNA or, for many types of virus, in RNA. The genome includes both the genes and the non-coding sequences of the DNA/RNA....

 properties.

KiKa supports the seven children cancer centers in the Netherlands:

• Sophia Kinderziekenhuis (Sophia Child hospital) in Rotterdam
  Rotterdam
  Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
  
  
• Willem-Alexander Kinder- en Jeugdcentrum
  Leiden University Medical Center
  The Leiden University Medical Center or LUMC, is the university hospital affiliated with Leiden University, of which it forms the medical faculty...
  
   (Willem-Alexander Child- and Youth center) in Leiden
• VU medisch centrum (VU Medical center) and Emma Kinderziekenhuis (Emma Child hospital) in Amsterdam
  Amsterdam
  Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
  
  
• Wilhelmina Kinderziekenhuis (Wilhelmina Child hospital) in Utrecht
  Utrecht (city)
  Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 312,634 on 1 Jan 2011.Utrecht's ancient city centre features...
  
  
• Beatrix kinderkliniek (Beatrix Child clinic) in Groningen
• Universitair Medisch Centrum St Radboud
  Radboud University Nijmegen
  Radboud University Nijmegen is a public university with a strong focus on research in Nijmegen, the Netherlands...
  
   (University Medical Center St Radboud) in Nijmegen

Olympic swimming champion Inge de Bruijn

Inge de Bruijn

Inge de Bruijn is a Dutch former swimmer. She was a four-time Olympic champion and a former world record holder.-Biography:De Bruijn was born in Barendrecht, South Holland, and tried several sports before settling with swimming....

is ambassador of the foundation.