Hospital volunteering
Volunteers work with the child through short breathing, posture, and focus exercises inside a safe, disciplined framework adapted to medical reality.
The Bucharest chapter of the Kids Kicking Cancer movement
Kids Kicking Cancer with BudoBucharest, Romania
We turn treatment moments into moments of courage.
The Bucharest chapter works with children in treatment through breathing, posture, and focus exercises inspired by Budo, adapted to medical settings and supported by trained volunteers.
Mission statement
Our mission
We transform treatment moments into moments of courage through safe, non-clinical, age-appropriate Budo activities. We support children living with cancer and other chronic illnesses, and their families, alongside professional care.
What we do
We work across three connected areas.
The work begins at the bedside and grows through research and support from the community.
How to help
Responsible research and evaluation
We develop partnerships with hospitals, universities and specialists to evaluate programs ethically and improve them in light of the available evidence.
Community and sustainable funding
Volunteers, partners and supporters help us build a responsible organization that can support children and families over the long term.
From our work
Our latest article
A closer look at the method, volunteering and the organization’s development.
April 21, 2026
Bedside volunteering: what meaningful presence really looks like
What a Budo-based bedside intervention can look like in hospital and why continuity matters more than spectacle.
Get involved
Help us carry this work further in Romania.
The Bucharest chapter is looking for volunteers, partners, and supporters who can sustain bedside work and help prepare research and development projects.