SEMABO’s first project was created by Sebastián himself during his hospital stay. From his own experience, he identified and shared the need to compassionately face the chemotherapy process from the emotional perspective of both children and their families together.

Sebastián understood the psychological effect that the use of anesthetic cream and modeling clay during treatment has on the entire environment. Not only do they help patients relax, make veins easier to find, and reduce the routine pain of injections, but they also lessen the perception of fear and strengthen the emotional capacity of the whole family to face the process.

With this, he invited us to launch a small campaign in which he prepared kits containing the cream and Play Doh, accompanied them with handwritten encouragement letters, and requested that they be distributed in a public hospital. From there, he left us a legacy and laid the foundation for facing this disease from a different perspective — combatting suffering with empathetic and comprehensive support, not only for the patients but also for their families.

At SEMABO, we work so that all children and families facing childhood cancer have a space for emotional support, resources, and assistance to cope with everything involved. From helping to obtain medication, providing a network of emotional support for families, to supporting those who come from out of town with shelter and a dignified place to go through treatment. We strive to be a comprehensive support organization from diagnosis to recovery, reintegration into life, or even to be a comforting refuge if a child passes away. At the same time, we aim to raise awareness among as many people as possible to become “Kindest Beings” in the face of life.