About The Foundation

Malia and thousands of other children with similar afflictions have no safe treatment options that provide a cure without debilitating consequences.  Radiation is typically the prescribed therapy for treatment of this type of tumor in young adults, but can prove devastating for such a small child, especially as the child continues to grow.  So our only hope is that medical researchers can quickly develop a safer and more effective alternative to radiation. 

Unfortunately, these types of spinal cord tumors are so rare that research toward that means is grossly under funded.  In an attempt to speed up research efforts, we have created a nonprofit, charitable organization which we have fittingly named Malia's CORD Foundation.  CORD stands for “A Cure for Others through Research and Development”.  Our mission is to find a cure for pediatric spinal cord gliomas by promoting medical research and increasing public awareness of spinal cord tumors. 

Thankfully many people have volunteered their time and resources to make this foundation run at minimal cost.  Therefore nearly all of the donations received go directly toward research to find a cure.