Keywords: Manas Air Base Outreach Society DVIDS17747.jpg en Senior Airman Brandon Pfannenstielf left and Staff Sgt Noah Bolton right are for the moment volunteer coloring book and photography mentors from the Manas Air Base Outreach Society MABOS in the visitation room of the Kyrgyz Republic Cancer Center Mr Savva Mazroyanidi center provides English - Russian language interpretation transportation and support for all to enjoy the visit Senior Airman Pfannenstiel is a native of Warrensburg Missouri Staff Sgt Bolton a Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning specialist is native to Republic Missouri from the 509th Civil Engineering Squadron Whiteman Air Force Base Mo Both are deployed to the 376th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron Manas Air Base Kyrgyz Republic and assigned to the 509th Civil Engineering Squadron Whiteman Air Force Base Mo This is facility is the only national cancer center in the Kyrgyz Republic and is one of the MABOS focus group locations The ward houses 40 patients in 9 rooms but because of the distance and cost to travel there a parent of each child stay in residence with them for the one-year treatment of various kinds of cancer making 80 people in residence Despite the crowded living conditions the cancer center reports a 70 recovery rate of early-diagnosed cancer Although government funded the money does not pay for all the costs Damiria Omoorzakovna principal and lead doctor spends most of her time raising funds for the center Recent donations include from an Italian football captain for 200 000 in bone marrow operations Another is 3 000 000 dollars from the Italian government for a new facility but more is needed to cover the total cost U S Air Force photo/Master Sgt Lance Cheung 2006-03-19 Lance Cheung https //www dvidshub net/image/17747 17747 2006-04-03 14 07 MANAS AIR BASE KG PD-USGov Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ 376th Air Expeditionary Wing United States Air Force 509th Bomb Wing United States Air Force Transit Center at Manas |