Our family was eager to do something to support Kate and her work with the children in Malawi.вЂќ From left: Nick Robinson, Porter Robinson, Robert Robinson, Dr. Children are malnourished with complicating illnesses, and do not have access to transportation to the hospital. In Malawi, there are multiple children in a bed sharing one oxygen tank. I could not imagine any child having to fight this cancer without all of the resources that Mark had. вЂњYet at UNC, he had the best care: a private hospital room, attentive nurses, anti-nausea medicine, antibiotics, nutritional support, specialists, and transportation to an emergency room when he was critically ill. He got down to only 108 pounds and had many side effects,вЂќ said Nancy Robinson, Porter and MarkвЂ™s mother. Together, they established the Robinson Malawi Fund so families вЂњwonвЂ™t needlessly lose loved ones.вЂќвЂњWhile Mark was undergoing treatment, it was hard to watch him suffer. Westmoreland about her work to treat Burkitt lymphoma in Malawi, where prevalence of the cancer is much higher and the survival rate can be as low as 29 percent. Porter describes MarkвЂ™s battle with Burkitt lymphoma as вЂњutterly devastating and one of the most difficult things IвЂ™ve ever been through and surely a million times worse for Mark.вЂќ Through their familyвЂ™s collective desire to help others avoid the same suffering, the RobinsonвЂ™s approached Dr. Porter Robinson at his brother MarkвЂ™s side at UNC Hospitals. This is not the case for children living in the developing world, where the cancer can be a death sentence. Through intensive treatment with chemotherapy, this cancer has as five-year survival rate of 90 percent in the United States. MarkвЂ™s recovery is typical for Americans diagnosed with Burkitt lymphoma. John Hipps treated Mark, and he began his road to recovery.

It was hard to escape how blessed we were to have Mark receiving the best possible care.вЂќ She told us about UNC Project-Malawi and about the countryвЂ™s lower survival rates. As we inquired about her life, she revealed her passion for caring for the children in Malawi who suffer from the exact same cancer that Mark had. вЂњWe spent long hours in the UNC hospital room with Mark and while we did, we got to know Dr. вЂњMarkвЂ™s chemotherapy treatment at UNC was intensive and sometimes lasted for five straight days,вЂќ said Nick Robinson, Porter and MarkвЂ™s father. The cause of the mass was a rare and aggressive form of cancer called Burkitt lymphoma. Mark was in the hospital with an abdominal mass that was doubling in size every 24 hours. Porter was touring in Philadelphia when he received a call that would change his life forever. Three years later, they have raised more than $154,700 to support the treatment of pediatric cancer in Malawi. Kate Westmoreland in November 2016, when PorterвЂ™s younger brother Mark came into Dr. Grammy-nominated musician, record producer, and Chapel Hill native Porter Robinson first met pediatric oncologist Dr. Mark Robinson visits with a therapy dog at UNC Hospitals.

Nick and porter robinson