Atif was a passionate, loving son and a caring brother. He was diagnosed with a brain tumor at the age of 10 years and returned to his Creator following failed attempts of various types of conventional and alternate treatments as his tumor was an aggressive type 4 medulloblastoma. True to his name, which translates to compassion, he was a compassionate, cheerful and God fearing son. He was a smart student whose favorite subject was mathematics. He loved playing chess and basketball, was keen in maintaining consistency in religious studies and was a motivator for his siblings.
During this short period of treatment, we have been moved by the love and support extended by many people from various parts of the world, both known and unknown. We, as Atif’s family, know that a child suffering from cancer affects the entire family.
We recognize the need for extending emotional and financial support to the children as well as the affected families in order to cope with this life-altering disease. The expensive treatments of the cancer patient: from surgery to radiation to chemotherapy poses a drain on financial resources, especially for the less fortunate families. His family was inspired to do something in his memory for other children suffering from life-threatening diseases and the Atif Siddique Foundation was created with this objective in mind.
‘ATIF SIDDIQUE FOUNDATION’ is a registered charitable trust under the Indian Trusts Act, 1882 that was formed to carry on the charitable, educational and social development activity.
‘ATIF SIDDIQUE FOUNDATION’ was formed in remembrance and as a honour to his late beloved son Atif in order to continue the legacy of charity giving within his family and to manage the charity causes as detailed in this deed.
The scholarship is awarded in memory of my beloved son Atif Siddique, who passed away in March 2014, a few months before he became a teenager. Atif was a passionate, loving son and a caring brother. He was diagnosed with a brain tumor at the age of 10 years and returned to his Creator following failed attempts of various types of conventional and alternate treatments as his tumor was an aggressive type 4 medulloblastoma. True to his name, which translates to compassion, he was a compassionate, cheerful and God fearing son. He was a smart student whose favorite subject was mathematics. He loved playing chess and basketball, was keen in maintaining consistency in religious studies and was a motivator for his siblings.