On September 12, events of the nationwide Under the Flag of Good campaign will take place in Irkutsk. A charity football match with sports veterans, Denis Matsuev, government officials and deputies will be held at Lokomotiv Stadium. About 3 million rubles have already been raised, which will go to children with cystic fibrosis and epidermolysis bullosa, including for equipment to improve their quality of life.

Events will be held in Irkutsk on September 12 as part of the All-Russian campaign “Under the Flag of Goodness!”. This was announced today by Igor Ivanov, Minister of Physical Culture, Sports and Youth Policy of the Irkutsk Region.
As the minister noted, on September 12 at 3:00 p.m. at the Lokomotiv stadium, a friendly football match will take place between sports veterans and the Angara Region team, whose players will include People’s Artist and pianist Denis Matsuev, members of the regional Government, and deputies of the Legislative Assembly.
The chief pediatrician of the Irkutsk Region, Elena Golenetskaya, said that the campaign organizers have already raised about 3 million rubles, which will be handed over to the parents of children with cystic fibrosis and epidermolysis bullosa (“butterfly syndrome”). The funds raised during the campaign will also be used to purchase compression vests that restore lung function in patients with cystic fibrosis.
– Devices for vibration drainage of the lungs will help not just prolong the lives of these patients, but also significantly improve their quality of life. Children will receive less antibiotic therapy, suffer fewer complications, and spend less time in hospital treatment. They will have the opportunity to study, communicate normally with their peers, and live to adulthood, – Elena Golenetskaya emphasized.
The All-Russian campaign “Under the Flag of Goodness!” has been held in Russia since 2005. During this period, children in Nizhny Novgorod, Taganrog, Samara, Kazan, Sochi, St. Petersburg, Krasnoyarsk, Perm, Belgorod, Yaroslavl, Novorossiysk, Elista, and Moscow received qualified medical care and expensive medicines.
Cystic fibrosis is a congenital genetic disease characterized by severe disorders of the respiratory and gastrointestinal functions. In the lungs, inflammatory processes develop due to the accumulation of thick mucus, and their ventilation and blood supply are impaired. The vast majority of children and adults with this diagnosis die from respiratory failure.
Based on materials from the press service of the Governor of the Irkutsk Region and the Government of the Irkutsk Region