 The IAEA's Raise of Hope initiative has made significant strides towards increasing access to cancer care in the two years since its launch. At the start, seven first wave countries were on board, Benin, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Niger, and Senegal. All face substantial cancer burdens, and like most developing countries, do not have enough access to radiotherapy or medical imaging. Since the launch of Raise of Hope, more than 70 additional countries have requested to join. A number of these have already started receiving tangible support, from radiation therapy and diagnostic machines to training for doctors and technicians. The Democratic Republic of Congo in particular, a country with no radiation facilities, has received IAEA support towards building its first radiotherapy centre. We are going to mobilise the necessary funds to ensure that the people of Congo, not only those who have the means and the possibility of having the potential for cancer care. Other countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean have also received equipment and training. A range of anchor centres are being set up as capacity building and knowledge hubs. The first five were announced at the IAEA's General Conference last year, in Algeria, Jordan, Morocco, Pakistan and Tokyo. Anchor centres will advance cancer care, research and innovation regionally and globally, and support the long term sustainability of Raise of Hope. The next steps are to strengthen partnerships with traditional donors and private companies, add additional funding streams, buy more equipment, train more experts, build more facilities, strengthen anchor centres capacities and eventually reach cancer care for all.