The Davos Family Holiday Weeks offer relief for families with children and young people with a life-limiting illness and their healthy siblings. On various dates throughout the year, usually during the summer and autumn holidays, affected families can enjoy a week’s “holiday in the mountains”.
During the holiday weeks, sick children are cared for by qualified nurses if necessary. A team of local volunteers supports the children’s hospice foundation so that the whole family can benefit from this holiday week to the fullest.
Here you will find the latest feedback from participating families from last year.
From pilot project to a complete programme!
Since its launch in 2014, the family holiday weeks in Davos have been a great success, as the following feedback from a participating family show:
“We were well looked after and supported all round, without it being intrusive for us. We were all able to relax and recharge our batteries in the clear mountain air.”
What was launched as a pilot project has quickly established itself as a permanent programme offered by the foundation. Affected families are cordially invited to take part in the family holiday weeks and submit an expression of interest, which we can use to start the assessment process. We are delighted with every family that can be considered.
Note (09.08.2024): No further enquieries will be accepted for this year, as the capacity has been exhausted.
We will be happy to receive your expression of interest from January 2025! We need some information to be able to process your enquiry:
holistic | relieving | unique
The Flamingo children’s hospice planned in Fällanden, Zurich, will be open to children and young people up to the age of 18 with life-limiting illnesses as well as their parents and siblings. The holistic care and support combined with the appropriate infrastructure should enable those affected to take a recurring break from their exhausting everyday lives.
The realisation of the Flamingo Children’s Hospice is made possible by the Swiss Children’s Hospice Foundation. Construction of the new children’s hospice in Fällanden, Zurich, has already begun.
The latest information on the construction project will be published regularly on the “Project status” page. To keep up to date with the progress of the Flamingo Children’s Hospice, it is worth subscribing to our free newsletter.
The Swiss Children’s Hospice Foundation has announced the launch of a fund for the care costs of the children in need. Nicola Presti, Communications and Marketing Officer at the foundation, spoke to the Vice President of the Board of Trustees and Head of the Allocation Committee, Prof Urs B. Schaad, about this. To the Interview
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