The family holiday weeks in Davos offer relief for families with children and young people with a life-limiting illness and their healthy siblings. The offer is aimed at families living in Switzerland or Liechtenstein. On various dates throughout the year, usually during the summer and autumn holidays, afflicted 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 can find the latest feedback of participationg families from 2024.
From pilot project to a complete programme!
Since it was founded in 2014, the Davos Family holiday weeks have been a great success. 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.
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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.
Thanks to the legacy of a generous bequeather, we were able to set up a support fund in spring 2024 to help families in need with one or more children with life-limiting illnesses with care costs.
According to the fund regulations, applications can be submitted for the assumption of care costs that are not covered by the cost bearers.
What is the support fund and what benefits does it cover?
How did the earmarked fund for the care costs of the children in need of the Swiss Children’s Hospice Foundation come into realization?
In her will, a single, wealthy testator from the city of Bern named the Swiss Children’s Hospice Foundation as her sole heir, with the condition that her estate assets be used to set up a fund for a specific purpose. The Board of Trustees has laid the necessary foundations for this and is delighted to be able to implement the wishes of the testator in a targeted manner.
For what purpose can support contributions be requested?
The fund assets may be used in accordance with the provisions of the testator’s will as set out in the fund regulations, i.e. to cover the care costs of needy children who are not covered by health insurance and to cover the care costs of needy families.
What kind of support do you expect to receive from affected families?
We will assess applications from families with one or more children with life-limiting illnesses. We can imagine that these will include, for example, support contributions to recommended therapies for the affected child, contributions to the costs of relieving the family through third parties or enabling services for healthy siblings, who often live in the shadow of the affected child.
Nicola Presti, Communications Officer of the Foundation, in conversation with the Vice President of the Foundation Board and Head of the Awards Committee, Prof Urs B. Schaad.
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