Therapeutic Recreation for Body and Mind
Every year, the Association provides a specially designed rehabilitation camp program for children who have experienced and been treated for cancer, as well as their parents. The entire program is provided free of charge and includes accommodation, meals, activities, and medical care.
The camp's goals encompass enhancing children's immunity, resilience, and physical endurance; promoting psychosocial well-being; boosting self-confidence, self-esteem, and peer group integration; fostering increased independence, confidence, openness to new things and experiences; enhancing social connections – leveraging the positive impact of group dynamics, resocialization, and reintegration into their regular environment; reducing stress and anxiety, stimulating creative expression and a positive attitude; strengthening family bonds; and raising awareness about childhood cancer and the consequences of treatment.
We Are Strong
We, the MladiCe, volunteer at the camp, and help out, each with our tasks and activities. We strive to give our best so that our children have the best experience, and the most beautiful time, to understand how strong they are. To realize how much this illness has strengthened them. Through activities that physically encourage movement, we help them regain their confidence. We try in as many ways as possible to motivate them, activate them, and provide a wide range of activities.
I learned to ride a bike...
I had a great time at the camp because there were many friends; we went through the mountains and explored new valleys that I hadn't seen in Bjelašnica before. At the camp, I learned to ride a bike. For the first time in my life, I sat on a bike, and after the fourth try, I stood on the pedals and started riding as if I had been riding it for a hundred years.
Five days of joy...
I want to thank the entire team of the Association for these five days of joy. Thank them for making an effort. This means a lot to me and Mehdija. These were the 5 most beautiful days in the last 3 years of our tough battle.
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We hope for the next camp...
I have no words, I am still under the impression and emotions. Great organization, with wonderful activities for children, socializing, exchanging experiences, lovely workshops for mothers, and, of course, I hope that we will return next year, God willing, and be part of this camp again.