WORKING PLAN FOR 2008

1.  Regular work of the Association:

  • Celebrating all important dates connected with the work of the Association (International Day of Children suffering of malignant diseases; Awareness week on celiac disease; World Day of asthma; Arthritis Day)
  • Renewal of the contract with the sports facilities on the use of swimming pool
  • Enabling the children and at least one parent free bus ticket for city transport
  • Organising of traditional humanitarian concert
  • Participation in conferences, events for the purpose of cooperation with local authorities and other similar associations and organisations
  • Membership in central associations for certain diseases
  • More to devote to leaflets and brochures related to the activities of the Association in order to familiarise the general public and parents who face with health problems of their children

2. Furnishing of the apartment in Zagreb:

  • Furnishing of the purchased apartment for the usage of the diseased children and moving in, deadline 29 February 2008
  • Continue with material help by abalienation of the apratment on the usage to the families that need treatment of their child in Zagreb
  • Provide budgetary funds to pay expensives of the apartment for the next year
Users of the apartment can only be children with recommendation of the Paediatric Department or sent from the same department in General Hospital Dubrovnik, and the members of the Association as well.

3. Buying a car for the needs of the Association members:

  • Buying of the car for the needs of travelling en route between Dubrovnk-Zagreb-Dubrovnik
  • Provide funds for the purchase of personal vehicle which would be consigned to the parents of diseased children, who other sorts of transport can't stand or are problematic or for transport through Zagreb in order to avoid urban public transportation
  • Accomplishing the goal can be contributed by sponsorships in nature (abalienation of the promotional vehicle on usage to the Association)

4. Entering the membership of the EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN IN HOSPITAL

  • Participate in the conference in Helsinki and present previous work of the Association, and justify the candidacy for membership
  • Establish promotional materials and presentations for the same in English language

5. Medical treatment outside Croatia:

  • Ensure a professional financial assistance to comply with the law and elaboration of the ways of allocation of funds and refunding of the same and sustainability of fund of funds for that purpose
  • Funds from this fund can be used only and exclusively for the treatment of diseased children outside Croatia when medical treatment or surgery are impossible to be carried out in Croatia
  • Covering the costs of treatment (usually emergency operations) of children outside Croatia will be pursued from the formed fund of funds and capital projects funds
  • Funds will be raised through different activities with particular reference of the purpose of collecting, media promotions, concerts, auctions ...

6. Financial assistance

  • Financial assistance will continue to provide in the form of one-financial support to families with diseased children, solely for the purpose of the purchasing medicine, vaccines, devices (for ex. inhalators etc.), medical supplies and in engagement with the doctor and submitted medical certificate
  • Financial assistance will be allocated from Fund for financial support in accordance with the current possibilities and on an exeptional basis from the basic fund for the work of the Association if ti is possible

7. Profane psycho social assistance:

  • Psycho social support will be provided primarily in the form of regular meetings and meetings of members of the Association or some sections of the Association
  • Exchanging of experience and presence of doctors in the meetings
  • Animation, workshops,creative work, educational lectures, courses etc.
  • Organising workshops for children, exhibitions of their works, performances etc.
  • A division of gifts to ill children into a suitable holiday period
  • Organised meetings with similar associations throughout Croatia

8. Professional psycho social assistance:

  • Find a professional person for the continuous provision of psycho social assistance to children and their parents (psychotherapist, psychlogist, defectologist or someone of similar professions)
  • Organise lectures of specialists (if necessary hosting the same) related to the problem of family struggle with disease
  • Organise lectures of doctors (specialists) (if necessary hosting the same) related to specific child's disease