Kenzie’s Gift
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Kenzie's Gift is unique in that its sole focus is the emotional well being of children and families affected by cancer. There is presently no organisation in New Zealand that does this. Kenzie's Gift will initially be working in the Auckland region. It was established to reduce the emotional and psychologuical trauma children face through the painful, frightening and traumatic cancer treatments and the uncertainties living with cancer produces. According to the Listener, Nov 2007, New Zealand is falling behind in international standards in meeting the emotional needs of children with cancer.
Kenzie's Gift aims to meet these needs through the therapeutic interventions of play therapy, family, art and music therapy.
Aims:
- To encourage and allow the family / Child themselves to have as normal a childhood and family life as possible. This is through appropriate play opportunities, therapies and support.
- To encourage the opportunity for extended family and whanau to participate in play, therapies and support with the aim to enhance communicative and expressive opportunities.
- To provide ongoing support for families and whanau through survivorship and bereavement.
- Upon the family request, liaise with schools, employers and relevant groups which are an integral part of their lives, offering support, education and advise around the families and child's needs.
Winning a donation from Sovereign will help us achieve:
Children, young people and their families affected by cancer suffer significant emotional distress, with up to 30% suffering anxiety and 35% depression. If this Application is successful, we will be able to send a community based therapist to support the emotional needs of children, young people and their families through the use of various therapuetic interventions, including art therapy, music therapy and play therapy.
Our details:
| Registration No: | CC21425 |
| Region: | Auckland |
| Category: | Children's health - mental wellness and support for emotional trauma, Children's health - life threatening illness |
| Contact Person: | Nic Russell (Chair Person) |
| Address: | 31 Clarence St, Devonport, Auckland |
| Telephone: | 09 4461100 |
| Email: | irishnic@slingshot.co.nz |
| Website: | www.kenziesgift.com |
| No. helped nationally: | We are growing - we expect to be helping 25 children with one full time therapist within a year. |
| No. helped per project: | It costs $750 for an intervention package of 6 sessions with a therapist. Therefore, $15,000 would enable us to help 20 families. |
| Existing sponsors or funders: | Our sponsors include: WebFarm/Freeparking Dallas Bennett- Benefitz Guardian Trust. Artsquad NZ Ocean Swim Les Mills Blue Seventy Future Dreams North Shore Leisure Auckland Sports Photography Millenium Hotels Torque Business Living Nature Taupo Tandem Skydiving Rotary Club of New Zealand |
