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Support the supporters
We tend to forget about the existence of the children of parents with mental disabilities, disorder or developmental disabilities or the "siblings" of children that need long term medical treatment or have to be in the hospital for long. Such children are often struggling with uncertainty and loneliness, worrying about their family and at the same time wondering whether it was their fault and are unable to offload such complicated feelings thinking "I can't tell anyone or ask anyone". Organizations under this category support such children by delivering the message that "they are not alone" and pay attention to their feelings so that they can feel secure and spend time as a child.
Organizations that "Support the supporters"
- NPO pulusualha
- Shibutane
Organizations that "Support the supporters"
NPO pulusualha
Pulusualha is a nonprofit organization comprising mainly of psychiatry nurses and doctors that supports children of parents that have mental disabilities.
Despite the fact that mental illness is becoming a familiar illness with over 4 million patients, there has not been sufficient support in place for their children.
We produce and promote a picture book series for children to understand illness of their parents and operate "Information Station for Children" which is an information website for children, their parents and supporters. In order to support development of the children, we support the entire household including their parents and families.
[Use of donations]
The donation received will be used to promote a survival guidebook for children and parenting guidebook for the parents with illness as well as to operate the information website.
Shibutane
Shibutane is a nonprofit organization for the "siblings" of children suffering from illness. These siblings are struggling to cope with complicated feelings such as anxiety, loneliness, sense of guilt or pressure. In order to ensure that they can live their childhood feeling secure, we operate various activities such as organizing events where these siblings play the main role and just simply have a great time, volunteering at hospitals, distributing leaflets, organizing trainings for supporters of such siblings and using 10th April, the "Siblings Day", as a means to promote awareness.
[Use of donations]
The donation received will be used to organize events and volunteer at hospitals in order to create more places for the siblings to feel secure.