Thanks to the collaboration with Friedensdorf International, the Wilhelm Schulthess Foundation is able to support children from areas of war and conflict to get expert medical help at the Schulthess Klinik. This collaboration is an important part of our foundation’s work and is funded from the patient assistance fund.
Something that is generally a matter of fact for people in Switzerland and Germany is usually an unattainable and extremely unaffordable luxury for many people from regions plagued by war and conflict. A lot of health problems cannot be treated locally. So people suffer or even die from injuries and diseases that could have been medically treated.
Joint commitment to small patients
This is where Friedensdorf International comes in with its individual medical aid: The organisation brings children from war and conflict areas to Germany after a medical examination on site and connects them with specialised clinics for treatment. After the stay in the clinic, the rehabilitation takes place in Friedensdorf: The wounds are cared for and the children learn, for example, how to walk again or how to grip, how to handle medication and how to play without fear.
As the only clinic in Switzerland, the Schulthess Klinik has a cooperation with Friedensdorf. We take in two to four children and adolescents for treatment every year. The entire cost of treatment in the clinic is covered by the patient assistance fund of the Wilhelm Schulthess Foundation. Transport, and care before and after are covered by Friedensdorf.
«The collaboration with the Schulthess Klinik is a big addition to Friedensdorf International. It allows us to help children with complex malformations who would never have had an opportunity of adequate treatment to achieve a better life. Without this treatment the children would have lifelong limitations and suffer social exclusion.»
Raissa Neumann, Friedensdorf International
The Schulthess Klinik is supported by the Wilhelm Schulthess Foundation. Since its founding in 1935, the foundation helps patients in need through the patient assistance fund, thus pursuing its charitable purpose.