Fundación Aladina

Volunteers

Fundación Aladina has a team of highly trained volunteers ready to give comprehensive assistance to both the children and teenagers suffering from cancer as well as to their families.

Care for children:

At times, children with cancer feel scared, confused, sad and out
of control. The voluntary workers, using play therapies, help them
to understand about and how to tolerate the illness, surgery,
hospitalization and treatments, and thus hope to make the hospital
stay as pleasant as possible.

The main goal is to keep alive their will to recover, and to lessen
the impact of the illness. To this end, all manner of activities are
carried out, including pain relief and relaxation techniques,
as well as giving the children an outlet to express their feelings
through play.

Care for families:

Another of our aims is to support families through these difficult
moments, giving them emotional and psychological support
throughout the duration of the illness. Our volunteers guide them
through the different phases of the illness, helping them wherever
and whenever they are needed.

Reiki

Reiki is used in ever increasing numbers of hospitals. Our specialist Reiki volunteers give Reiki sessions whenever asked to do so by any parent, child or nurse.

It´s effects are subtle but fantastic, and increasingly it is the children who are the ones asking for Reiki, having experienced its beneficial effects first-hand.