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Founded | April 2006 |
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Type | NGO |
Focus | "Designing a "dream floor" ward in all hospitals where children receive therapy" . |
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Area served | Lebanon |
Method | Cancer research, Endowments, and Education. |
Website | toufoula.org |
Toufoula is a Lebanese voluntary [1] health organization dedicated to improve the quality of life of children suffering from cancer and blood diseases by designing and creating a unique and colorful environments aimed at offering a safe haven throughout their treatment. Toufoula was co-founded in 2006 by a group of young volunteers in Beirut, Lebanon.
The word toufoula is Arabic (طفولة) for " Childhood" [2] and the organization mission is to improve the quality of life of children suffering from cancer or blood diseases.
Toufoula's main project is the "Dream Rooms" [3] and its aim is to design a "dream floor" ward in all hospitals where children receive therapy. Dream Rooms aim at derailing the children from the arduous treatment and journey while hospitalized. To that end, Toufoula co-founders started this initiative by upbringing of the idea that was then extrapolated via the collaborative work with other architects and designers. Toufoula had a number of designs submitted namely by Bernard Khoury, Celia Arbid, Nadim Karam, Simone Kosremelli, Raed Abi Lameh, Karim Chaya, Nada Debs, Erga group: Randa and Elie Gebrayel, Jean Louis Mainguy, Karen Chikerjian, Michele Maria Chaya, Lina Ghotmeh, JWT, Zuhair Murad, Rabih Keyrouz, Gina Succar, Michele Stanjovsky, Jalal Mahmoud, Sary El Khazen [4] and IB2 who contributed a lot for Toufoula by advertising for the concept of the Dream Room project by a slogan " No Color, No life " noticing that IB2 is an expansion unit of Impact BBDO.
This project is to be implemented in all the hospitals that have oncology hematology wards all around Lebanon. It has been implemented in three major hospitals already since the year 2008:
Toufoula has set a goal, that by 2012 all pediatric oncology hospital rooms in Lebanon will be changed into dream rooms. The hospitals that admit cancer kids in Lebanon are: Rafik Hariri University Hospital, Saint George Hospital - Beirut, Jeitawi, Hotel Dieu, Rizk, Makassed, Notre Dame Des Secours Nini Tripoli and Hammoud Saida. [6]
Toufoula’s goals culminate in one main aim: to improve the quality of life of children suffering from cancer.
Toufoula most importantly raises money to help in the treatment of the sick children [11]
Years | Number of Patient | Amount |
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2007 | 7 | $9,148 |
2008 | 2 | $4,893 |
2009 | 19 | $36,195 |
2010 | 11 | $64,926 |
TOTAL | 39 | $115,162 |
Toufoula depends on fundraising activities and sponsors for its event. To fulfill their objectives several events were done:
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Founded | April 2006 |
---|---|
Type | NGO |
Focus | "Designing a "dream floor" ward in all hospitals where children receive therapy" . |
Location |
|
Area served | Lebanon |
Method | Cancer research, Endowments, and Education. |
Website | toufoula.org |
Toufoula is a Lebanese voluntary [1] health organization dedicated to improve the quality of life of children suffering from cancer and blood diseases by designing and creating a unique and colorful environments aimed at offering a safe haven throughout their treatment. Toufoula was co-founded in 2006 by a group of young volunteers in Beirut, Lebanon.
The word toufoula is Arabic (طفولة) for " Childhood" [2] and the organization mission is to improve the quality of life of children suffering from cancer or blood diseases.
Toufoula's main project is the "Dream Rooms" [3] and its aim is to design a "dream floor" ward in all hospitals where children receive therapy. Dream Rooms aim at derailing the children from the arduous treatment and journey while hospitalized. To that end, Toufoula co-founders started this initiative by upbringing of the idea that was then extrapolated via the collaborative work with other architects and designers. Toufoula had a number of designs submitted namely by Bernard Khoury, Celia Arbid, Nadim Karam, Simone Kosremelli, Raed Abi Lameh, Karim Chaya, Nada Debs, Erga group: Randa and Elie Gebrayel, Jean Louis Mainguy, Karen Chikerjian, Michele Maria Chaya, Lina Ghotmeh, JWT, Zuhair Murad, Rabih Keyrouz, Gina Succar, Michele Stanjovsky, Jalal Mahmoud, Sary El Khazen [4] and IB2 who contributed a lot for Toufoula by advertising for the concept of the Dream Room project by a slogan " No Color, No life " noticing that IB2 is an expansion unit of Impact BBDO.
This project is to be implemented in all the hospitals that have oncology hematology wards all around Lebanon. It has been implemented in three major hospitals already since the year 2008:
Toufoula has set a goal, that by 2012 all pediatric oncology hospital rooms in Lebanon will be changed into dream rooms. The hospitals that admit cancer kids in Lebanon are: Rafik Hariri University Hospital, Saint George Hospital - Beirut, Jeitawi, Hotel Dieu, Rizk, Makassed, Notre Dame Des Secours Nini Tripoli and Hammoud Saida. [6]
Toufoula’s goals culminate in one main aim: to improve the quality of life of children suffering from cancer.
Toufoula most importantly raises money to help in the treatment of the sick children [11]
Years | Number of Patient | Amount |
---|---|---|
2007 | 7 | $9,148 |
2008 | 2 | $4,893 |
2009 | 19 | $36,195 |
2010 | 11 | $64,926 |
TOTAL | 39 | $115,162 |
Toufoula depends on fundraising activities and sponsors for its event. To fulfill their objectives several events were done: