HFNZ Youth Camp 2015

Youth Camps provide an educational and fun weekend camp for boys with haemophilia and other bleeding disorders aged 10-18 years. Held every other year, these camps give the boys opportunities to interact and forged further friendships with others who same the concerns and challenges of living with a bleeding disorder. Team leaders are older youth or men with haemophilia who provide important mentorship.

Boys who attend Youth Camps often return home with an increased sense of self-confidence, a new-found sense of community, and, for many, the ability to self-infuse their own treatment. They also have the chance to make new friends and participate in a number of fun activities that entertain, amuse and challenge in a supportive environment.

“Sending our son to Youth Camp on his own was the best that as parents we could have done for him… The benefits of him attending were huge; he went from leaving here a boy to coming back a young man. He went from hating his haemophilia to embracing it. The education sessions were invaluable to helping him develop a better understanding of it all.”