A donation of € 3,500
The ‘Vlaamse Vereniging voor Bechterew-patiënten v.z.w.’ (Flemish Association for Bechterew patients, non-profit organisation) is a self-help group of and to the benefit of patients with Bechterew’s disease and their family members. This association wants to get patients moving so that the disease, a rheumatic condition particularly at the spinal column, can become a controllable auto-immune disorder.
More in particular, the association brings patients together to do exercises in a swimming pool to make joints and muscles supple and prevent stiffening, such under the supervision of physiotherapists specialised in Bechterew’s disease. Such exercise group offers the opportunity to do exercises in a medically sound way and is at the same time a group in which patients can exchange tips that help them to cope with the disease and find support from one another.
Apart from these exercise groups, the association also organises information days and distributes information brochures, exercise programmes and a magazine. To be able to pay for all this, the organisation counts among others on gifts. With the support from the Alpro Social Fund, part of these costs can be borne.