Free support for every cancer patient
Lithuanian Cancer Patient Coalition ·Lithuania
About this project
<p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #606060"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, sans-serif">Project aims to ensure empowerment of vulnerable group – cancer patients, thus improving quality of life for them, also helping to feel valued members of the society and involving people into volunteering activities, etc.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #606060"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, sans-serif">The main target audience of the project – cancer patients – a socially vulnerable group – 100 000 people in Lithuania. Applicant intends to empower as many cancer patients as possible to obtain free legal, psychological consultations and lifestyle recommendations, to benefit from free or discounted goods and services, to ensure that cancer patients together with caregiver could attend cultural and educational events for free, also provides opportunities for active individuals (volunteers) and NGOs to contribute to these activities.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #606060"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, sans-serif">Throughout the project (1) 5 types of services provided to cancer patients, will be improved; (2) 720 participants will benefit from individual consultations/training on how to better advocate for themselves after hearing cancer diagnosis; (3) cooperation between private and public legal entities will be strengthened (discounts and free invitations will be provided by at least 100 private enterprises and at least 80 cultural and educational institutions); (4) at least 32 civil society organisations will cooperate to promote inclusion and education of cancer patients; (5) at least 80 volunteers will be involved in project activities; (5) at least 135 persons will complete training on how to provide help to vulnerable groups; (7) at least 26 000 people will benefit from the inclusion activities throughout the duration of the project.</span></span></span></p>