# Here, children are *just children*.

> Source: https://decaohz.org/en/summer-camps.html
> Summer camps for children with oncohaematological diseases, for those who have beaten the illness and for their brothers and sisters — laughter, therapy and friends who share the same fate. Since 2015.

Summer camps

Every summer since 2015 we have brought together children and young people with oncohaematological diseases from all over Bulgaria — those in treatment, those who have beaten the illness, and their brothers and sisters.

![A boy with his arms raised high, overjoyed in the camp meadow](https://decaohz.org/assets/img/p/triumph-1600.webp)

The camps run in two age groups — one for the little ones and one for teenagers. There is plenty of laughter and play, and alongside it, individual and group psychological therapy and creative workshops.

This is how the children and young people build a community of their own and, together, gather the strength to keep going. Their brothers and sisters are there with them — because they, too, live through their sibling’s illness in their own way and need support as well.

The camps are made possible by the Social Protection Fund, the International Women’s Club, Grand Hotel Bansko and many donors.

![Children laughing in the pool](https://decaohz.org/assets/img/p/pool-1600.webp)

Summer camp, Dobarsko

## Moments from the summer

- ![The children arranged in a heart on the meadow](https://decaohz.org/assets/img/p/heart-1600.webp)
- ![A girl carries a younger boy on her back](https://decaohz.org/assets/img/p/together-2200.webp)
- ![A boy in a hood makes a victory sign](https://decaohz.org/assets/img/p/peace-1200.webp)
- ![A group of teenagers out in nature](https://decaohz.org/assets/img/p/teens-1600.webp)
- ![A girl sitting in a meadow](https://decaohz.org/assets/img/p/meadow-girl-1400.webp)
- ![A smiling boy looks through a circle made with his fingers](https://decaohz.org/assets/img/p/teen-boy-1400.webp)

## A child who has laughed all summer long comes back stronger.

Help the camps happen again next year.

[Help](https://decaohz.org/en/how-to-help.html)