Project Magic in Belgium.
3K6 is the children department for the cancer patients at the Universitary
Hospital Ghent. Once a month we, Ivo and Lieve, visit the children
at the ward.
Before we go to the rooms, we have a short briefing with the pedagogic
co-workers Sabine and Charlot. Some children aren’t allowed
to sit up, others can’t move their arm well or have had medication.
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We visit all the children. The smallest get a balloon
figure. From the age of 5 they’re old anough to learn some simple
magic tricks: float a magic wand or colour a drawing magically. The
somewhat older children learn tricks with ropes and cloths. The oldest
learn card tricks or how to make a prediction.
After every visit, we write down which trick they were taught so we
know for next time what they know and what’s new. |
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After a few visits the children get their own magic box. This way
they can learn a few tricks on their own. |
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A
testimony from 3K6.
Anoek Geens did her dissertation
on 3K6.
At the site of the cancer
fund for children, you can find more information.
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