Providing PlayStation Devices
One hundred PlayStation consoles across the hospital break the isolation of child patients and bring them together during treatment.
Fasilah (Educating Pediatric Inpatients in the Hospital)
Offering children new educational services that allow them to continue learning, develop their skills and avoid an interruption to their education — tied to one of the strategic priorities of the King Faisal Specialist Hospital Charity Foundation: expanding its service delivery models.
Target group:
Paediatric cancer, tumour and organ transplant patients whose stay extends beyond 10 days at King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre in Riyadh and King Fahad National Centre for Children's Cancer.
Location:
- King Fahad National Centre for Children's Cancer – Riyadh.
- King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre – Riyadh.
Financial scope:
SAR 360,000.
Project rationale:
- Ensuring that children with cancer who stay in hospital for long periods keep learning.
- Strengthening the emotional wellbeing of children with cancer, tumours and organ transplants so they respond better to treatment, by keeping them learning and by developing and building their life skills.
Facts and figures:
- 50 children enrolled in the programme.
- 50 devices distributed to children to support their learning.
- Children trained in everyday life skills.