Federal Association of Larynx Surgeons
| Federal Association of Larynx Surgeons (BKO) |
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|---|---|
| purpose | Patient organization for self-help |
| Chair: | Friedrich Wettlaufer (President) and Werner Semeniuk and Herbert Hellmund (Vice Presidents) |
| Establishment date: | 1974 |
| Seat : | Bonn |
| Website: | www.kehlkopfoperiert-bv.de |
The Federal Association of Larynx Surgeons is a self-help organization that brings together people whose larynx has been partially or completely removed or who have been treated for a throat or larynx cancer. In 2014, a total of 15 regional associations in Germany belonged to the organization. These support district, district and local associations with 160 self-help groups in their area . The German Cancer Aid is the patron and has financially supported the non-profit association since 1978 in order to improve the supply network for people with cancer in the Federal Republic. In the 40 years of its existence, Krebshilfe has made eight million euros available in donations.
History and purpose of the federal association
The Federal Association of Larynx Operators eV was founded on September 12, 1974 in Aachen . This makes it one of the oldest cancer self-help organizations in Germany. Right from the start, contact was maintained with the German Cancer Aid, which was also founded in 1974. Since then, the association has stood up for the concerns of larynx surgery patients and their relatives. According to its statutes, it acts selflessly. It pursues exclusively charitable and charitable purposes. He works out of ecumenical and humanitarian responsibility, and that without party political ties. The organization is regarded as a competent partner when discussing health policy problems in Germany and internationally. In addition, the federal association has set up a network of partially operated persons within the association in order to be able to respond more specifically to the needs of those affected.
Board and membership
The federal board is elected for four years. He works on a voluntary basis . The members of the federal executive board are all affected or have cancer (affected competence ).
The association's office is located in the House of Cancer Self-Help in Bonn and has three full-time employees in 2015.
The federal association has almost 6,000 members nationwide, 15 regional associations and more than 130 district and local associations, sections and self-help groups.
financing
The association's financial basis essentially consists of third-party funding. Private donations, inheritances and supporting members are solicited in order to preserve independence and neutrality in the interests of cancer patients. The main financial support of the last four decades consisted of an annual donation from the German Cancer Aid averaging 200,000 euros.
Information work
The supraregional consultation of the patients is accompanied by written information work. The factual information can be ordered free of charge or accessed on the Internet . This also applies to the federal association's “Sprachrohr” magazine. It appears four times a year. The main part of the booklet contains background information for those affected as well as their relatives and partners. It also reports on developments in the medical and nursing field and in health policy . The “mouthpiece” is also obtained from clinics, rehabilitation facilities and members of the health professions.
literature
- Federal Association of Larynx Surgeons (PDF file from June 2014, 80 pages, 8.8 MB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d statutes , "Bundesverband der Kehlkopfoperierten eV" (larynx, pharynx and larynx cancer sufferers, throat breathers), registered in the association at the Aachen district court on September 29, 1975 under no. 1665
- ↑ Annual Report 2013 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , www.kehlkopfoperiert-bv.de
- ↑ a b "Chronicle - 40 Years of the Federal Association of Larynx Surgeons" , June 2014.
- ↑ 40 years of the Federal Association of Larynx Surgeons eV - Looking back and ahead Spokesman No. 152 / May 2014 ( OCLC 613466352 ) Archive link ( Memento from May 12, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
