More than 50,000 children and young people in Germany have a disease that will cause them to die prematurely. Together with their families, they face a major challenge: their plans for the future are shattered by the diagnosis. Their life situation changes, everyday life has to be rearranged
and the topics of "illness", "dying" and "grief" occupy the entire family. Every year on February 10, the "Day of Children's Hospice Work" draws attention to these people and their situation. This is also the case in Aachen.

On Tuesday, February 10, the Outpatient Children's and Youth Hospice Service Aachen (AKHD Aachen), together with the German Armed Forces, will be holding a pea soup donation campaign in the shadow of the cathedral on Münsterplatz to draw attention to the content of children's and youth hospice work and its services.

The aim is to convince people of the importance of voluntary work, to gain financial support, to remove the taboos surrounding the topic of "death and dying of young people" and to show solidarity with affected families, especially on Children's Hospice Day.

Lord Mayor Dr. Michael Ziemons praised the commitment of AKHD Aachen and the public campaign on Münsterplatz: "The work of the outpatient children's hospice service is particularly worthy of support and deserves our utmost respect. The support provided to affected families, often over many years, is invaluable and an important source of support in very challenging life situations. This voluntary commitment is by no means a matter of course. I would like to thank everyone involved from the bottom of my heart. I am all the more pleased that we can draw attention to this important issue with this campaign right next to Aachen Cathedral - in the heart of our city."

In addition to serving pea soup - free of charge, donations for children's hospice work are welcome - the AKHD Aachen will be present on Münsterplatz with many volunteers to talk about the work and hand out green ribbons as a sign of solidarity.

The green ribbon has been the symbol of Children's Hospice Day for 20 years. It stands for solidarity with all those involved in children's and youth hospice work as well as solidarity with young people with a life-shortening illness, their parents and their siblings.


Further information and contact
Ambulanter Kinder und Jugendhospizdienst Aachen
www.akhd-aachen.de
aachen@deutscher-kinderhospizverein.de