Clownbulance - donate from the heart

The Clownbulance Project was established in 2015. There are over 100 medical clowns active in this project, spending countless hours in the various hospitals, working hand in hand with the medical team, accompanying the child patients and their families during their most fragile and hardest moments. The project was established to offer sick children the chance to be able, briefly, to escape their routine of painful treatments — and make a wish come true together with their family and the medical clown accompanying them, daily, during their hospitalization. The child-patient together with the clown choose a wish the patient wants to fulfil. Then, the Clownbulance team plans, produces, and makes it happen. What is the Clownbulance? A colorful and playfully-designed vehicle which, from the moment the child gets in, is drawn into a world of fantasy, fun, laughter, and enjoyment. The Clownbulance allows the child and the child’s family a positive and redemptive experience of the negative connation they have of the traditional medical ambulance, transforming the Make-a-Wish-Day into something special and different — from the minute they leave the hospital. Click on the clip to see how the Clownbulance got started: (film clip) Our goal: Utilizing the Clownbulance as a tool for making wishes come true, we facilitate the release of emotional blockages and fears, and we create relationships based on trust with the children. When they laugh, or cry — we know that we’ve connected with them. Making a wish come true for these children is magical, bringing out optimism and hope, providing the children and their families with renewed strength as they continue their journey. Israel now features close to 30 centers providing medical care for children. We want to reach them all!