ABOUT CLAN
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CLAN is an acronym for Caring & Living As Neighbours.
CLAN was founded in Australia by Dr Kate Armstrong after learning about the plight of children living in Vietnam with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH). In Australia babies born with this condition have access to regular medication and quality healthcare, so they are able to live a happy and healthy life. After reading tragic stories from families in Vietnam, Kate wanted to understand more about the barriers to children living with chronic health conditions in poorer countries enjoying the same quality of life as children living in Australia. |
Dr Kate Armstrong
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In 2004, Kate teamed up with like-minded doctors, hospitals and volunteers and CLAN's work began by helping children living with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) in Vietnam in response to stories in Australian and American CAH Support Group newsletters that outlined the shocking global inequity that existed for children with CAH. While a child in Australia with CAH could expect a high quality of life, children in Vietnam were dying and suffering unspeakable disability.
Early successes helping children living with CAH in Vietnam led to requests for assistance from health professionals and families to help children with CAH in the Philippines (2005), Indonesia (2006) and later Pakistan (2007). In 2007 CLAN was also invited to help children with Diabetes in Vietnam, followed by Autism (2008), Nephrotic Syndrome (2010), Osteogenesis Imperfecta (2011) and Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (2011) in Vietnam. CLAN's Strategic Framework for Action (founded on a rights-based approach with a focus on five key pillars) has been instrumental to our work.
CLAN is an Australian-based, not-for-profit, non-governmental organisation (NGO), approved by AusAID for Overseas Aid Gift Deductibility Status (OAGDS) and the Australian Taxation Office for Tax Deductibility Status. CLAN is dedicated to the dream that all children living with chronic health conditions in resource-poor countries of the world will enjoy a quality of life on par with that of their neighbours' children in wealthier countries.
Early successes helping children living with CAH in Vietnam led to requests for assistance from health professionals and families to help children with CAH in the Philippines (2005), Indonesia (2006) and later Pakistan (2007). In 2007 CLAN was also invited to help children with Diabetes in Vietnam, followed by Autism (2008), Nephrotic Syndrome (2010), Osteogenesis Imperfecta (2011) and Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (2011) in Vietnam. CLAN's Strategic Framework for Action (founded on a rights-based approach with a focus on five key pillars) has been instrumental to our work.
CLAN is an Australian-based, not-for-profit, non-governmental organisation (NGO), approved by AusAID for Overseas Aid Gift Deductibility Status (OAGDS) and the Australian Taxation Office for Tax Deductibility Status. CLAN is dedicated to the dream that all children living with chronic health conditions in resource-poor countries of the world will enjoy a quality of life on par with that of their neighbours' children in wealthier countries.
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