by AdminNZ | Mar 23, 2023 | How We Help, News, People with juvenile idiopathic arthritis
By Joanne Taylor After two years of cancellations due to COVID-19, Families Camp went ahead at Totara Springs in the sunny and warm Matamata from all over New Zealand. Twenty-One children and their caregiver/s gathered at a camp specifically designed for children...
by AdminNZ | Mar 22, 2023 | News, Past Events, People with juvenile idiopathic arthritis
By Georgie-Ann Cox On 27 January we waited at Wellington Airport as 30 teens flew in from all over Aotearoa to join us for Teens Camp 2023. The previous two years have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so connecting in person felt extra special this year....
by AdminNZ | Oct 14, 2021 | How We Help, News, People with juvenile idiopathic arthritis
There were lots of firsts for Gabby Shepherd at this year’s Arthritis Teens Camp at El Rancho on the Kapiti Coast. It was the first time the then-14-year-old had flown on an aeroplane by herself, the first time she had been so far away from her family, the first time...
by AdminNZ | Oct 11, 2021 | How We Help, News, People with juvenile idiopathic arthritis
It’s said that when you live with arthritis, your family lives with it too. They may not experience the pain and fatigue first-hand like you do, but it’s natural for them to struggle with the unwanted changes arthritis brings and grieve the things you’ve lost as a...
by AdminNZ | Mar 17, 2020 | News, People with juvenile idiopathic arthritis
When a child is diagnosed with arthritis, “how can my child have arthritis- that’s for old people”! is a widespread reaction. – The common stereotype of arthritis being a condition that affects the elderly is pervasive but wrong. March 18th is WORD Day, the...
by AdminNZ | Oct 15, 2019 | People with juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Danah Sharp has three children. A son and two daughters. Two of them have juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). When her daughter, Lhasa, was 11 years old, she was diagnosed with JIA. “Lhasa has arthritis in her knees, wrists and jaw, but now, seven years after the...
