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In November 1995 3 people working with children or in hospitals founded an organization called « MERCREDI DES ENFANTS » now renamed « HOPI-CLOWN » to make sick children less afraid of treatments and to welcome them better in pediatric services..


The idea of this organization started in January 1995 and after consulting different pediatric services and see where their needs were the project could start. A specific training given by professional clowns was worked out for the hospital clowns.

Since 1996 the hospital clowns have been practising their techniques in a lot of pediatric services and since 1997 some hospital clowns have accompanied sick children to the pre-operation theatre.

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