The Qatar Diabetes Association (QDA) is preparing to launch the twenty-fifth edition of the annual Al Bawasil International Camp for children living with diabetes, which is the largest of its kind in the region.
The activities of the camp will begin on Friday, December 20, 2024, and will continue for six days, hosted by the Aspire Sports Excellence Academy, under the slogan "We Can".
This year, the camp will host 60 children aged seven to eleven from 13 countries, including Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan, Sudan, Libya, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Iran, Morocco, Egypt, Oman, Algeria.
Al Bawasil camps are an interactive platform for living with diabetes, as they aim and strive to help children learn the best ways to manage their diabetes and live with it positively, enhance their independence and confidence, and train them to apply the steps and tools required to deal with daily changes in glucose levels and make decisions that suit these changes.