Project Magic Belgium

Nederlands

Project Magic is a program designed to teach people with a social, physical or psychological disadvantage to do magic so they can show the tricks to their family and friends. It is a fun way to practise certain motor skills. It helps people maintain their social skills and give them an improved self esteem.

Project Magic has been active at the Universitary Hospital in Ghent. Every month two magicians visit the children at the ward for cancer patients and teach them tricks. It is mainly used as an occupational therapy, for doing exercises with arms and fingers and for improving the children’s self esteem. By doing magic tricks, they can do something their friends and family can’t do. Project Magic is a volunteer work organisation (in cooperation with the cacer trust fund for children) and is financially completely dependant on sponsors.