About
Asociación para el Cuidado de la Diabetes en Argentina CUI.D.AR is a nonprofit organisation that works for children and young people with type 1 diabetes developing educational and informational activities of support for the person living with diabetes and their family, school and social environment.
CUI.D.AR does not provide direct medical care. Its activities aim to impact the quality of treatment, education, better access to better care and general welfare of the person with diabetes, their family and environment. CUI.D.AR also creates social awareness of the condition and works strongly on advocacy, defending the rights of people with diabetes in public policy.
Main Focus
CUI.D.AR’s main focus is to minimise the impact of diabetes on the lives of people living with the condition and to improve their quality of life.
At the global level, CUI.D.AR has three representatives within the IDF Young Leaders in Diabetes programme and the director and founder is a Member of the IDF Blue Circle Voices (BCV) network.
Activities
- Education, prevention and health promotion programmes
- Advocacy
- Informing public policy
- Physical, sport and recreation programmes
- Counselling and support programmes
- Legal assistance programmes
- Social assistance programmes
- Communication and awareness programmes
- Research study
- Awareness campaigns
- Creative expression spaces for children and adolescents
Other programmes:
- Diabetes Goes to School: a programme that aims to train teachers and staff so they can have good information about the condition and react to specific situations that a child or adolescent may experience in school.
- Protocol of Care: a platform that aims to provide all children and young people living with type 1 diabetes with a safe school environment.
- CUI.D.AR’s Young Leaders in Diabetes: an apprenticeship, training and coaching programme in areas related to leadership, diabetes care, career and professional development, for young people living with type 1 diabetes.
- To School with my Friend with Diabetes: a programme for classmates of children with diabetes from 5 to 12 years old, provided by CUI.D.AR Young Leaders in Diabetes who also live with type 1 diabetes.
- Together and Connected: online meetings led by CUI.D.AR Young Leaders in Diabetes where children, teens and youth with diabetes from all over the country talk, play, have fun, debate and learn with other people living with type 1 diabetes.
- World Diabetes Day: every year CUI.D.AR marks the World Diabetes Day campaign with an event of great impact in support of IDF’s global campaign. This is CUI.D.AR’s most important and significant activity of the year. It’s objective is to create social awareness and highlight the needs of people living with diabetes.
Publications & Newsletters
- Diabetes news newsletters
- YouTube account
- Diabetes and COVID-19 website
Message from the President
It is an honour for CUI.D.AR to join the International Diabetes Federation in the incredible work they do in support of people with diabetes around the world. We dream of a world without diabetes, but while this does not happen, we hope to help raise the voice of people living with this chronic condition, particularly children and young people in order to achieve a healthy, full and happy life.