Stig Guldberg (November 26, 1916 in

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- April 18, 1980) is founder of the Guldberg-Plan, a society, which has been organising

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camps for

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children since 1950. Guldberg, who himself had lost his left forearm and his right hand due to an accident on February 18, 1947, made it possible for more than 15,000 children to participate in his camps until his death in 1980. Guldberg was awarded the

Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (german: Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, or , BVO) is the only federal decoration of Germany. It is awarded for special achievements in political, economic, cultural, intellect ...

by former German President

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in 1958. From 1963 to 1983, the Guldberg-Plan Society ran a summer camp facility of its own in Kramnitze near

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. Guldberg's work is continued in Germany by the ''Deutsche Arbeitsgruppe Guldberg-Plan für die psychische Rehabilitation behinderter Kinder - gemeinnütziger Verein e.V.'' (DAGP) (German Working Group Guldberg-Plan for the Mental Rehabilitation of Handicapped Children - Charitable Society) founded in 1974. The rehabilitation measures during Easter and in summer are directed at school boys and girls with any kind of physical disability. The therapeutic approach developed by Guldberg, fostering the child's independence and self-confindence, is the focus of all activities.

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Deutsche Arbeitsgruppe Guldberg-Plan e.V.
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