SEBRACON Rare. Visible.Strong!

On 11 Octo­ber, AXICA beca­me a place of encoun­ter, dia­lo­gue and hope: the first SEBRACON – Con­ven­ti­on for Rare Dise­a­ses took place here – under the mot­to ‘Rare. Visi­ble. Strong!’. Pro­mo­ting under­stan­ding, over­co­ming iso­la­ti­on, demons­t­ra­ting coll­ec­ti­ve strength.

The event was aimed at tho­se affec­ted, their fami­lies and pro­fes­sio­nals ali­ke, and offe­red a wide ran­ge of oppor­tu­ni­ties for exch­an­ge with panel dis­cus­sions, inter­ac­ti­ve work­shops, per­so­nal expe­ri­ence dia­lo­gues and networking.

It was a gre­at honour and at the same time an obli­ga­ti­on for AXICA to sup­port this important initia­ti­ve. In our visi­on, we are com­mit­ted to crea­ting spaces whe­re social cohe­si­on can be expe­ri­en­ced – espe­ci­al­ly for groups that are often not heard. SEBRACON impres­si­ve­ly demons­tra­ted how a place of tog­e­ther­ness – such as AXICA – can build bridges bet­ween medi­ci­ne, poli­tics, self-help and the lives of tho­se affected.

We were also par­ti­cu­lar­ly plea­sed with the won­derful prai­se our col­le­ague David Bau­er recei­ved as pro­ject mana­ger after the event: ‘I would like to thank you from the bot­tom of my heart. Thanks to you, SEBRACON was a com­ple­te suc­cess. Your pro­fes­sio­na­lism, warmth and atten­ti­ve­ness made the day some­thing special.“

Pho­tos: © Sebracon