Hospital Clowns, Clown Doctors, Caring Clowns - USA, Australia, Canada, UK
Australia
The Humour Foundation’s core project is Clown Doctors, touching the lives of over 60 000 people every year. The focus is children’s hospitals, and Clown Doctors are now part of hospital life in all major children’s hospitals around Australia.
Caring clowns also cheer up adult patients and play a role in palliative care. Ambassador Clowns have also visited world trouble spots such as East Timor and Afghanistan.
http://www.humourfoundation.com.au/
Canada
Canadian Association of Therapeutic Clowns
http://www.drclown.ca/english/home.htm
The Hospital for Sick Children Therapeutic Clown Program (Toronto, Ontario)
http://www.sickkids.on.ca/therapeuticclownprogram/
Fools for Health Clown-Doctor Program, (Windsor, Ontario, Canada)
http://web2.uwindsor.ca/fools_for_health/index.html
http://www.foolsforhealth.ca
M.I.R.T.H. Unit (Canada)
USA
Dr Patch Adams, Gesundheit! Institute
http://www.patchadams.org
Patty Wooten, Jest for Health
http://www.jesthealth.com
Shobi Dobi, Hospital Clown Newsletter
http://www.hospitalclown.com
Clown Care Unit, Big Apple Circus
http://theorganization.bigapplecircus.org/CommunityPrograms/ClownCare/
Heart & Noses Hospital Clown Troupe
Clowns without Borders - USA
http://www.clownswithoutborders.org/
U.K.
Hearts&Minds, the registered Scottish charity which aims to promote the quality of life of people in hospital and hospice care through the performing arts. Hearts&Minds' Clowndoctors programme
http://www.heartsminds.org.uk
