NZ was the first country in the world to organise camps for young people from HD families.

    The  Assocations are thrilled and committed with the success and the young people have grown to depend on the camp.

•     After describing these camps at an International Huntington's Assocations Conferences were asked if we had any research done to prove value/use of these expensive camps.Alison Grey was commisioned and her review of the camps convinced us that they were successful and must be continued.
  • The Annual Young Peoples Camp 2003 by Dorothy Tortell Social Worker
           

  • The Annual Young Peoples Camp 2002 By Wendy Burne

  • THE ANNUAL YOUNG PEOPLE'S CAMP 2001 by Dorothy Tortell Social Worker
    
      Young Persons Camp National Park - 2001 "The experience of a camp helper"  by Mark Chapple

  • Camp-Thoughts by some of the young people attending the 2001 camp

•    The full report of the   1999    Camp by Dorothy Tortell Social Worker,

•      Review of Camps for Young People from HD families by Allison Gray

•     The full report of the   1998     Camp by Dorothy Tortell Social Worker, outlines the Objectives , Activeies and Evaluations.
  
•    A report of the  1997    Camp by Dorothy Tortell Social Worker, outlines the Objectives , Activeies and Evaluations.

•     Very interesting Thoughts and Comments From the young people who attended the camp held at  Wainui & El Rancho Just north of Wellington 1998

•     A  Mothers Perspective By Pauline Duncan mother of three children who attended the 1998 camp

•    Reflections 1994 - 1998 by Ann-Marie Stapp  MA Applied Social Work and is MNZASW acredited     A very informative Review about the Camps from 1994 to1998...... What Happened amd How it Happened

•     Dorothy's Corner     by Dorothy Tortell ...Camp Mother/Social Worker talks about how she felt after the end of another successful camp held April 1998