Support for emotional stability of children and families with rare and intractable diseases...Korea Boehringer Ingelheim to Conduct Be Effect Campaign
Nov 05, 2025
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Beringer Ingelheim's social contribution activities with the global non-profit organization Ashoka 'B-EFECT' are conducted annually by selecting topics that meet the needs of the community by country.
In Korea this year, under the theme of 「Mental Health」, it was designed to ease the psychological burden and improve emotional resilience of rare and intractable patients and their families, and various hands-on programs were held for Rare Dreamz and families. Rare Dreamz consists of children with rare and incurable diseases, brothers and sisters, and strives to enhance their psychological and emotional stability through creative artistic activities.
Under the theme of 'Healing Through Connection', this event consists of various sessions to find out the importance of mental health management and practice it. As the first session, Shin So-young, vice president of the Korean Beringer Ingelheim Medical Department, gave a lecture on the theme of 「Connection of mind and body」. In the lecture, we had time to learn the importance of mental health management and how to take care of the mind that can be practiced in everyday life for patients and caregivers with rare diseases.
In the second session, executives and employees of Korea's Beringer Ingelheim were paired with children 1:1 and conducted digital education using tablet PCs. The device used in the training drew attention in that it donated 45 laptops and iPads that were not used in the company to the association in connection with its 'Green IT' program. The 'Green IT' program is an eco-friendly social contribution activity of Boehringer Ingelheim Korea, which reduces operational waste and creates a sustainable environment by donating available IT devices to the community. The device delivered on this day will be used to practice the mental care method learned in the session by participating children and their families in their daily lives, and to perform choir activities using digital scores.
Annamaria Boy, president of Boehringer Ingelheim Korea, said "B-EFECT is a meaningful journey in which all executives and employees are connected as one with the community and make a big difference through small actions. In particular, this year, I think it is more meaningful to help children and families with rare diseases in the universal but overlooked part of mental health in daily life""Beringer Ingelheim Korea will continue to do its best to help patients, their families, and the community grow healthy."," he said.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
