| Mission |
The Dutch Diabetes Research Foundation is a charitable non-profit-making organisation. Our goals, as officially stated, are to raise and allocate money for scientific research into the medical treatment and cure of diabetes mellitus and its complications, and the social consequences of diabetes for patients and their environment. Further goals are to publish the results of diabetes research, to stimulate research by improving scientific expertise, and to provide information on diabetes to the public. Our Foundation is a private organisation that is fully supported by the generous donations of the Dutch people. No financial support is received from the government. Through active fund-raising for diabetes research we acquire an annual budget of approximately 5 million Euros. One of the major fund-raising events is the annual door-to-door collection. Moreover, this event also serves as a publicity campaign to draw attention to diabetes and build public awareness of the disease. Over 30,000 committed volunteer-ambassadors help us raise this money for diabetes research throughout the Netherlands. Indispensable donations, gifts, legacies, interest, share of the profits from national lotteries raise additional funds to help us realise our goals. |
