Criterios de Selección
Prestar ayuda económica a los guías, patrulleros o instructores de alta montaña que requieran una intervención quirúrgica para poder continuar ejerciendo su profesión.
Misión
Prestar ayuda económica a los guías, patrulleros o instructores de alta montaña que requieran una intervención quirúrgica para poder continuar ejerciendo su profesión.
Principales criterios de selección
1. Que la lesión (ya sea crónica o aguda) constituya una amenaza a su carrera.
2. Que la documentación correspondiente confirme la existencia de una profesión ya establecida ―o en vías de serlo― dentro de una organización de guías, patrulleros o instructores.
3. Que los gastos médicos relacionados con la lesión representen un impedimento financiero considerable.
Nuestra forma de actuar
La Fundación Kees Brenninkmeyer determina de forma objetiva la idoneidad de un candidato para recibir asistencia económica. Se evalúan las circunstancias económicas, la pertenencia a organizaciones profesionales, la trayectoria laboral y las futuras aspiraciones dentro de la carrera. Todo ello, así como el plan de tratamiento médico de la lesión, se tiene en cuenta al evaluar la elegibilidad del candidato. Todos los acuerdos que se tomen se dispondrán caso por caso para mejor lograr un resultado satisfactorio que permita la reincorporación del candidato a una carrera alpina sin cortapisas.
Featured Testimonial
"I don’t know if I would be where I am right now without the Kees Brenninkmeyer Foundation. As a high level mountain guide and athlete, I was actively seeking out the best possible care and the KBF made this totally possible. For the first week after my injury, I literally spent every hour of the business day making phone calls trying to get into see a surgeon in Canada to start the process. Although it is wonderful that we have public health care in Canada, it doesn’t come without its flaws, and a non-essential/elective surgery like an ACL repair is one of the systems flaws. It took me a week straight of phone calls to even get the surgeon I wanted to repair my knee in Canada to answer the phone to tell me that it would be 3 weeks before I could even get an appointment to see the surgeon and probably 12 weeks before I could get surgery. In my mind the clock was ticking if I wanted to return to my career at full strength as soon as possible. During this time I received word that the KBF was going to support me and it was like the magical mystery doors all opened wide. I had an appointment with the surgeon in less than 2 weeks, and not just any surgeon, one of the best in the business, better than any care I would have received in Canada. All of the frustration and despair was instantly turned the other direction. "
- Evan Stevens