Bellis

Founded in 2012, Bellis is a non-governmental organisation based in Praha 3, Czech Republic working on health, mental health.

Bellis is a patient non-profit project of the Aliance žen s rakovinou prsu, o. p. s., founded in 2012 in the Czech Republic. It supports young women of working age who are undergoing or have completed treatment for breast cancer, and their families. Its work includes a free patient guidebook, psychological support and psychotherapy groups, a helpline, online and in-person yoga and fitness programmes, therapeutic stays and conferences, breast self-examination education in schools and at public events, and advocacy for patients' rights. Bellis also runs regional centres and fundraising events, and its services are largely delivered by women who have lived through breast cancer.