Stays for sick children
Action zones
Île-de-France
France
The project
HandicapYouth
To help sick children overcome their illness, regain their carefree spirit and have fun in complete safety, L'ENVOL offers recreational therapy stays dedicated to young people aged 6 to 25, suffering from various pathologies and at any stage of the illness.
650K
families affected by a child's illness or disability
30K
beneficiaries supported in 26 years
97 %
of children feel able to achieve things despite their illness following a stay with us
Solution
L'ENVOL welcomes seriously ill children, aged 6 to 17, suffering from various pathologies (cancers, rare diseases, chronic illnesses...) to its multipathology stays, free of charge, who enjoy a truce from illness and take part in adapted, varied and fun activities.Supervised by recruited and trained volunteers, including doctors and nurses, sick children become children again, gaining in autonomy and resilience, and their caregivers benefit from respite time. They learn about the stays via a network of 72 partner hospitals, which identify children in the weary phase of illness.
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A look back at an exceptional summer at L'ENVOL!
Dear Captains,
As autumn settles in, it's time for a summer retrospective at L'ENVOL!!
As autumn settles in, it's time for a summer retrospective at L'ENVOL!!
The 4 summer stays went off with a bang. 147 beneficiaries, seriously ill children and their siblings, took advantage of a unique opportunity to make friends and discover new activities, like all children their age: outings to leisure parks, adapted sports, cultural visits, creative workshops...
But the big news this summer was indeed the Olympic and Paralympic Games! L'ENVOL was able to offer 1315sick children, family caregivers and volunteers tickets to attend 89 different events in exceptional venues! An incredible opportunity for our beneficiaries to take part in this historic event and regain their self-confidence, even in difficult times:
"And here we are, it's D-day, thanks for Cameron. Our champion is just out of chemo this morning. He used to play basketball, now it's not possible because of the disease. Watching the game gives him back his strength!Thanks to you we're enjoying a great moment of escape into the Olympic world." the mother of Cameron, 13.
Thank you to the Captains of L'ENVOL, whose support enables us to make the summers of these families affected by illness magical!
Dreamnight at the zoo !
270 beneficiaries of L'ENVOL, sick children, parents and siblings, were able to enjoy the privatized Paris Zoological Park, during a magical evening in early June!
The "Dreamnight", what is it?
More than 270 zoological parks in 36 countries worldwide open their doors every year free of charge to children with disabilities or affected by serious illness, as well as their parents, brothers and sisters. The movement was born in 1996 in the Netherlands, on the initiative of an animal caretaker. This year, at the Vincennes Zoo, it's L'ENVOL that has been able to benefit!
Families were delighted to discover interactive and educational workshops such as a visit to the zoo's veterinary clinic, moments of discovery of the animals (feeding the giraffes, baboons, pumas...) and sharing as a family and with the volunteers.
An evening rich in emotion, made possible thanks to the Paris Zoological Park and its staff, who organized and hosted this superb event on a voluntary basis to benefit L'ENVOL families.
This "Dreamnight" evening is part of our program of recreational outings, offered throughout the year by L'ENVOL to sick children and their families. Free of charge, these cultural, sporting or educational half-days are a breath of fresh air in their daily lives punctuated by illness, and enable them to enjoy good times with their families.
The money will be used for
- Create a magical stay for sick children
- Enable high-level, caring medical supervision
- Adapt fun, cultural and sporting activities to help sick children regain confidence in themselves and their bodies
- Recruit and then train the volunteers who will take care of the children during the stay
- Adapt the meals to the needs of each child
- Welcome the children in premises adapted to their abilities
Each donation guarantees the free stays, unique in France for sick children and their families!
- Enable high-level, caring medical supervision
- Adapt fun, cultural and sporting activities to help sick children regain confidence in themselves and their bodies
- Recruit and then train the volunteers who will take care of the children during the stay
- Adapt the meals to the needs of each child
- Welcome the children in premises adapted to their abilities
Each donation guarantees the free stays, unique in France for sick children and their families!
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already funded4335 difts
Action zones
Île-de-France
France
Why we love it?
L'ENVOL is the only association to offer specially-designed holidays free of charge to sick and disabled children, enabling them and their parents to enjoy a vacation and a moment of respite and joy in what can be a complicated day-to-day life.
The activities offered by L'ENVOL reflect the values of recreational therapy: self-confidence, self-improvement and social bonding.
Bénédicte Jobert
Program Director
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