Care and surgery
Training and skills transfer
Building and equipping hospitals
Prevention and screening
Emergencies and humanitarian crises
Maternal health
Our organization
La Chaîne de l'Espoir is an international, independent, apolitical and non-denominational NGO, founded in 1994. Our mission is to improve access to medical and surgical care for vulnerable people, particularly children and women, in situations of fragility or prolonged crisis.
Key figures
La Chaîne de l’Espoir relies on :
208
employees
(75 head office employees and 133 expatriates)
605
volunteers
in France and to carry out missions in the field
A Board of Directors
made up of volunteers elected by members
Board of Directors
La Chaîne de l’Espoir is an association recognized as being in the public interest, established under the French law of July 1, 1901 and registered with the Préfecture de Paris on December 12, 1994 under No. 94/4993. It is administered by a Board of Directors, which chooses an Executive Committee from among its members.
The office
Dr. Éric Cheysson
Chairman
Head of the vascular surgery department at Hôpital René Dubos, Pontoise
Sandrine Turquetil Delacour
Treasurer
Chartered Accountant, Director of Administration, MACSF Group
Dr Philippe Valenti
Vice-Chairman
Hand surgeon at Clinique Bizet, Paris
Prof. Gérard Babatasi
Vice-Chairman
Head of Cardiac Surgery at Caen University Hospital
Jean-Roch Serra
General Secretary
Former CEO of La Chaîne de l’Espoir and of the medical branch of the Siemens group
Board members
- Dr Catherine Amrein, Intensive care physician
- Prof. Christophe Chardot, Pediatric surgeon
- Pr Alain Deloche, Cardiac surgeon
- Denis Duverne, Chairman of Axa’s Board of Directors
- Jacques Maillot, Founding Chairman of Nouvelles Frontières
- Philippe Peyrat, Managing Director of the Engie Foundation
- Pr Gabriel Rahmi, Hepato-gastroenterologist
- Prof. Yann Révillon, Pediatric surgeon
- Dr Dominique Tournay, Anaesthetist
- Dr Jean Vendroux, Plastic surgeon
- Jacques Bouillon, Lawyer
- Dr Jean-Michel Davaine, Vascular surgeon
- Gonzague Desforges, Retired engineer
- Dr Naziha Khen-Dunlop, Pediatric visceral surgeon
- Dr Paul Neville, Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon
- Me Sébastien Prat, Lawyer
- Dr Xavier Raingeval, Surgical Anaesthetist and Resuscitator
- Stéphane Romatet, French Ambassador to Algeria
- Dr Dominique Tournay, Anaesthetist
- Dr Jean-David Werthel, Orthopaedist
La Chaîne de l’Espoir network
Regional offices
Run by volunteers, the fifteen regional branches of La Chaîne de l’Espoir are mobilized to promote our association, help finance our programs and run a network of host families.
The Alain Deloche Foundation
Sponsored by La Fondation pour l’Enfance, the Fondation Alain Deloche’s mission is to finance the construction, operation and maintenance of children’s homes in Les Pavillons des Enfants, which are located near partner hospitals or run by La Chaîne de l’Espoir. The Fondation Alain Deloche is eligible to receive tax-deductible donations.
USFC: The American Affiliated Foundation
With an international outlook, La Chaîne de l’Espoir created the United Surgeons for Children (USFC) foundation in 2019. Based in Washington in the USA, this organization is chaired by Lee Hilling, formerly president of the French Medical Institute for Mother and Child (IMFE) in Kabul. Its mission is to develop the medical network, and to build and animate an American network of committed private and institutional donors. The aim is to create a world where all children have access to healthcare, regardless of their place of birth or social background.
