Vision
Every child has the right to quality healthcare regardless of his/her country of origin or socio-economic situation.
Mission
Chaîne de l’Espoir Belgium contributes to improving access to quality, specialized healthcare for children from developing countries, supports local hospitals, trains their staff and cares for and operates on ill children.
Beneficiaries
Who do we help? Children suffering from congenital diseases and defects in areas such as cardiology, orthopaedics, ENT, facial, urology, neurology, etc.
Expertise
During medical and surgical treatments, the children are cared for by our volunteer medical and paramedical experts and NGO volunteers: doctors, surgeons, resuscitators, nurses, physiotherapists and biotechnicians who specialize in caring for children.
Strategic objectives
Strengthening children’s access to specialized paediatric healthcare, including:
- Medico-surgical management in our partner countries, as well as in Belgium, when the children cannot be treated in their home countries.
- Advocacy in partner countries, as well as raising awareness in Belgium.
- Research and implementation of solutions for financial access to specialized health care.
Improving the quality of health care for children includes:
- The theoretical and practical training of local multidisciplinary teams in the partner country abroad.
- Strengthening the technical and health environment of partner hospitals.
Curing a child is offering him a future!
The Team
The Chaîne de l’Espoir (Chain of Hope) Belgium is a real human chain that operates thanks to the commitment of its diverse and skilled people who use their know-how to benefit sick children.
Board of directors
Members of the Board of directors:
- Professor Jean RUBAY, President, cardiac surgeon
- Mr. Guido DE WACHTER, Vice-President and former hospital Director
- Mr. Jacques LAFFINEUR, Secretary
- Mr. Thierry van den HOVE, Treasurer
Directors
- Dr. Geoffroy de BECO, cardiac surgeon at Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels
- Dr. Damien DESMETTE, orthopedic surgeon, Ambroise Paré Hospital, Mons
- Professor Pierre-Louis DOCQUIER, orthopedic surgeon, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels
- Mrs. Nathalie RYSHEUVELS-WIRTZ, PR Consultant
- Mr. Walter TORRES-HERNANDEZ, International Relations Consultant
- Mrs. Valérie WEYTS, lawyer with “VRONINKS, RICKER & WEYTS, Brussels
The Office
The office team consists of team of 7 employees, assisted by volunteers.
- Director: Anita Clément de Cléty
- Finance: Xavier Poncelet
- Communication, Fundraising, Events: Catherine de Pierpont and Patricia le GRELLE
- Project Management: Marianne LE MARCHAND , Dory MOUTRAN and Chiara CARBONE
The Chain of Hope Belgium is mainly supported by private funds. Since 2014, the association has received funding from Belgian Development Cooperation (DGD) and Wallonia-Brussels International (WBI) for its projects in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Benin, Senegal and Burundi. This funding represents approximately one-third of its total annual expenditure.
Throughout the year, Chain of Hope Belgium raises money in 2 ways :
– events that benefit the organisation: sport, culture, product sales, activities organized by volunteers,…
– awareness building towards private donors and foundations, companies, schools, associations, …
Your generosity helps ensure the long-term sustainability of the association.
Chain of Hope Belgium is delivering tax return documents for donations of 40 euros/year and more.
FINANCIAL DATA 2025
Revenues 2025
Total expenditure 2025
Social mission 2025
Financial Reports
Activity Report
Transparency
The association is member of the A.E.R.F. , which offers guarantees in terms of ethical fundraising and financial transparency. The annual accounts are certified by a registered accountant and revised by the audit firm Deloitte.
The financial statements are available at the National Bank and published on because.eu, nbb, donorinfo.be and Récolte de fonds Ethique asbl
It is thanks to the generosity of our donors that we can continue our action.