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2. La Maison des Gais Lurons « Un soleil *pour les enfants » asbl • What ? • A non-profit organisation set up in 2003 offering holidays both to children with a serious illness and to their families in financially straightened circumstances.

3. La Maison des Gais Lurons « Un soleil *pour les enfants » asbl • What? • A 100 % private initiative • Set up by 3 people willing to share the same dream: • to brighten the lives of the poorest and seriously ill children • to become involved personally. • Who? • Bernard, Tinou et Charlotte, founders of the ASBL • 10 board members - Pierre Gillis as managing director Pierre Bernard Tinou Charlotte

4. La Maison des Gais Lurons « Un soleil *pour les enfants » asbl • About us • A house in grounds (1,15hectares) in the village of Champion (5km from Namur) • Renovation work completed in 2004 • The property is owned by the association • 34 beds and 11 rooms • 6 bathrooms / showers and 6 separate lavatories • 1 kitchen (to professional standards) • 1 large dining room • 2 playrooms • A sports ground (opened in 2007) • Outdoors games and bikes •  Capacity: can accommodate more than 20 children with their mothers and siblings

5. La Maison des Gais Lurons « Un soleil *pour les enfants » asbl • Objectives • To offer these children and their families a place of rest and relaxation for a long weekend or a week during school holidays. • To offer an environment and opportunity to escape from their everyday, often unbearable, existence. • To provide a setting to relax and enjoy.

6. La Maison des Gais Lurons « Un soleil *pour les enfants » asbl • What do we do? • A recreational project is set up for the children so that: • stays are organised as holidays; moments of pleasure to forget the daily stress of illness; • during the stay mothers enjoy a respite from caring for their children and are free to take advantage of the environment, play sport or participate in numerous activities/workshops (sewing, painting on ceramic, or cookery).

7. La Maison des Gais Lurons « Un soleil *pour les enfants » asbl • What do we do? • Children have the chance to forget their illness thanks to the recreational and sporting activities organised for them or the whole family. • Indoor: crafts, drawings, glass painting, games, acting, singing, tennis, and parties animated by a clown, musician, magician, or storyteller. • Outdoor (in the grounds): playground (playhouses, swings, slides), team sports (badminton, volleyball, tennis, soccer, handball), bikes and go-karts. • Outside the grounds: excursions, walks with nature guide, boat journeys on the Meuse, riding, swimming, fishing, visits to craftsmen, safari Park (Han), picnics.

8. La Maison des Gais Lurons « Un soleil *pour les enfants » asbl Our activities

9. La Maison des Gais Lurons « Un soleil *pour les enfants » asbl • How does the association work? • The ASBL is a wholly independent legal entity. • It is in contact with many social & medical centres and NGOs: • doctors, specialists, psychologists, social workers, hospitals; • the Federation against Cancer, Association contre la Mucoviscidose (Cystic Fibrosis); • assistance & protection services for youth, domestic violence, maternity homes; • other social groups such as KatholiekeVerenigingGehandicapten, SAEM, and Sunchild; • they identify the children who would benefit from a stay at La Maison des Gais Luronsand provide the ABSL with contact details of the families; no direct request is made by the latter.

10. La Maison des Gais Lurons « Un soleil *pour les enfants » asbl • Our human resources • We are all volunteers • The activity leaders are responsible adults who prepare their team and each holiday, thoroughly. • All transport to and from the home of families is included in the stay as well as the excursions organised by the volunteers.

11. La Maison des Gais Lurons « Un soleil *pour les enfants » asbl • Our financial resources • Gifts and donations • Letting the house when unoccupied • Own fund raising through activities and sponsorship • Theatre - concert • Annual Football tournament • Charity auction • The association does not receive any public funds; it is not subsidised.

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13. La Maison des Gais Lurons « Un soleil *pour les enfants » asbl Costs of stay Families pay nothing. Everything is offered Approximate costs for the stay:

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16. La Maison des Gais Lurons « Un soleil *pour les enfants » asbl • Our financial needs • In addition to recurrent operating costs and organisation of the stays, the Association needs to invest in:

17. La Maison des Gais Lurons « Un soleil *pour les enfants » asbl • Info • President Bernard Buelen • Managing Director and Sponsorship Pierre Gillis (+32 473 - 871 374) pierre.gillis@skynet.be • Information on the stays Tinou d’Ansembourg (+ 32 475 - 732 351) tinoulurons@hotmail.com • Béatrice Rome (+ 32 477 - 874 855) beatricerome@yahoo.fr • Information on the events Tinou d’Ansembourg Bernadette Kruseman (+ 32 478 – 312 764) bernadette.kruseman@scarlet.be • For the gifts with tax receipt (>= 40 €) : • Account number of ‘Service Arc-en-Ciel’ : BE41 6300 1180 0010 (BIC : BBRUBEBB) with mandatory communication « Don Projet N° 132 » • For gift without tax receipt : • Account number of ‘La Maison des Gais Lurons’ : FINTRO BE74 1430 6773 5407 (BIC : GEBABEBB)

18. La Maison des Gais Lurons « Un soleil *pour les enfants » asbl THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION www.lamaisondesgaislurons.be