The League Against Cancer is concerned about the significant drop in donations reaching it and the impact this will have on its research and its actions with patients.
Created in 1918, the League Against Cancer is an association law 1901 recognized as being of public utility which, thanks to the generosity of the public, finances and initiates research projects in oncology, informs, raises awareness and improves the lives of patients – approximately 6 million euros are devoted to social issues each year.
But lately, the association has observed a decline in generosity on the part of its donors. In question ? According to its director of communication, Christophe Leroux, “tax uncertainties and procrastination on the withholding tax in September”. Similarly, he added recently on France news, “there have been social movements, the rise in the CSG, the climate of mistrust and of course, the purchasing power crisis, with a sharp drop since the start of the yellow vests movement”. A combo to which are added the end of year celebrations which monopolize the attention and the finances of the French.
Nearly 400,000 new cases each year in France
According to Christophe Leroux also, cancer interests “less than before”. “It’s due to the successes in the fight, since 60% of cancers are cured, but unfortunately there is still a lot to do,” he recalls. In Indeed, cancer is the second cause of death in the world after cardiovascular diseases and the first in France. In 2017, 399,500 new cases were diagnosed in our country, ie 214,000 in men and 185,500 in women. Not to mention that approximately 2,550 of these new annual cases have been identified among children and young people, ie 1,750 among those under 15 and 800 among adolescents aged 15 to 19.
2000 families impacted
What will this drop in donations mean for the association? “These are 36 young researchers who will no longer be supported, 15 labeled teams of excellence who may not be supported, 2,000 families who may not be able to benefit from aid from the league while they are precarious by cancer. It could be 20,000 children who are not made aware of the risk factors”. Christophe Roux reminds us that such a significant drop in donations can have a very concrete negative impact and calls on those who are generous to donate a few funds to avoid the worst.
“Unfortunately, cancer does not know the end-of-year truce and does not care about fiscal uncertainties, he concludes. So if we can continue to help, with our means, as much as possible, that will allow extremely serious activities to be maintained. what leads the league against cancer for the sick and for research”. To make a donation, Click here.
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