Mission to Brazil
A Chain of Hope volunteer medical team returned from the Fundação Públicas Estadual Hospital in Belèm, Northern Brazil in June this year after a 5-day surgical and interventional cardiology medical mission. more ›
In Western Europe and the Middle East, Surgeons of Hope is affiliated with five non-profit charitable organizations established in France, UK, Belgium, Portugal and Lebanon, each of them founded by an internationally respected surgeon.
The first one to be created was La Chaine de l’Espoir in 1989 in Paris by Professor Alain Deloche, the founder of Doctors Without Borders, currently chairman of the Cardiovascular Department at Hospital European Georges Pompidou. It was gradually realized, after they brought over to Europe children from poorer countries for surgical treatment that action was required in the children’s home country with local surgeons and structure: to cure and train, to train to cure. This was how and why the Paris, London, Brussels, and Coimbra based affiliate organizations jointly inaugurated in 2001 the Maputo Heart Institute.
In 2005, the Chaine de L’Espoir opened in Beirut and joined the European network of affiliate organizations. To date, SoH and the five European and Middle East affiliate organizations, work as an international network with the same vision: we pool our resources and skills on building independent, sustainable, state-of-the-art hospitals fitted to local needs and on providing the finest medical training to local medical team.
La Chaine de l’Espoir (France)
La Chaine de l’Espoir (CdE) is a humanitarian organization founded in 1988 by Alain Deloche, to combat the injustices in the geographic availability of medical treatment. CdE is active in over 20 countries. website
Cadeia de Esperanca (Portugal)
Founded in 2000 by Dr. Antonio Leitao Marques and Dr. Manuel Autunes. Its main target is Portuguese speaking African countries; children are its main concern and one of its reasons for existence. website
Chain of Hope (UK)
Founded in 1995 by heart surgeon Magdi Yacoub, Chain of Hope operates on children with heart defects from around the world. Chain of Hope also has surgical and teaching medical missions around the world. website
De Keten Van Hoop (Belgium)
Founded in 1997 by Professor Andre Vliers, De Keten Van Hoop brings children who cannot afford surgery from developing countries to Belgium. They also send surgeons to operate and to teach and train local staff. (website)