Home for children with multiple disabilities – POLISSONS project

Hello everyone!

We are Catherine De Rochefort, a psychomotor therapist, and Lucile Bonnin, the mother of Louisa, a 4-year-old girl with multiple disabilities who suffers from a rare disease known as Pura syndrome (300 cases worldwide). We live in Guadeloupe and together, with the support of the elected representatives of the Saint François town council, its paediatricians, physiotherapists, nurses, family and friends, we’re dreaming of opening a day-care centre for multi-disabled children and a respite home for families who currently have no suitable facilities.

Our project in concrete terms?

We’re planning to set up a suitable facility for our children and their carers, thanks to the support we’ve received to date from the MDPH, the CAF, the ERDF, the Guadeloupe Department and the Guadeloupe Region.

We want to provide support and a place to help families who are struggling to come to terms with their daily lives and who have no way of easing their pain. That’s why we’re appealing for donations to help us make the opening of this facility a reality.

Les POLISSONS will be a human-scale facility of 200 m².

Our layout plans have been drawn up by an architectural firm with knowledge of disabilities, because this project is from A to Z a request for the inclusion of difference and illness in our society. The gardener and cleaning staff will be people with disabilities so that they have access to employment. Then there will be a team of three specialised educators, two nursery nurses, and liberal professions including physiotherapy, speech therapy, psychomotor therapy, music therapy, relaxation therapy and massage therapy.

What’s more? The proximity of the mediopole structure and the carers for our children, as well as the maritime station to enable isolated families from the ilets to finally have access.

We’re thinking about the well-being of the children in this facility, with a sensory Snoezelen room, a small pool for balneotherapy workshops (pool and jacuzzi already built), a garden area with adapted scooters and pushchairs.

And that’s not all! We’re also thinking about the parents of our POLISSONS – their well-being is essential. We’ll be offering workshops in relaxation therapy, yoga, balneotherapy, talking circles and parental guidance to help them free themselves from the daily burden and find solutions together to live better with the burden of the disease.

LES POLISSONS is also a boarding facility for one child at a time, enabling parents in Guadeloupe to meet up, be supported and relieved for one night, knowing that their child is safe. But it’s also a welcome to families who are travelling with a multi-disabled child and have no accommodation solution to enable them to stay in a facility.

Whatever the amount, anyone can contribute to this fund. No need to create an account or register, it’s quick and payments are 100% secure.

As LES POLISSONS is an association under the 1901 law, we can provide you with a tax receipt certificate.

Proportional to the amount of the donation, this tax deduction amounts to : 66% for 1901 associations other than those covered by the Coluche law. 75% for associations whose activities focus on people in difficulty (60% if the donors are companies).

Anyone can contribute to this fund, whatever the amount. No need to create an account or register, it’s quick and payments are 100% secure.

If you can’t contribute financially, please share this fund with as many people as possible. THANK YOU!