Our Impact

Eight houses. Six countries.
Forty thousand nights of rest.

Numbers do not tell the whole story — but they begin to outline its shape. Behind each statistic: a parent who slept beside their child, a husband who reached his wife in time, a treatment that was not abandoned because the road was too long.

40,820Total Free Nights
Since 2014
14,200Families
Hosted
€34MSaved by Families
in Lodging Costs
98%Treatment Adherence
Among Our Guests
Our Houses

Where you will find us
across Europe.

Each Shelter for Health house is sited within a five-minute walk of a major hospital partner. Below, the eight houses currently operating across the continent.

A view of Lyon
France · Flagship

Maison Marquand · Lyon

Partner: Hôpital Femme-Mère-Enfant

22 rooms2014 opened
A view of Paris
France

Maison Saint-Louis · Paris

Partner: Hôpital Saint-Louis · Hématologie

34 rooms2017 opened
A view of Brussels
Belgium

Huis Erasme · Brussels

Partner: Hôpital Erasme · Oncology

18 rooms2018 opened
A view of Barcelona
Spain

Casa del Mar · Barcelona

Partner: Hospital Clínic · Transplant Unit

26 rooms2019 opened
A view of Berlin
Germany

Charité Haus · Berlin

Partner: Charité · Pediatric Cardiology

30 rooms2021 opened
A view of Milan
Italy

Casa San Raffaele · Milan

Partner: Ospedale San Raffaele · Cardiology

24 rooms2022 opened
A view of Amsterdam
Netherlands

Anne's House · Amsterdam

Partner: Princess Máxima Center

20 rooms2023 opened
A view of Stockholm
Sweden · Newest

Karolinska Hus · Stockholm

Partner: Karolinska University Hospital

28 rooms2025 opened
In thirty years of pediatric oncology, I have not seen a clinical intervention change a family's outcome the way a free room next door has. We watch parents stay calm. We watch siblings keep going to school. We watch treatment finish.
— Dr. Hélène Marquand, Founder & Trustee
Voices

Three stories from this year.

A child and parent
Léa, 6 · Pediatric Oncology · Lyon

"Maman slept here every night."

Léa's protocol required twenty-four cycles of treatment over six months at the Hôpital Femme-Mère-Enfant — 480 kilometres from her village in the Cantal. Her parents and brother stayed in our Lyon house through every cycle. Today, Léa is in remission. Her family kept their home, their jobs, and their nights together.

A grandfather
Anwar, 68 · Cardiac Care · Milan

"I no longer dread Mondays."

For two years, Anwar drove 200 kilometres on Sunday evenings, slept in his car in the hospital car park, attended dialysis at dawn on Monday, and drove home that night. After his cardiologist referred him to Casa San Raffaele, he finally has a private room, a hot meal, and the dignity of arriving rested.

A long table
The Catalan Kitchen · Barcelona

"The kitchen we did not know we needed."

Three families at Casa del Mar — Catalan, Basque, and Senegalese — found themselves cooking dinner together every evening through their loved ones' transplant recoveries. Their WhatsApp group, "La Cocina," is now five years old. They visit each other's cities for birthdays.

Hospital Partners

In partnership with the houses
of European medicine.

Hôpital Femme-Mère-Enfant · Lyon
Hôpital Saint-Louis · Paris
Hôpital Erasme · Brussels
Hospital Clínic · Barcelona
Charité · Berlin
Ospedale San Raffaele · Milan
Princess Máxima Center · Utrecht
Karolinska · Stockholm
Gustave Roussy · Villejuif
Hôpital Necker · Paris
Bambino Gesù · Rome
Great Ormond Street · London

Help us open the ninth house.

Vienna is next. The hospital has invited us. The property is identified. We need our community to make it possible.

Fund the Vienna House