2024 Impact report

Two Signature Programs for the Most Vulnerable

The Community Assistance Fund: A Key Safety Net

The Fonds d’aide à la population is a community assistance fund that offers urgent support to people receiving care in a CIUSSS Centre-Sud establishment This unique program helps cover essential health-care costs that are not covered by other programs.

The program is directly operated by the foundation and allows for the release of up to $1,000 in aid in less than 48 hours.

We can specifically help with:

  • Purchasing medication for someone without insurance.
  • Repairing a wheelchair or walker to prevent isolation.
  • Supplying incontinence underwear or adapted clothing for people with stomas.
  • Providing foot care for people with diabetes to avoid severe complications.
  • In 2024, 291 applications were approved, a 73% increase compared to the previous year.
  • The amount invested was $88,000.

“The day after returning home, a patient told their system navigator that the equipment paid for by the foundation was like a gift from God. It was just a raised toilet seat and shower chair, but without this equipment, he wouldn’t have been discharged from the hospital.” (our translation)

Rachel, Occupational Therapist

The Oncology Transportation Service: Valuable Patient-Centred Assistance

Cancer treatments are demanding and require many visits to the hospital. And yet many people do not have a way to get to and from their appointments. For these people, the foundation provides a free, reliable, and caring transportation service.

Operated solely by the foundation, the oncology transportation service provides people without resources safe, caring, and personalized transportation with our driver Mr. Mébarek.

The service, which is so much more than just a transportation, makes a real difference:

  • Safe: prevents post-treatment falls and discomfort.
  • Personal: a trusting relationship with the same driver, which helps break isolation.
  • Economical: avoids taxi expenses or missing work for caregivers.
  • 548 users accompanied
  • 4,380 trips completed

Patients’ lives are turned upside down by a cancer diagnosis. Reactions, coping abilities, challenges, and issues differ from person to person. Some reorganization of daily routines becomes inevitable and sometimes complex, so knowing that transportation is not an issue is valuable and reassuring for patients and their loved ones.”

Social Worker in Oncology