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A project for life by Paola Graci
Paris is one of the most loved destinations by travellers: every year
millions of people flock to its museums and stop to admire the Eiffel Tower or the Arc de Triomphe. Each visitor has taken home countless rolls of film filled with images of these wonderful historical monuments, among many others. Just for a moment, you can try to figure out how many houses have a drawer that contains an album of pictures taken in Paris. Millions of houses, millions of drawers, millions of photo albums. But amongst these, there is a special one: the album of pictures taken by Dimitri which, by virtue of its existence alone, tells a special story.
was to visit the main monuments of the French capital: he dreamed of seeing the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe, the Champs Elysees. Unfortunately, planning a trip requires a significant commitment, especially when circumstances require you to continuously undergo medical treatment and you do not know whether or not you will ever be able to make it.
Dimitri is a 17-year old guy who lives with cancer. His wish, his deep desire,
But thanks to Cheer Up, Dimitri had the chance to make his dream come true. What
is Cheer Up, you may wonder? Cheer Up is a network of voluntary organizations, and whose mission is to support the realization of personal projects of young people living with cancer. As the experience of illness can easily lead to stalemate, inactivity and depression, Cheer Up finds ways to help sick young people get some serenity back. Even Pierre Janicot, Cheer Up founder, found himself in this situation after being hospitalized with cancer in 2002.