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The Miro Foundation is a charitable organization entirely dedicated to children suffering from diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) and their loved ones. DIPG is a very rare and incurable form of brain cancer.

The Miro Foundation’s mission is to provide quality of life by :

- offering the necessary support to the sick child and next of kin
- taking an active part in reflecting on the medical and ethical stakes
- contributing to the research efforts to find a cure.

Vision

Considering the foreseeable and fatal outcome of DIPG, time is short. It is essential that those closest to the sick child find the support they need to transform the young patient’s final moments into precious quality time. The Miro Foundation also plans to stimulate and encourage research to find a cure.

In memory of Miro Angers-Laurin (22 june 2000 - 15 august 2012)

The Miro Foundation was created in honour of Miro Angers-Laurin, a DIPG victim. Until the very end, relatives, friends and thousands of Quebecers took on the task of making Miro smile every day.

2019 Fundraising Campaign

by credit card or Paypal
by clicking on the "Donate" button above

by check

Write a check to the order of Fondation Miro

and send it to:

6226 De La Roche Street
Montreal (Quebec) H2S 2E1
Canada

Read more about the 2019 Fundraising Campaign.

The Miro Foundation is a canadian charitable organization based in Montreal (province of Quebec). As a registered charity with the Canada Revenue Agency, the foundation can issue official donation receipts.

For more information, please Contact us.

Documentary film

A SMILE FOR MIRO

will be produced by

Fair-Play / Esperamos Films

The MIRO Foundation counts on the documentary « A SMILE FOR MIRO ». This film will help to make Miro’s story more broadly known, to raise awareness around this terrible illness (diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma), and to mobilise public opinion to support the important work of researchers.

Read more about the documentary film

The Disease

What is juvenile diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG)?

Dr. Anne-Sophie Carret, pediatric hemato- oncologist at Montreal’s Sainte-Justine University Hospital Centre explains why there is still no cure for this disease. Read more.

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