23/10/2026
💙 **SMALL ORGANISATIONS CAN HAVE A BIG VOICE!**
🌍 **Oscar’s Angels Italia and Oscar’s Angels France at the ESMO Congress!**
Being part of an international congress such as **ESMO (European Society for Medical Oncology)** is a powerful reminder that **the impact of an advocacy organisation is not measured by its size, but by the voices it represents and the difference it strives to make.**
We may be small organisations, but we carry a BIG responsibility: **being the voice of children, teenagers and families facing brain tumours and complex, often life-threatening healthcare pathways.**
💙 We bring the experiences of families who navigate uncertainty, difficult decisions, intensive treatments and sometimes unimaginable challenges.
💙 We advocate for their needs, their rights, their quality of life and their meaningful involvement in decisions that affect them.
💙 We work to ensure that the realities of patients and families are heard not only in research, clinical practice, healthcare policies and international scientific discussions but also at the bedside.
**Advocacy is not about the size of an organisation. It is about commitment, credibility, experience and the courage to speak up for those whose voices are too often missing.**
We believe that scientific progress and truly patient-centred care are only possible when patients and families are recognised as essential partners.
🙏 Thank you to the healthcare professionals, researchers and stakeholders who understand that meaningful patient and family involvement is not an optional extra, but an essential part of improving healthcare.
But most of all THANK YOU to the families that trust us TO BE their voice.
**We may be small, but the voices we carry deserve to be heard on the biggest stages.**
💙 **Because every child matters. Every family matters. Every voice matters.**
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CHU de Toulouse Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino AINO, Associazione Italiana di Neuro-oncologia Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù Associazione Italiana Ematologia Oncologia Pediatrica- AIEOP
