{"id":1361,"date":"2019-03-06T14:59:46","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T13:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fondation-alberici.org\/notre-histoire\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T15:27:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T13:27:45","slug":"our-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fondation-alberici.org\/en\/our-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Our story"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In 2004, Association Soleil, created in 1992 by Dominique and other parents, successfully opened MAS Maison Soleil in Soucieu-en-Jarrest, a specialised residential care facility, with the help of ADAPEI, an association of friends and parents of mentally disabled people in the Rh\u00f4ne region. Tom was one of its very first residents.<\/p>\n

Dominique’s illness, diagnosed in 2002, was worsening, and in 2007 I decided to sell OPi, as it was taking up all of my time. Dominique, who was also involved in the company, was particularly sad to leave our teams, but we were both exhausted.<\/p>\n

When we sold OPi in 2007 Dominique chose to support projects concerning disabled children. We financed the first project, which was a Snoezelen Room for MAS Maison Soleil, then decided to build on OCTALFA, our family holding, to create the Alberici \u2013 OCTALFA Corporate Foundation.<\/p>\n

When Dominique passed away in 2008, Julien and I chose to rename the foundation by adding Dominique’s name and extended its scope to include cancer. The first projects were financed early in 2009 on the basis of requests made by people and organizations close to the Alberici family.<\/p>\n

The foundation was developed with the help of its first administrators Christian Juncker, Yves Devaux, Fran\u00e7ois Valencony and Elisabeth Guichard.<\/p>\n

When Tom died in 2011, we renamed the Foundation to add Tom’s name. Then new administrators joined us: Henri Mont\u00e8s, Thierry Abribat, Fabrice Bouteille and my partner Emmanu\u00e8le Gerdil. More recently, Lor\u00e9dane Sauzaret became administrator representing initiative OCTALFA employees.<\/p>\n

In 2012, Julien, OCTALFA, and me created the Institut Dominique & Tom Alberici Endowment Fund, which enables us to collect donations made by our loved ones, friends and a few partner companies. The projects supported by the Endowment Fund, some of which we implement ourselves, are similar in nature and purpose to those of the Foundation, with a focus on Madagascar. Emmanu\u00e8le and I discovered Madagascar in 2012 during the inauguration of a residence facility for the families of children in hospital in Antananarivo. And so our Madagascar Disability and Assistance Twinning (JHAM) projects began.<\/p>\n

Since 2008, more than 230 projects have been supported, 2\/3 of which concern disabled people and 1\/3 for cancer patients.<\/p>\n

We are now focusing actions that directly impact patients. We are delighted to contribute to these projects, and to attract new sponsors to support our actions. Our objective is to create a donor club, bringing together both individuals and corporate entities, by leveraging the OCTALFA group. Our subsidiaries will also play a role in this charitable initiative by mobilizing their teams.<\/p>\n

I want to thank all our administrators, personnel, donors, project promoters, and volunteers, who are fuelling this philanthropic endeavour based on the values that guide our actions and the wishes of Dominique[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″]

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