It is a great honor for me to Launch Un Maillot pour la Vie in Russia. I've been helping adults by making them dream, to find the meaning of their lives and to discover their inner resources. What can be more noble than helping sick children have a dream, and by doing so to contribute to their recovery.

Russia is a wonderful country where people are capable of creating in a couple of years what took us decades… The opportunity of implementing a project uniting people with common values, in the country of my ancestors, fills me with energy.

Developing the fund in Russia will be a wonderful adventure for those who, like us, believe that by bringing a ray of light in the live of sick and orphaned children, we give them much more. And that is thanks to generosity of the athletes and those who support us.