LVMH · December 7, 2023 LVMH strengthens support for Robert Debré children’s hospital with 11th annual Dîner des Maisons Engagées fundraising event

LVMH chose International Volunteer Day - December 5 - to hold its annual Committed Companies Dinner("Dînerdes MaisonsEngagées"), hosted by Chantal Gaemperle, Group Executive Vice President, Human Resources and Synergies, and Toni Belloni, LVMH Group Managing Director at the Palais de Tokyoin Paris. For this 11th edition of the event, the Group commissioned a special work by artist Liu Bolinwhich will be sold at auction, with proceeds going to Robert Debré Hospital in addition to support from the LVMH Group to help fight sickle cell anemia.

For the past 11 years, thanks to a meeting with Professor André Baruchel and Doctor Malika Benkerrou, the LVMH Group has supported the pediatric hematology department and sickle cell anemia center at Robert-Debré Hospital. Sickle cell anemia is one of the world's leading genetic disorders, and no cure has yet been found. Widespread around the world, the disease affects some 15 million people, and 300,000 children are born with the disorder each year. Since the beginning of this partnership, over 1.8 million euros has been raised by LVMH to support research and care for children at the hospital.

This year, LVMH teamed with Liu Bolin, an artist who calls himself an "invisible man", to further boost awareness around this important cause. Commissioned by the Group, he created a work entitled L'Arbre de Vie, or The Tree of Life, which stages the artist and a child who is a patient at the hospital against the backdrop of a décor made up of a dozen drawings by children who are receiving care at Robert Debré. The work will be sold at Sotheby's on February 20, 2024 during the Contemporary Discoveries auction.