Yasmina Kattou / Photo credits: GEORGES GOBET / AFP 08:11, October 02, 2023

On the occasion of Pink October, the campaign to raise awareness about breast cancer screening, Europe 1 zooms in on a place of rest and hope for women with cancer. Between women, we repair ourselves with treatments, sports workshops or make-up sessions, welcome to the Maison RoseUp in Paris.

October 1st marked the beginning of the annual communication campaign to raise awareness among women about breast cancer screening and to raise funds for research: Pink October. The opportunity for Europe 1 to zoom in on an initiative: the RoseUp house. A cocooning resting place for women with cancer. Here, do not talk about patients, but about women who can practice sports, cooking or make-up workshops. Europe 1 visited the RoseUp house in Paris.

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"Here, I feel like I'm living again"

"We're going to talk about clays applicable in the context of cancer and treatments." In a large, bright room with powdery pink walls, Priscilla teaches six women how to take care of themselves through clay. Mary, scarf on her head, took notes. "My hair quality is less good, so I would like to have a better quality of regrowth knowing that I finished my treatments in March," she explains. "Here, I feel like I'm living again. When you are at home, you are focused on your illness, here, you have a goal. It helps to rebuild us, to repair us," she continues.

"We come out stronger"

Rebuild thanks to all the workshops offered: massage, adapted sport, cooking classes, but above all thanks to the atmosphere, explains Katia. "We may have our entourage, the medical follow-up, we need something else and that's what we find at the pink house. Thanks to this sisterhood, you don't feel alone at any time and you come out stronger," she smiles.

Now in remission, Katia attends workshops once a week for the return to work for a smooth resumption of her life. A second RoseUp house exists in France and is located in Bordeaux.