Non-profit association · Bronchiolitis obliterans

Raising awareness of bronchiolitis obliterans. Supporting the families who live with it.

Hope For Gabriel was founded in 2025 out of the story of Gabriel, who was hospitalised at three weeks old. Today, the association informs people about this rare childhood lung disease, connects families around the world and supports research.

Baby Bronchiolitis Obliterans
8 countries

represented in BO Community

90+

clinicians listed by families

925 km

by bike to raise awareness of the disease

20+

media outlets have covered the disease

Our missions

Three reasons to exist

Inform

Explain bronchiolitis obliterans in plain words, share what research says and recall the habits that protect babies.

Connect

Break the isolation of families through BO Community: stories, a translated forum, specialists and hospitals recommended by other parents.

Support

Help families facing care that is not covered, starting with Gabriel’s, and contribute to research projects.

Our projects

What the association has already built

Support platform

BO Community

The international platform on bronchiolitis obliterans: stories, forum, research watch, directory of clinicians.

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Our story

It all started with a little boy

Gabriel was born on 6 April 2025 in Fortaleza, Brazil. At three weeks old, bronchiolitis sent him to hospital. He would stay there five months, including ninety days in intensive care, and leave with a diagnosis: post-infectious bronchiolitis obliterans.

His dad has been writing to him since day one. All those letters are here.

In the media

A rare disease, finally in the media

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Take action

Three ways to help

Learn and spread the word

Understand the disease and the habits that prevent infection, then share them with the people around you.

Join the tribe

Get news from the association and from Gabriel, a few times a year.

Support the association

A donation, a corporate partnership or a share on your networks.

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