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The 2026 IBCPC France festival is dedicated to promoting inclusion through dragon boating and fostering a sense of sisterhood among women affected by breast cancer. The event will bring together 4,500 women paddlers from across the globe to participate in a highly emotional experience.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there are 2.3 million new cases of breast cancer diagnosed worldwide each year. This makes breast cancer the most common cancer in women. Since 1996, the benefits of dragon boating for patients affected by breast cancer have been demonstrated by the work of Canadian physiologist Dr. Don McKenzie.

Your company, foundation, or personal support can help to fight breast cancer by supporting this global event.

Why support the 2026 IBCPC France Festival?

The 2026 IBCPC France Festival is managed by PAGAIE PLUS LOIN, an association listed as an actor in the “social and solidarity economy”, based on the principles of solidarity and social benefit.

In France, sport and health are national issues. The practice of physical and sporting activities (adapted or not) is in the general interest. The 2026 IBCPC France Festival, by organizing a global gathering of women who have been helped by sport to overcome their illnesses, carries the message of public health through physical activity.

As a powerful tool to transform the lives of women after breast cancer and a lever for social integration by reducing isolation and depressive symptoms, dragon boating relies on the strength of the collective to give energy back to those who need it. Your company or foundation will therefore associate its image with the values of resilience, benevolence, universalism and healthy sport promoted by the 2026 IBCPC France Festival.

“IBCPC Festivals are a celebration of life, a concentration of intense emotions and unconditional friendship. We meet our paddling sisters from all over the world and when we listen to each other from the heart, there are no borders. Illness and dragon boating have bound us together forever. I’ve never felt the power of sisterhood like I do at the IBCPC festivals. It’s so strong and caring. It’s a shot of life.”

Agnès Panigoni.

Donations to PAGAIE PLUS LOIN are tax deductible, as they meet the general conditions of articles 200 and 238 bis of the French General Tax Code.

For companies: your company’s sponsorship entitles you to a tax reduction equal to 60% of the amount of the donation, up to a limit of 0.5% of the turnover excluding VAT (with the possibility of carrying forward the excess over the next five financial years if this limit is exceeded).
For individuals: Individual donations entitle you to a tax reduction equal to 66% of the amount paid, up to a limit of 20% of your taxable income.

Personalized support

As part of its sponsorship program, the 2026 IBCPC France Festival will offer you personalized benefits: an introduction to dragon boating and a team building session, the opportunity to welcome your clients on our boats, participation to the opening ceremony on a boat, privileged access to VIP areas, opening and closing parties, allocation of space in the partner village… and of course the visibility we can offer you on our communication media, on our race site and in the athletes’ village.

We will work together to determine the form these benefits will take.

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Contact

The sponsorship department of the 2026 IBCPC France Festival will be happy to answer your questions. For any queries, please write to:

president@ibcpcfrance2026.com