Since early July, fires have been raging in the forests of the Amazonas and Rondônia states in Brazil. More than 1000 hectares of vegetation have already gone up in smoke. An increase 4 times higher than the rate of deforestation experienced in July 2018. The main cause of fires is the farming industry. Some farmers […]
Cédric Herrou and his association DTC – Defend Your Citizenship, created in September 2017 to welcome asylum seekers to his farm, are launching the first fully farming Emmaüs community in France: Emmaüs Roya. After housing asylum seekers for medium and long periods of time, they became aware of the strength of the community and the […]
A study on the impact of corporate philanthropy in France, written by Sciences Po Toulouse, has just been published by Admical, an association recognized as a public utility for the development of philanthropy. The result is that in France, public authorities are gradually withdrawing from public interest organisations which now rely heavily on the private […]
On March 14, 2019, Cyclone Idai hit the coasts of Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe with winds of as high as 200 km/h. In Mozambique, the country most affected by the cyclone, there were already 600 deaths and several thousand wounded on 5 April 2019. The coastal city of Beira was 90% destroyed and more […]
Jean-Paul Mari, Vice President of LIMBO, tells us: I remember Solomon, the young Eritrean, his black frizzy hair yellowed by the sun and sea water, his haggard eyes. He had drifted for twenty-five days on a zodiac in the Mediterranean. There were seventy-five of them at the start, five survivors at the finish. His nightmares […]
Between 1980 and 2010, 25% of the mangroves in the Casamance and Sine Saloum regions of Senegal disappeared. Rising sea levels have caused an increase in water salinity, which has contributed to the destruction of the region’s food resources. Since 2009, the Océanium association, in partnership with the Carbon Livelihoods Fund, has been committed to […]
Whether they are fleeing war, conflict, discrimination, poverty, or the consequences of global warming, exiles have a right to a decent reception. The Foundation devotes over 15% of its budget to support the field-based associative actors who work alongside them. Elise Boghossian, the founder of the association EliseCare, which provides medical aid to survivors in […]
Between 2015 and 2019, more than 20,000 people died trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea. The vast majority of them trying to flee Libya to Italy, making the Central the Mediterranean Sea the deadliest migration route in the world. Convinced that it is not acceptable to let thousands of people drown before our eyes, at […]
The Foundation’s selection committee met on May 7. While 8 new projects were approved, we have, as part of our 3-year support strategy, pursued nearly 75% of the 2018 partnerships. This year, the Foundation is supporting 31 philanthropic projects in 17 countries in the areas of child protection, the preservation of the environment and cultures, […]
Created in 2016, this association was founded by citizens who feel powerless in the face of the extreme precariousness of the migrants in Paris. La gamelle de Jaurès distributes warm meals every Monday to homeless migrants living in the Porte de la Chapelle district, as well as warm clothes and hygiene kits. Volunteers are working […]