The Michelin Foundation is committed to healthcare in SRI-LANKA By nellie | August 30, 2023 Faced with the unprecedented economic crisis in Sri Lanka, an emergency contribution will be made to facilitate the supply of medicines and medical equipment. The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has been supporting Sri Lanka since 1967 in its action to reduce poverty and inequality. Regarding the field of health, the country has a free… Read More
The mobile clinic: access to health care for all ! By nellie | July 25, 2023 In India, the Foundation for Rural Recovery and Development (FORRAD), with backing from the Michelin Corporate Foundation, has set up a mobile unit for people lacking easy access to healthcare. Since it was set up in 2017, the clinic has covered a lot of ground. Travelling the roads of the Thiravallur district in India’s state… Read More
On horseback against cancer! By nellie | September 28, 2022 In Auvergne, the Cavaltitude association celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2022 and launches the 5th promotion of its Amazones program, entirely devoted to horse riding adapted for women affected by breast cancer. President of the Cavaltitude association, Nathalie Salles-Tourreix, shares her love of horses and her own fight against disease. “Cavaltitude was born from this… Read More
HELEBOR, care incubator By nellie | April 6, 2022 Since 2021, HELEBOR, a not-for-profit organization, has been extending the activities which le Fonds pour les soins palliatifs has been conducting since 2011. The Michelin Corporate Foundation is giving its support to the organization’s new role as an incubator of projects. Its aim is to constantly improve the quality of life of patients in palliative… Read More
ASM celebrates its 110th anniversary By nellie | October 11, 2021 ASM has been a pioneering club in sport and health since its creation in 1911 “Promote a sports policy open to as many people as possible to initiate and educate young people (…) Encourage the widest and longest possible practice for all ages”, declared Marcel Michelin in 1911 when ASM was created. Today in 2021,… Read More
SARS-CoV-2 or Covid-19 research programs By nellie | March 31, 2021 The Michelin Corporate Foundation has pledged its commitment to the Institut Pasteur in Paris to support an ambitious research program aimed at finding science-based solutions to the Covid-19 pandemic. Mustering unprecedented resources, this program has brought together over 50 teams and more than 400 people involved in Covid-19 research on the Paris campus. The program… Read More
Autism: a free national listening and information platform By nellie | July 16, 2020 The nationwide www.autismeinfoservice.fr web platform launched on April 2 2019 by the Autisme Info Service association aims to provide improved listening, guidance and support services to people with autism. The purpose of the project is to answer all questions about the condition which people ask by phone or email, using the website and the national directory… Read More
Developing a new approach to the treatment of brittle bone disease with Institut Necker By | April 10, 2020 Institut Necker professor Valérie Cormier-Daire is heading a research project to improve the treatment of osteogenesis imperfecta (OI). This condition also known as brittle bone disease is one of the most frequent congenital bone disorders, with an estimated occurrence of one in every 15,000 births. It is characterized by low bone density which causes repeated… Read More
ALIS – Locked-In syndrome association By nellie | September 4, 2019 Project: Enrichment of the equipment loaned to people suffering from locked-in syndrome by the acquisition of two communication tablets equipped with eye control Read More
A mobile clinic in India By jonathan.ringenbach | September 16, 2018 The Michelin Corporate Foundation is actively involved in health issues in the countries where the Group operates. In addition to Michelin’s community health programs, the Michelin Corporate Foundation has been giving its backing since 2015 to a project for a traveling clinic to serve the 31 villages in the Thiruvallur district around the Michelin India… Read More
