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
Deployment of the VIA Road Safety Education Program By nellie | May 17, 2022 Because road accidents are the leading cause of death among young people aged 5 to 29, educating young people in safe behavior on the road is a priority. Launched by the Michelin and TotalEnergies Foundations in October 2019, VIA is a road safety education program intended to be deployed in schools all over the world.… Read More
Ecole 42 Lyon, an innovative pedagogy By nellie | April 27, 2022 Backed by the Michelin Foundation since 2021, the 42 Lyon Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes school offers an innovative educational approach to computer training. It is part of the internationally renowned network of Ecoles 42, established in more than 22 countries. Since its creation in 2017, 42 Lyon Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes has offered learning through horizontal communication and correction between students.… Read More
Aviation Sans Frontières – 40 years of humanitarian aid By nellie | April 7, 2022 The Michelin Corporate Foundation is working alongside Aviation Sans Frontières in giving its support to two assignments benefiting remote and underprivileged populations. The tasks are to get emergency medical aid to sick children and provide medical logistics. The wings of humanitarian aid Created in 1980 amid awareness that aviation could play a key part in… Read More
Twice the Wild – rising to the challenge of climate change By nellie | April 7, 2022 Canada, with its enormous natural heritage, is investing through the Nova Scotia Nature Trust in an innovative program called ‘Twice the Wild’. Preserving Nova Scotia’s wildlands With the longest coastline in the world, a quarter of the planet’s wetlands and boreal forests and a fifth of its fresh water, a vital habitat for birds, fish… Read More
Saving the heritage of local industry at Thiers By nellie | April 7, 2022 Shut down in 1984, the former Mondière cutlery plant forge at Thiers in the Puy-de-Dôme department has been given a makeover, with the impetus of the town council and the regional authority and with the backing of the Michelin Corporate Foundation and La Fondation du Patrimoine. A world-famous industrial past The Mondière forge is located… 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
Fighting inequality, alongside the Paris HEC Foundation By nellie | April 5, 2022 There are talents everywhere but sometimes they have to be brought to light. That’s why the Michelin Corporate Foundation has decided to back the rollout of the Stand Up program and the activities of the Equal Opportunities Mission initiated by the Paris HEC Foundation. The aim is to offer all students the same chance of… Read More
The ‘Quatre A’, providing guide dogs all over France By nellie | April 5, 2022 The ‘Quatre A’ is an association whose purpose is to meet the demand for guide dogs free of charge and offer animal therapy workshops. A valuable and generous initiative to which the Michelin Corporate Foundation has wished to give its backing. Selection, training and guidance Located at Sermentizon in the Puy-de-Dôme department, the Quatre A… Read More
South Africa: Working for women’s mobility By nellie | April 5, 2022 The Michelin Corporate Foundation is backing an initiative launched by Sustainable Mobility for All (SuM4All) aiming to reduce gender inequality in public transport. Discriminating between women and men For women, travel can be a source of inequality and social exclusion, reinforcing existing differences between the sexes and inhibiting their potential for development. This situation exists… Read More
