Access to health services is a fundamental right, as reminded by the World Health Organization (WHO). Sport is an efficient medium for social integration and its beneficial effects on health no longer need to be demonstrated. Nevertheless, access to health services and sports remains to be developed, especially in disadvantaged areas.
The Foundation is therefore mobilising in favour of the well-being of communities in territories where the Group is implanted through projects linked to these two fields. It is also involved in international solidarity as far as humanitarian situations (epidemics, natural catastrophes…) are concerned.
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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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The La Maison de la Vie project is the result of a fortunate encounter between the Michelin Enterprise Foundation, which was seeking to create a specialized center for cancer sufferers, and the Groupe Associatif Siel Bleu
A legendary sports club, the Association Sportive Montferrandaise (ASM Omnisports) was founded in 1911 by Marcel Michelin.
The issues confronting public health make the Michelin Corporate Foundation’s commitment to sport more relevant than ever. Once again, the Foundation is proud to support the mythical ASM Omnisports sports club founded by Marcel Michelin which particularly encourages the practice of sport for all.
One of the defining aims of Marcel Michelin in founding the ASM sports club in 1911 was to train and educate young people by promoting a policy of reaching out to the widest public. With the backing of the Michelin Group, and since 2014 of the Michelin Corporate Foundation, the ASM’s ambition is to spread…
