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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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Project: Enrichment of the equipment loaned to people suffering from locked-in syndrome by the acquisition of two communication tablets equipped with eye control
