Sport and Health
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.
THE FAMILY CAREGIVER’S GUIDE
The Association “Du Répit Pour Les Familles” supports people suffering from memory disorders, including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, as well as stroke patients. It also helps their families, offering them support, assistance, relay, and training.
Discover this projectSUPPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PALLIATIVE CARE IN FRANCE
True to its humanistic principles, the Michelin Corporate Foundation is involved in the development of palliative care. The objective is to maintain as good a quality of life as possible for patients by reducing their physical pain and taking their psychological, social and spiritual suffering into consideration.
Discover this projectThe Michelin Corporate Foundation supports two local communities in Romania, Zalău and Ploieşti, with the purchase of medical equipment
Zalău County Emergency Hospital (SJUZ), which in 2017 admitted 22,000 patients in hospital day care and 25,500 long-term care patients has been undergoing modernisation and improvement of medical care for several years. The Michelin Corporate Foundation provided the cardiology department with a mannequin simulating the vital functions of intensive care patients, as well as with…
Discover this project$250,000 donation to 2018 Special Olympics National Games
Nova Scotia will host the Special Olympics National Summer Games July 31-August 4, 2018, in Antigonish.
Halifax, Nova Scotia -The Michelin Corporate Foundation is proud to announce its support of Canada’s 2018 National Special Olympics Summer Games with a $250,000 CAD donation. This announcement was made Friday, Octobre 20th at a media conference in Halifax in advance of a special community luncheon to celebrate and raise funds for Team Nova Scotia athletes to compete in the 2018 Games.
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