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
Encouraging actions to protect the Malayan Tiger in Malaysia By nellie | July 25, 2023 Malaysian Nature Society (MNS) is the oldest and largest NGO in Malaysia with a history of over 80 years of solid conservation and environmental achievements. Malaysian Nature Society approached the Michelin Foundation – very committed to biodiversity worldwide – with the aim of developing “citizen science” activities (research and monitoring of human-wildlife conflicts in the… Read More
Science comes to the aid of art By nellie | July 19, 2023 As part of a scheme to support the Friends of the Pompidou Center, the Michelin Corporate Foundation has applied the scientific and technical expertise of Michelin researchers to preserve artworks containing rubbers. Little known because their use is recent, elastomers, commonly known as rubbers, contained in works of art may deteriorate in such a way… Read More
Accompanying young people towards success – C’Possible ! By nellie | April 20, 2023 The C’Possible association works to prevent young people dropping out of school. With backing for development from the Michelin Foundation, it is gradually extending its activity to the whole country. Every year, nearly 100,000 young people leave the education system without any form of qualification. The reasons differ and may lie in family, social or… Read More
Understand to act, train to transform By nellie | April 7, 2023 How can we transform our way of thinking and acting to promote ecological and social transition? How to support this transformation? A training organization for ecological and social transition, the Campus de la Transition (association law 1901) is both a research-action laboratory and an experimental eco-place for sober and united lifestyles. Since its creation in… Read More
The experience of solidary shared housing By nellie | April 3, 2023 Lazarus brings together homeless people and young professionals The Lazarus association, recognized as being of general interest, was born from a disruptive initiative: helping people who have experienced the street to regain their autonomy by giving them the possibility of living alongside young active volunteers, from 25 to 35 years old. Lazarus’ innovative economic model… Read More
The Paris Mozart Orchestra settles in Bourges By nellie | February 27, 2023 Since October 2022, the Paris Mozart Orchestra (PMO) has been settling in Bourges and deploying its activities throughout the Centre-Val de Loire region. Citizen and united orchestra, the Orchestra travels, from the heart of the city to rural areas, to meet all audiences in a spirit of sharing, of openness, and access to culture for… Read More
Mobilize against school dropout in the Philippines By nellie | February 6, 2023 The Philippines is one of the countries in Southeast Asia most affected by the health crisis, with long-term consequences further aggravating socio-economic problems. In this respect, the Michelin Foundation wished to support the association Enfants d’Asie which has been working since 1998 in this geographical area, and more particularly on the island of Cebu where… Read More
Development of an Orientation Center Library in Cambodia By nellie | February 1, 2023 In 2022, the Michelin Foundation supported the development of a Khmer-French bilingual multimedia Orientation Center Library in a secondary school in Cambodia. In a post-covid context, after two school years during which schools were closed, the project to develop a library with a bilingual multimedia orientation space in the Preah Sihanouk high school in the… Read More
Long Thibaud finals at Châtelet! By nellie | November 16, 2022 The 2022 International Piano Competition Long Thibaud gave appointment last week to classical music lovers who came in large numbers to discover the 33 international candidates qualified for the competition. From November 7 to 13, the jury selected young virtuosos with the most outstanding artistic personality, beyond any technical and instrumental performance. The final last… Read More
