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equipment, to facilitate the work of various associations and ensure that
the cold chain and food safety are respected. Carrefour is increasing its
actions in social domains through the support of programmes that aim to
integrate minorities and people having difficulty finding work, such as
RedeCidadã
inBrazil,
FundaciónExit
inSpain,andJenJiShiangSocialService
InstituteinTaiwan.
Actively responding to emergency situations
The Carrefour Foundation mobilises the human and material resources
of the company and contributes financial aid so it can help people in
emergency situations, as was the case with six different events in 2015:
thevolcaniceruptionandfloodinginArgentina,theexplosioninTianjinand
the landslides in Shenzhen, China, and the flooding in the south of France
and inBenevento, Italy. Furthermore, €1millionwasprovidedonanexcep-
tional basis to help refugees in theMiddle East and Europe. The Carrefour
Foundation provided support to the World Food Programme by offering
a contribution of €341,600 to fund food vouchers in Jordan, Lebanon,
Turkey,andEgypt.
Happy children
centres
In China, nearly 250million
Chinese workers depart
from the countryside to
work in towns and cities,
leaving 60million children
without their parents.
The partnership between
the China Children and
Teenagers’ Foundation and
the Carrefour Foundation
aims at combating the
malnutrition and academic
failure of these children via
the creation, management
and equipment of 8 welcome
centres by 2017.
The first two Happy Children
centres opened their doors
in 2015 in Beijing and
Shanghai. Each centre
can welcome nearly
600 children with fun,
educational activities
focusing on nutrition or
sports in a healthy, friendly
environment. In addition to
the support of the Carrefour
Foundation, the teams of
Carrefour Chinamobilised
to provide computers,
educational material,
telephones, foodstuffs
and sports equipment.
Facilitating
donation logistics
In 2015, the Carrefour
Foundation contributed for
the third time to the solid
development of the SOLAAL
(Solidarity of agricultural
producers and food sectors)
association’s activities.
Bymaking its lorries and
the Rheu warehouse available
to the association, Carrefour
plays a facilitating role in
helping farmers and
associations coordinate
better. The system, which
was established inMarch,
has already facilitated the
donation of 9 tons of potatoes
to three local food-assistance
associations: the French Red
Cross, the
Secours populaire
français
and Food Banks.
Infant malnutrition
In Argentina, the
Fundación
Conin
works to promote a
healthy, balanced diet by
raising awareness among
families through workshops
and educational events
and teaching the benefits
of regular physical activity.
By offering adapted, social,
medical, nutritional and
psychomotor assistance,
the programme helps
prevent the irreversible
damage caused by infant
malnutrition. Since 2008,
allowances granted to
families have already helped
600 undernourished
children, and the parents
have been invited to
actively participate in this
educational project. In 2015,
the foundation contributed
€219,000 to the project,
allocated to 63 specialised
centres throughout the
country. Carrefour employees
also offer their support by
participating in workshops
with the children.
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