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Veolia Fondation

Workforce development
back to work... for good

300 projects
since 2004

France (Maine-et-Loire)

Solidarauto 49

Participating in the equipment of an outreach automobile garage consisting of a workforce development agency in order to ensure access to mobility for persons in social and professional difficulty.

France (Haute-Vienne)

Secours Populaire Français - Fédération de la Haute-Vienne

Improving the working conditions of a workforce development project which sorts and reconditions textiles collected by the Fédération de Haute-Vienne of Secours Populaire Français.

Romania

Ateliere Fara Frontiere

Backing the development of a WEEE recycling business for a nonprofit social and professional integration agency in Bucharest.

Madagascar

Ateliers sans Frontières

Recycled IT hardware for institutions (high schools and vocational training centers) in eight regions of Madagascar.

France (Paris)

Nonprofit Chauffeur Sans Voiture (CSV)

Creation of a service of eco-responsible drivers for individuals and professionals.

France (Yvelines)

Versailles Portage

Renewing and developing the fleet of a workforce development agency for home deliveries by acquiring four vehicles that are more mobile and more secure .

France (Ardèche)

Mobilité 07-26

Creating three "back-to-work driving schools" in the Ardèche and southern Drôme districts for persons having learning difficulties and who need driving licences to go back to work.

France (Loire)

Actiform - Les jardins de Valeriane

Constructing a HEQ building to aid the development of an organic truck farming business.

France (Haute-Loire)

Naturelhome

Aid to development of a workforce development agency in the field of ecological wood construction.

France (Gers)

Garros Services Régie de Quartier

Acquiring production equipment for the development of a workforce development workshop concerning finishing works in the town of Auch.

France (Aube)

Jardin de cocagne de la Barbuise

Enlarging the farmed area of a Jardin de Cocagne to increase the number of back-to-work jobs and meet growing demand.

France (Orne)

Assise Orne

Creation of a socio-professional and multi-cultural back-to-work restaurant.

France (Orne)

ACI développement

Financing the equipment needed to create five back-to-work projects in a rural area, in the environmental field.

France (Val-d'Oise)

Planète Sésame Métisse

Setting up a catering - world cuisine business for individuals or institutions at Saint-Ouen-l'Aumone.

France (Somme)

AREMA

Acquisition of a boat for a back-to-work agency in the environmental area: restoration of aquatic environments and wetlands.

France (Hauts-de-Seine)

La Table de Cana

Refurnishing of a kitchen of a workforce development restaurant to set up a system to prepare organic meals.

Outreach
supplying vital needs

450 projects
since 2004

Cameroon

AIMF

Rehabilitation of drinking water networks and creation of sanitary blocks in the commune of Bangangté, in Cameroon.

France (Var)

CHRS Accueil Provençal

Participating in refurbishing a center for accommodation and social reintegration in Toulon.

France (Paris)

Institut Paul Delouvrier

Proposing tuition to freshmen and final-year high school students from disadvantaged circles having the potential to succeed in preparatory classes for the French elite schools.

Niger

RAIL-Niger

Rehabilitation of a small water supply network, running on solar energy.

Burkina Faso

Jumelage Ouéguédo

Construction of a reservoir at Ouéguédo.

France (Morbihan)

PEP 56

Reconditioning an old sailing rig to initiate young persons in very difficult situations into navigation and help them rebuild their lives.

Burkina Faso

ADAE

Institutional and technical counseling of the commune of Karangasso to improve access to drinking water and wastewater services.

Cambodia, Kingdom of

HumaniTerra International

Construction of a national center for reparative surgery and for third degree burns at the Preah Kossamak Hospital.

France (Oise)

Centre social rural du Thelle-Bray

Furnishing an outreach grocery at Sérifontaine.

Burkina Faso

A. F. E. C.

Progressive construction of a school complex ranging from primary level to technical and vocational training.

Burkina Faso

A.D.V.Z.

Contributing to improving the living conditions of the populations of the village of Digré and fighting food insecurity by drilling a well dedicated to water supply and truck farming for the school kitchen.

Senegal

Nonprofit association C2LaProd

Back-to-work projects for young persons in Senegal involving young French and Senegalese in the field of communication and multimedia.

Mali

Association Horonia

Running an electric power generation facility by photovoltaic collectors at the Community Health Center of Médina-Coura.

Madagascar

Madagascar Construction et Partage

Supporting the acquisition of the equipment and materials needed to build school infrastructures in three villages of Madagascar.

Senegal

Association France - Assainissement Environnement et Santé

Setting up an affordable wastewater services solution for the disadvantaged districts of Dakar.

Burkina Faso

Comité de Jumelage-Coopération-Bittou

Mobilizing young people on back-to-work contracts for an outreach project aimed to drill a complete well and to renovate the health infrastructures of the village of Bittou.

Cameroon

Elans (Ensemble pour l'Action Nord Sud)

Creation of a complete waste management program in the urban community of Dschang.

Environmental conservation
living in harmony with nature

250 projects
since 2004

France (Paris)

Établissement public du Parc et de la Grande Halle de la Villette

Extension of an ecological, educational and social garden open to the public in the Parc de la Villette.

Germany

Kinderwald Pulheim

Transforming an agricultural plot into a "children's forest" - designed and constructed by themselves - to pool their awareness of nature and to educate them in assuming responsibility for the environment.

France (Aube)

Familles rurales

Developing a practical tool to initiate a dynamic of permanent behavioral change among private individuals as part of an "Agenda 21 for Families".

France (Paris)

CNRS

Supporting the organization of a biodiversity exhibitionproduced by the French National Center for Scientific Research CNRS, first presented in Paris, and then traveling across the nation.

Slovakia

Les Enfants du Danube

Workshops for awarereness raining in sustainable development in holiday camps for children from seriously disadvantaged neighborhoods.

France (Meuse)

La Gaule Boulinéenne

Creating a botanic trail for persons with reduced mobility around a pond.

Germany

DRK Regionalverband

Reinforcing environmental education in a kindergarten by broadening its educational program and providing it with items for the practical discovery of natural phenomena, particularly with a water playground.

France (Nord)

Unis-Cité

Continuing the Médiaterre experiment in the Paris region and the Nord Pas-de-Calais district.

Emergency mission
aid for disaster victims

150 missions
since 1998

The Veolia Environnement Foundation, sustainable development driven by corporate patronage

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Tara Oceans

Environmental conservation
France

An unprecedented three-year scientific expedition on all the seas of the globe (understanding the spatial organisation of ecosystems and understanding their response to atmospheric viariations).

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A sponsor speaks

Guillaume Courtin

CREED (Veolia Propreté)

An engineer at CREED (Research Centre on Environmental Services) in Limay, Guillaume Courtin is a specialist in waste management and sponsor of the nonprofit Elans (Ensemble pour l'Action Nord Sud).

Selection Committees

41 projects were selected by the selection committee of June 22, 2010: 17 in Outreach, 16 in Workforce Development and 8 in Environmental Conservation.

Student Solidarity Prize

The student Solidarity Prize encourages the initiative and involvement of school and university students in community-oriented projects.

2009 Activity Report

The 2009 activity report of the Foundation is available, and can be downloaded or ordered.