3 winners en 2025  
17th Student Solidarity Award

  [  ![Prix de la Solidarité 2025 - photo globale des lauréats, parrains et remettants](/sites/g/files/dvc3696/files/styles/default/public/image/2025/05/07-Prix-de-la-Solidarit%C3%A9-Etudiante-2025---photo-globale.jpg.webp?itok=yr1HUVGX)  ](/en/news/3-winners-2025-student-solidarity-prize)  



The winners of the 17th Student Solidarity Awards were announced on 14 May 2025 at a ceremony held at Veolia's head office in Aubervilliers. The 2025 edition of the competition was marked by the cross-disciplinary nature of the student associations and the broad geographical scope of the entries.

- **The Juste 2°C association** received the Student Solidarity Prize from Jean-François Nogrette, Managing Director of Veolia Zone France and Special Waste Europe, for its [Sail 2 Sandwich project](/en/supported-projects/sail-sandwich-student-odyssey-science-and-island-ecosystems "Sail to Sandwich: The student odyssey for science and island ecosystems").
- [**SolSu**](/en/supported-projects/perou-en-partage-student-medical-bridge-support-rural-health "Pérou en partage: a student medical bridge to support rural health") was singled out by Romain Torres, Human Resources Director, Zone France, for its ‘Pérou en partage’ project.
- **The Public Prize** was awarded by David Poinard, Managing Director of the Veolia Foundation, to Mission Potosí. Its [‘Higiene para crecer’ project](/en/supported-projects/dry-toilets-counter-drought-potosi-bolivia "Dry toilets to counter drought in Potosí, Bolivia") won after more than 5,000 votes were cast online.



 

 

 



####  Previously...



 

 

 



###  2024 winners

  

3 winners en 2024  
16th Student Solidarity Award 2024

  [  ![](/sites/g/files/dvc3696/files/styles/default/public/image/2024/07/PSE%202024.jpg.webp?itok=BMDol6Hj)  ](/en/news/2024-student-solidarity-prize-discover-3-winners)  



On Tuesday 11 June, the Veolia Foundation's 16th Student Solidarity Prize was awarded to[ A Travers les Murs](/en/supported-projects/giving-voice-and-making-it-heard-prisons "Giving a voice and making it heard in prisons") by Jean-François Nogrette, Director of Veolia's France and Special Waste Europe area.

The Jury's Prize for Student Solidarity was awarded to[ the Projet Solidaire d'Échange et de Partage au Sénégal (PSEPS)](/en/supported-projects/promoting-ecological-farming-practices-through-womens-economic-interest-grouping "Promoting ecological farming practices through a women's economic interest grouping") by Justine Mora, the Group's Director of Talent and Executive Development.

In several Nepalese villages, [Solidarité France-Népal](/en/supported-projects/water-and-sanitation-nepalese-villages "Water and sanitation for Nepalese villages") is working to improve access to drinking water and sanitation. For its 2024 projects, it won the 2024 Student Solidarity Public Prize. David Poinard, Managing Director of the Veolia Foundation, presented them with the trophy.

[The 2024 winners](/en/news/2024-student-solidarity-prize-discover-3-winners)

 



 

 

 

 



###  2023 winners

  

3 winners in 2023  
15th edition of the Prix de la Solidarité Etudiante 2023





 

 



- [Juste 2°C](/en/supported-projects/laboratory-boat-saone-and-rhone-rivers "A laboratory boat on the Saône and Rhône rivers") for its Saône 2 Rhône project. Supported by students from the Ecoles Normales Supérieures (Ulm, Paris Saclay, Lyon), Sciences Po (Aix, Lyon), Institut Agro Rennes, Isara Lyon and the University of Montpellier, Juste 2°C is a cross-disciplinary initiative.
- The association [Protection de la rivière Mé source d'alimentation en eau potable (Protection of the Mé river as a source of drinking water)](/en/supported-projects/protecting-me-river-cote-divoire "Protecting the Mé River in Côte d'Ivoire") won the Public Prize for its project to raise awareness among the villagers living along the river, coupled with reforestation of the riverbank.
- [The Anestaps association](/en/supported-projects/thrift-shop-dedicated-sportswear-and-accessories "A thrift shop dedicated to sportswear and accessories") received the Jury's Prize for its project to set up a thrift shop in Paris to provide students with low-cost sportswear and accessories.

[> The 2023 winners](/en/news/3-winners-15th-edition-2023-student-solidarity-prize)

 



 

 

 

 



###  2022 winners

  

#### The 2022 ceremony in video :





 

 



- "[Eau Bénin (Water Benin)](https://www.fondation.veolia.com/en/supported-projects/water-agoledji-and-time-women)", from the "PC Coup de pouce" non-profit | ESPCI Paris
- "[Tri-haut pour l'Everest (High Sorting for Everest)](https://www.fondation.veolia.com/en/supported-projects/everest-waste-collection-and-treatment-summit)", from the "Tri-haut pour l'Everest" non-profit | ENSE3 in Grenoble
- “[Kanndi Karr](https://www.fondation.veolia.com/en/supported-projects/mobile-laundry-isolated-people-rennes)”, from the Sowers non-profit | ESCD 3A Rennes

[More about the 2022 winners](/en/2022-winners)

 



 

 

 

 



###  2021 winners

  

#### The 2021 ceremony in video :





 

 



- The Cordilleras association for the project [À l'Ombre des Glaciers Alpins](https://www.instagram.com/ombre_des_glaciers_alpins/) in Grenoble, Zurich and Innsbruck | Ecole d'ingénieur [AgroParisTech](http://www2.agroparistech.fr/Welcome-to-AgroParisTech.html)
- The association [Hum’am](http://www.humam.org/) for the Jendoub'Arts project, in the village of Jouaouda, Tunisia | [Arts et Métiers ParisTech](https://artsetmetiers.fr/en) (Centre ENSAM de Paris)
- The association [Impulso](http://impulso-al.org/nos-programmes/) for the project "Agro-engineering program Impulso Ecuador", in Otavalo | Ecole d'ingénieur [AgroParisTech](http://www2.agroparistech.fr/Welcome-to-AgroParisTech.html) | Public Prize

[The 2021 winners](/en/nos-evenements/prix-solidarite-etudiante/the-2021-winners)

 



 

 

 

 



###  2020 winners

  





 

 



- ["Ficha"](/en/supported-projects/encourage-and-reward-selective-sorting-blocks-flats "Encourage and reward selective sorting in blocks of flats"), created by students from the Grenoble School of Management
- ["Tizwit"](/en/supported-projects/supporting-moroccan-women-developing-their-entrepreneurial-project "Supporting Moroccan women in developing their entrepreneurial project"), created by students from Essec
- ["Une bibliothèque pour Vo Koutime"](/en/supported-projects/solidarity-between-french-students-and-rural-togolese-children "Solidarity between French students and rural Togolese children"), created by students from University of Paris-Dauphine

[L'édition 2020](/en/node/9251)

 



 

 

 

 



###  2019 winners

  





 

 



- 1st Prize: “[Les Recyclettes](https://www.fondation.veolia.com/en/supported-projects/urban-composters-connecting-consumers-and-producers "Urban composters connecting consumers and producers")” from the student association RECUP’ at the [Université de Bordeaux](https://www.u-bordeaux.com/)
- 2nd Prize: [REV Action](https://www.fondation.veolia.com/en/supported-projects/revmachine-process-plastic-waste-and-encourage-local-circular-economy "A "REV'machine" to process plastic waste and encourage a local circular economy") from the association [RECUP’Eau Vietnam](https://fr-fr.facebook.com/Recup.eau.Vietnam/) at [Centrale Nantes](https://www.ec-nantes.fr/english-version/home-centrale-nantes-179099.kjsp?RH=1488443004798)
- 3rd Prize: [Envol Vert](https://www.fondation.veolia.com/en/supported-projects/restoring-balance-degraded-agricultural-areas-through-sustainable-forestry "Restoring the balance of degraded agricultural areas through sustainable forestry practices") from the association [Perunidad](http://perunidad.strikingly.com/) at [CentraleSupélec](https://www.centralesupelec.fr/)
- The Public’s Award rewards the association [Sea Plastics](https://www.fondation.veolia.com/en/supported-projects/improving-scientific-knowledge-about-microplastic-pollution-marine-environments "Improving scientific knowledge about microplastic pollution in marine environments") at [AgroParisTech](http://www2.agroparistech.fr/Presentation-of-AgroParisTech.html)

[Find more about the 2019 Veolia Student Solidarity Award](/en/2019-winners)

 



 

 

 

 



###  2018 winners

  





 

 



- The 1st Prize went to the "Campus Market" association at [HEI Lille](http://en.hei.fr/) (France).
- The 2nd Prize went to the Soliguide project initiated by a student at [ECE Paris](https://www.ece.fr/).
- The 3rd Prize goes to the project run by the association "Tarisznya Taborok (Knapsack Camps)" at [Central European University (Hungary)](https://www.ceu.edu/about).
- The Public’s Award\* recognizes "TR Monde" the student association Ecole Nationale du Génie de l’Eau et de l’Environnement de Strasbourg ([ENGEES](https://engees.unistra.fr/en/)).

[2018 Veolia Student Solidarity Award](/en/2018-veolia-student-solidarity-award)

 



 

 

 

 



###  2017 winners

  

## Find the winning associations 2017 :





 

 



[*Find all the 2017 winners on this page.*](/en/2017-veolia-student-solidarity-award "2017 Veolia Student Solidarity Award")



 

 

 

 



###  2016 winners

  

   ![](/sites/g/files/dvc3696/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/image/2016/06/PSE_2016_0.JPG.webp?h=54ce49cf&itok=ekRAKL88 "PSE 2016 - photo de groupe")   



### First prize

The first prize was presented to [Smart Cycle](/en/smart-cycle-web-and-mobile-socially-responsible-crowd-recycling-app) : this student association from the Institut d’Administration des Entreprises in Aix-en-Provence (France) created an innovative web and mobile crowd recycling application in order to develop local solutions for recycling urban waste. The Smart Cycle solution uses geolocation to pinpoint objects that their owners want to give away or exchange. It then uses databases, community platforms and social networks to bring the various stakeholders together, thereby forming a collaborative community.

### Second prize

The second prize goes to the organization [Rural International Student Exchange](/en/domestic-sand-filters-eradicate-arsenic) from Tsinghua University (Beijing), for their domestic anti-arsenic filter project. This was in two villages in Shanxi Province, China, a rural area with high levels of arsenic in the water. This filter proved its effectiveness with a 92% rate of absorption of the concentration of arsenic in the water. The results of the experiment were published in the scientific journal Chemosphere.

### Third prize

Finally two student associations working on development aid, won equal 3rd prize: [Lumières d’Afrique](/en/providing-stable-access-electricity-remote-areas-cameroon) from Centrale-Supélec and [Solidarité Etudiants en Médecine (SOLem)](/en/improving-access-healthcare-and-quality-health-services-togo) from the Faculté Paris Descartes.

[Lumières d’Afrique](/en/providing-stable-access-electricity-remote-areas-cameroon) promotes access to electricity through the use of renewable energy. Working with a Cameroonian student association specializing in electrical engineering at the Institut Universitaire de la Côte (Douala, Cameroon), Lumières d’Afrique will improve the lighting and air conditioning in two orphanages in the south of the country (Akonolingua and Nkolandom), and in two dispensaries in the west of Cameroon (Bangang-Chefferie and Bandjoun).

[SOLem ](/en/improving-access-healthcare-and-quality-health-services-togo)in collaboration with Voisins Solidaires Togo (VST) will extend a public health center in the village of Segno, in southern Togo. It will make it possible to improve the care of pregnant women and access to biological analyzes for seven villages with a total of 20,000 people.



 

 

 

 



###  2015 winners

  

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####  First prize

   ![](/sites/g/files/dvc3696/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/image/2015/08/140wide13575-1er-prix-pse_niger_0.jpeg.webp?h=16e1ca42&itok=zSq4JiMF "PSE 2015 - 1er prix")   



Awarded to the **"Association des Enfants et Jeunes Travailleurs de Ouallam"**, set up in 2001 by university students in Niger.  
  
The projet: Reach out to migrant children aged 6 to 17 left to their own devices in the street, direct them to support structures and propose prycho-social and educational activities: literacy classes, moving back into the school system, learning a trade, etc.

*> [Find out more](/actions/projects/helping-migrant-children-city-ouallam-niger)*

#### Second prize

   ![](/sites/g/files/dvc3696/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/image/2015/07/2eme_Family-First_0.jpg.webp?h=e500c629&itok=qQ3zVawv "2ème prix Family First")   



Awarded to **"Family First"**, a nonprofit founded by HEC Paris students that carried out social impact measurement missions across the world.  
  
 The project: Measure the social impact of the "Enfants du Mékong" program that provides access to education for children living in very impoverished circumstances in Asia. "Family First" will interview 200 families whose children are supported by the program in Cambodia, together with other project stakeholders, identify avenues for improvement and train the NGO's managers to use impact measurement tools.

*> [Find out more](/actions/projects/round-world-tour-measure-social-impact)*

#### Third prize

   ![](/sites/g/files/dvc3696/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/image/2015/07/3eme_YAK_0.jpg.webp?h=b1c00f93&itok=k-ZHhNDM "3ème prix YA+K")   



Awarded to YA+K (Young Artists + Konnexion), a nonprofit set up by students from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture (Paris Malaquais and La Villette) and the Université Paris Panthéon Sorbonne.  
  
The project: Transform a derelict urban space into a community garden in the heart of a disadvantaged neighborhood in Bagnolet.

*> [Find out more](/actions/projects/community-garden-heart-housing-estate-bagnolet)*

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#### Special COP21 award

   ![](/sites/g/files/dvc3696/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/image/2015/07/Prix_Cop21_0.jpg.webp?h=73592418&itok=uyWM5wD7 "Prix Cop 21")   



Awarded to the Hydr'Open nonprofit created by ENSE3 – Grenoble INP engineering students.  
  
The project : Build a small-scale hydraulic turbine (1 to 50 kWatt) for rural electrification, more particularly for isolated communities lacking easy access to electricity.

*> [Find out more](/actions/projets-soutenus/une-micro-turbine-en-open-source-pour-l-electrification-rurale)*

 



 

 

 

 



###  2014 winners

  

#### First prize

   ![](/sites/g/files/dvc3696/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/image/2015/07/logo-topo-sans-frontieres_0.jpeg.webp?h=dfd28f37&itok=ChUJRPZ0 "Topo sans frontières")   



**Topo sans frontières, student association of l'Ecole supérieure des Géomètres et Topographes (College of Surveyors)**  
First prize was awarded to Topo sans frontiers, the student association of l'Ecole supérieure des Géomètres et Topographes for a property security project in two communes of Burundi carried out by surveying and topography students. The students trained land managers and helped local officials to establish survey reference maps and land certificates to resolve conflicts.  
> [Learn more about this project](/en/end-property-disputes-two-communes-central-burundi-25 "An end to property disputes for two communes of Central Burundi")

#### Second prize

   ![](/sites/g/files/dvc3696/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/image/2015/07/ISEE_0.jpeg.webp?h=16e1ca42&itok=BV9E1fh_ "Istom Student Environmental Expertise")   



**ISTOM Student Environmental Expertise (ISEE), an association of the Ecole supérieure d'agro-développement (ISTOM) de Cergy**  
Second prize went to ISTOM Student Environmental Expertise (ISEE), an association of the Ecole supérieure d'agro-développement (ISTOM) de Cergy for its feasibility study of an operation to create a system for the production, processing and marketing of Gambia tea in the Kouilou region of Congo. The transformation of the lippia multifora plant into essential oil, powder and infusion will enable local economic development with low environmental impact and create jobs.  
> [Learn more about this project](/en/gambia-tea-driving-development-farmers-pointe-noire-3 "Gambia tea, driving development for the farmers of Pointe Noire")

#### Third prize

   ![](/sites/g/files/dvc3696/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/image/2015/07/logo-mexisol_0.jpeg.webp?h=16e1ca42&itok=_uWfbLO- "Mexisol")   



**Mexisol, the association of the Ecole Polytech'Montpellier school, and Nana Xhimai, a student association for renewable energies from the Universidad technologica del Valle del Mesquital (Hidalgo, Mexico region)**  
Third prize was awarded to Mexisol, the association of the Ecole Polytech'Montpellier school, and Nana Xhimai, a student association for renewable energies from the Universidad technologica del Valle del Mesquital (Hidalgo, Mexico region). Building and installing of solar-powered facilities in the disadvantaged communities of Hidalgo province in Mexico.  
> [Learn more about this project](/en/when-solar-and-solidarity-are-one-13 "When solar and solidarity are one!")

#### "Special Prize"

   ![](/sites/g/files/dvc3696/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/image/2015/07/logo-hand-hand_0.jpeg.webp?h=16e1ca42&itok=fNOmkTld "Hand in Hand")   



**Hand in Hand Association of the Skema Business School**  
The "Special prize" was won by the Hand in Hand Association of the Skema Business School. Organizing educational activities and counseling disadvantaged youths, children of migrant workers, schooled in Suzhou, by students doing their school year in China.  
> [Learn more about this project](/en/educational-workshops-migrant-children-suzhou "Educational workshops for the migrant children of Suzhou")



 

 

 

 



###  2013 winners

  

#### First prize

   ![](/sites/g/files/dvc3696/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/image/2015/07/cravate-solidaire_0.jpeg.webp?h=16e1ca42&itok=fGiB-cU9 "La cravate solidaire")   



**La Cravate Solidaire - Ecole des dirigeants et créateurs d'entreprise (EDC)**  
The nonprofit La Cravate Solidaire supplies apparel for the professional coaching and apparel for jobseekers, back-to-work employees, or disadvantaged students. The organization also offers image enhancement and helps job applicants draft their resumes and letters of motivations.  
> [Learn more about this project](/en/free-suit-successful-interview "Free suit, successful interview!")

*The jury was deeply impressed by this project because it offers a concrete answer to the problematics of job counseling today.*

#### Second prize

   ![](/sites/g/files/dvc3696/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/image/2015/07/idee-eau_0.jpeg.webp?h=16e1ca42&itok=2bsxLJqC "Idée eau")   



**« Pôle humanitaire de l'INSA de Toulouse » - Institut national des sciences appliquées de Toulouse (INSA)**  
The INSA Toulouse students' association is building and installing hand-washing facilities in the health centers of remote villages in Senegal. They are also renovating some of these health centers and following up on the installations completed during previous missions.  
> [Learn more about this project](/en/actions/projects/12SE1116%2Cinsa-toulouse.htm ""Pôle humanitaire de l'INSA de Toulouse" - Institut national des sciences appliquées de Toulouse (INSA)")

*The jury decided to reward the organization for the durability of its approach and the capitalization of its actions undertaken since 2001.*

#### Third prize

   ![](/sites/g/files/dvc3696/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/image/2015/07/inde-espoir_0.jpeg.webp?h=16e1ca42&itok=YZ2stcLR "Inde Espoir")   



**Inde Espoir - Association multi-écoles**  
Inde Espoir is enlisting the students of the École Polytechnique, Université Paris Diderot-Paris VII, the Paris Descartes Medical School, Université Panthéon Assas Paris II, Sciences Po Paris - Prépa Lycée Stanislas, the University of Exeter, Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense and UTC Compiègne to build a boarding school in the town of Krishnadevipeta in India (Andhra Pradesh) to enable young girls from tribal groups to attend school.  
> [Learn more about this project](/en/one-more-step-toward-schooling-tribal-children-andhra-pradesh "One more step toward schooling the tribal children of Andhra Pradesh")

*The jury decided to support this organization because it combines the skills of students from nine different schools and universities.*

#### Jury's favorite

Finding it difficult to choose between many quality projects, the jury decided, again this year, to award an additional "jury's favorite".

   ![](/sites/g/files/dvc3696/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/image/2015/07/ombre-plume_0.jpeg.webp?h=16e1ca42&itok=JhSgpFOi "Ombre et Plume")   



**L'ombre et la Plume - EDHEC**  
Helping prison inmates and ex-inmates of the Lille urban community to fight post-jail exclusion by returning to the job market.  
> [Learn more about this project](/en/prison-job "From prison to a job")

*The jury was highly impressed by this project, because to grasp an issue to such complexity is often a daunting task, and because the students' actions in favor of the professional integration of former inmates are extremely rare.*



 

 

 

 



###  2012 winners

  

#### First prize

   ![](/sites/g/files/dvc3696/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/image/2015/07/afev_0.jpeg.webp?h=16e1ca42&itok=R7zJApRs "Association de la Fondation étudiante pour la ville (Afev)")   



**The Students' Foundation for the City (Afev) of Poitiers**  
The Association of the Students' Foundation for the City (Afev) offers University of Poitiers students a low rent apartment in joint tenancy in exchange for their commitment to an outreach project in the vulnerable neighborhoods.  
> [Learn more about this project](/actions/projects/afev-poitiers.htm).

#### Second prize

   ![](/sites/g/files/dvc3696/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/image/2015/07/magisphere_0.jpeg.webp?h=16e1ca42&itok=ik9PFfkW "Magisphère")   



**Magisphère - Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne)**  
The Students' Association of post-graduates in International Relations and Action Abroad of the University of Paris I is building and equipping a school for children and a sewing shop for young illiterate women in southern India.  
> [Learn more about this project](/actions/projects/magisphere.htm)

#### Third prize

   ![](/sites/g/files/dvc3696/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/image/2015/07/solidago_0.jpeg.webp?h=16e1ca42&itok=bnHBEN5J "Solidago")   



**Solidago - Chimie Paris Tech, ESTP and Paris-Descartes Medical School**  
Solidago brings together students in public works, chemistry and medicine to build a drinking water supply system in several Madagascan villages, to track their smooth operation, and to guarantee that they last.  
> [Learn more about this project](/actions/projects/solidago-madagascar.htm)

#### Special Prize

Faced with the difficulty of picking one of the many quality projects, the jury again decided this year to award an additional Special Prize.

   ![](/sites/g/files/dvc3696/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/image/2015/07/world-womEnts_0.jpeg.webp?h=16e1ca42&itok=2WN0PHXY "World Wom'ents")   



**World Wom'ents - ESSEC**  
An association of business school students is training the women of Bobo-Dioulasso in company management and creation in Burkina Faso, alongside a locally established association.  
> [Learn more about this project](/actions/projects/world-woments.htm)



 

 

 

 



###  2011 winners

  

#### First prize

   ![](/sites/g/files/dvc3696/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/image/2015/07/ingenieurs-monde_0.jpeg.webp?h=16e1ca42&itok=cy7ZIfBj "Ingénieurs du Monde")   



**Ingénieurs du Monde - Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne**  
Installation of solar panels in a Nepalese school and development of renewable energies in the schools of the area.  
> [Learn more about this project](/en/engineering-student-volunteers-service-emerging-countries-1 "Engineering student volunteers at the service of emerging countries")

#### Second prize

   ![](/sites/g/files/dvc3696/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/image/2015/07/Istom_0.jpeg.webp?h=16e1ca42&itok=DX36dS56 "Isee")   



**Istom Student Environmental Expertise (Isee)**  
Creation of tree nurseries to fight forest overexploitation and conserve the biodiversity with the population of the Limpopo National Park.  
> [Learn more about this project](/en/local-populations-players-biodiversity-conservation-1 "Local populations, players in biodiversity conservation")

#### Third prize

   ![](/sites/g/files/dvc3696/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/image/2015/07/ESIGELEC_0.jpeg.webp?h=16e1ca42&itok=gFhFvFBw "Captive 2000")   



**Captive 2000 - Ecole Supérieure d'Ingénieur en Génie Electrique**  
Creation of a pocket electronic Braille dictionary with audio readout of the definitions.  
> [Learn more about this project.](/en/pocket-electronic-braille-dictionary "A pocket electronic Braille dictionary")

#### Fourth prize

   ![](/sites/g/files/dvc3696/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/image/2015/07/poemes_0.jpeg.webp?h=16e1ca42&itok=RBOgzlIK "Poemes")   



**Paris Ouest Etudiants en Médecine et Solidarité (Poemes)**  
Rehabilitation of a village maternity hospital, prevention of sexually transmissible diseases and raising awareness in hygiene.  
> [Learn more about this project.](/en/medical-students-refurbish-maternity-hospital-gadtenga-1 "Medical students refurbish the maternity hospital of Gadtenga")

#### Jury's choice

Faced with a large number of quality projects, the jury also decided to award a "coup de coeur" (jury's choice) to the association "Students' European Network for Sustainable Development (SENSD)" from Euromed Management.

   ![](/sites/g/files/dvc3696/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/image/2015/07/sensd_0.jpeg.webp?h=16e1ca42&itok=0HPRZJXb "SENSD")   



**Students' European Network for Sustainable Development (SENSD)**  
Creation of an interactive web platform to connect the European student associations working for sustainable development.  
> [Learn more about this project.](/en/european-students-sustainable-development-set-network "European students for sustainable development set up a network")



 

 

 

 



###  2010 winners

  

#### First prize

   ![](/sites/g/files/dvc3696/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/image/2015/07/potosi_0.jpeg.webp?h=16e1ca42&itok=dIG55Csx "Potosi")   



**Mission Potosi**  
Helping 22 women of the mining town of Potosi to create their micro-business, to develop their financial self-sufficiency and guarantee a stable income for the families.  
> [Learn more about this project](/node/79096/).

#### Second prize

   ![](/sites/g/files/dvc3696/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/image/2015/07/fage_0.jpeg.webp?h=16e1ca42&itok=FH9heW-5 "La FAGE")   



**La FAGE**  
Setting up three outreach groceries on the university campuses of Strasbourg, Reims and Lille, to enable students in financial difficulty to secure a healthy and balanced diet.  
> [Learn more about this project](/node/79091/).

#### Third prize

   ![](/sites/g/files/dvc3696/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/image/2015/07/stage-apres_0.jpeg.webp?h=16e1ca42&itok=V5iIFtfM "Un stage, et après")   



**Un stage, et après ?**  
Creation of a network for providing a link between secondary and high school students of the sensitive districts of the Paris region, and companies, to broaden the availability of training courses and promote equal opportunity.  
> [Learn more about this project](/en/network-connecting-students-and-businesses-3 "A network connecting students and businesses").

#### The Special Prize

A special prize was attributed to I.D.E.E.S Madagascar, ESME Sudria engineer university nonfrofit, for the continuity of its action towards the people living in villages of the South of Madagascar.

   ![](/sites/g/files/dvc3696/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/image/2015/07/idees-madagascar_0.jpeg.webp?h=16e1ca42&itok=c_8iuwyQ "IDEES Madagascar")   



**I.D.E.E.S Madagascar**  
Networking young professionals on waste management in the medium-sized towns of West Africa, by helping them exchange ideas to exploit their knowhow more fully.  
> [Learn more about this project](/actions/projets-soutenus/9SD1116,idees-madagascar.htm).



 

 

 

 



###  2009 winners

  

In 2009, a « pilot » edition of the Student Solidarity Awards was organized in partnership with HEC Solidarity Campus. On May 14th, Henri Proglio, then CEO, rewarded three associations: Evasion Roumanie, Mission Quechua and Action pour le Bénin.

#### First prize

**Evasion Roumanie** aims to sustainably improve the living conditions of disadvantaged youths and families in Romania. It was distinguished for its project for aid to children and families in distress in Satu Mare (Northern Romania): holiday camp, hostel, rambling, etc. Evasion Roumanie works alongside several partners: the local association Stea (street youths) and Samtoul (sponsorship of deserving youths), the international social Samu and the National Federation of Firemen of France. Evasion Roumanie received 5 000 €.

#### Second prize

**Mission Quechua** , created in 2001, is the runner-up of the Student Solidarity Awards. It provides financial and technical aid to the poor and isolated Andean communities of Peru. In partnership with Groupe Développement, an association of women of Chambarra (microfinance) and the NGO San Javier del Peru, Mission Quechua promotes a dual project: fight against soil impoverishment and desertification on an area of 50 hectares, and generating new income. It received a grant of 3 500 €.

#### Third prize

**Action pour le Bénin** was in third place on the podium, earning a grant of 1 500 €. Since its launch in 2001, the association has promoted a wide range of educational projects to facilitate the local economic development of a region of Benin (school support, library). Alongside the local NGOs and associations, it has dubbed the project presented to the jury "education, why not me?". It consists in supporting six young teachers of Benin to pursue their advance studies and local projects in favor of education.