An expert from the Foundation went on a mission to Saint Vincent with the French Red Cross after the Soufrière volcano eruption.
Despite the health context, the Veolia Foundation wishes to continue to promote public interest projects through the Student Solidarity Prize and its 2021 edition.
On December 12, 2020, five years after the Paris Agreement was signed, the schooner Tara set sail again for a new expedition called "Mission Microbiomes" with the support of the Veolia Foundation.
Alongside the Aznavour Foundation and the NGO Electriciens sans Frontières, the Veolia Foundation has mobilized to ensure that humanitarian donations are delivered to the people affected by the conflict in Nagorno-Karaba.
At the end of October, at the invitation of French Water Partnership and the Veolia Foundation, experts took part in two days of discussions about access to water and sanitation in the context of humanitarian emergencies: the Humanitarian WASH Workshops.
Hit by heavy rains in late August, Niamey is partly under water. Several districts were strongly impacted with over 350,000 victims. The Veolia Foundation responded to the situation by sending Veoliaforce volunteers and equipment in partnership with the Société d’Exploitation des Eaux du Niger.
A month after the explosion that devastated Beirut on 4 August, the Veolia foundation’s action on the ground continues. An initial diagnosis assignment was carried out in mid-August and Veoliaforce volunteers are currently being re-deployed.
The Veolia Foundation undertakes an initial review of its humanitarian action to help the most disadvantaged people during the Covid-19 health crisis.