Air France news l'actualité Un graff sur les murs de Projeto Uerê annonce l’ambition de cette école d’une favela de Rio de Janeiro : «Nous avons le droit de jouer et d’être heureux». Graffiti on the walls of Projeto Uerê spells out the ambition of this school in a Rio de Janeiro favela: “We have the right to play and be happy.” Helping children Since 1992, the Air France Foundation has been supporting children around the world, thereby honoring its responsibilities, as a major airline, to the countries in which it operates. It’s a cause that’s close to the hearts of its employees. Created 26 years ago, the Air France include setting up support systems for Rallying cause Over the years, the Foundation is currently one of the leading excluded youths and providing physical Foundation has become a vehicle for French corporate foundations in terms and psychological protection from social cohesion at the airline. The Friends of financial endowments and the number trafficking and violence. of the Air France Foundation network of projects it supports. It draws on a vast In France, the Foundation backs innova- currently has over 4,000 agents and 250 network of the airline’s employees who tive initiatives run by associations working ambassadors, tasked with circulating assist with and participate in the initia- on behalf of disadvantaged neighbor- information internally. The flight crew tives it carries out and supports. Over hoods. In Brazil, for the past five years and ground personnel involved, be they the years, the Foundation has developed it has been supporting Projeto Uerê, abroad or within France, are all volunteers links with associations and NGOs, a school in the Complexo da Maré who sponsor initiatives, which also benefit founded on the conviction that access to neighborhood in one of Rio’s largest from the valuable support of heads of education, training, recreation and favelas. The program has helped regional hubs, as well as regional and local culture is what best equips individuals 430 young people aged 6 to 16 suffering delegates. The Foundation regularly calls to develop their full potential in life. from violence-related trauma to benefit upon their support and volunteer work to from Yvonne Bezerra de Mello’s peda- organize campaigns to collect toys, school Education: the greatest gift for chil- gogical method to help children bridge supplies and childcare products. Last May, dren The Foundation provides support the achievement gap. In Vietnam, the 150 pallets of the old Business class porce- for a number of associations implement- Foundation supports Mai Nha, which lain and steel tableware, which Air France ing educational projects. It develops is working to offer better lives and access was no longer using, were distributed innovative solutions, working wherever to school education for 400 children in to some 20 Malagasy associations. possible in the field and directly with Thien Nghiep, a remote village 220 km Air France has also offered its employees communities. Hindrances to education from Ho Chi Minh City. the opportunity to help with its crowd- abound: families living in poverty, funding efforts for projects run by the absence of a local school, lack of quali- Aiding the sick and disabled The Make-A-Wish association: 180 employees,® fied teachers and resources, gender- other focal point of the Foundation’s seasoned and novice runners, participated related issues for girls (for example, early activities allows sick and disabled children in the Run-up! campaign organized the marriage and pregnancies, unsafe envi- to live like other children by offering day before the Paris Marathon. Funds ronments in school), disease, the need to educational, cultural and entertainment amounting to €3,829 helped to make migrate to survive, natural disasters. activities. XXtrem Line Concept in Mont- Samuel’s dream of visiting Legoland® These factors deprive some 61 million pellier, for example, organizes triathlons Park in Denmark come true. children of access to the quality educa- (swimming, cycling and running) to foster People who become members of the tion that is crucial to their development. social inclusion through adaptive sports. Friends of the Air France Foundation In Morocco, the Centre Zohour in Agadir receive information and news that they Young people in difficulty Ever since houses a school for children with a range can pass on to their network of colleagues; the Foundation was created, the dangers of hearing impairments. Some 198 chil- they also get to participate in volunteer facing street children have been a central dren were equipped with recycled hearing campaigns and events organized by the concern, and the Foundation has been aids provided by AuditionSolidarité, Foundation, and meet some pretty extraor- a leading funder of programs aimed which is also involved in preventive dinary people. If you’re an Air France staff at helping them. Concrete initiatives programs for music schools and orchestras. member, join us—there’s still lots to do! 152 ohlavraC alegnA @ : ertnoc-iC - nerdlihC ahN iaM - ciV elicéC - étiradiloSnoitiduA @ : setnedécérp segaP