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January 16th, 2009

Helping the homeless through the winter in the Netherlands

Some employees of BNP Paribas in the Netherlands donated their Christmas gifts to the homeless through the Salvation Army. Every year, the employees of BNP Paribas have several options to spend their Christmas gratification. In 2007 and 2008, more than ten percent of the employees of BNP Paribas in Netherlands donated their money to the [...]

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January 15th, 2009

A medical fellowship programme in South East Asia

BNP Paribas Singapore and the BNP Paribas Foundation based in Paris, together with the National Cancer Centre Singapore “NCCS”, today announce the launch of the BNP Paribas-NCCS Regional Fellowship Programme. This collaboration between BNP Paribas and the National Cancer Center Singapore (NCCS) is the first of its kind for both organizations in Singapore.
This programme will [...]

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January 15th, 2009

Lending a hand to employee initiatives in 2009

For the seventh consecutive year the BNP Paribas Foundation has extended the “Helping hand“ program (“Coup de pouce”) to employee charity initiatives. Started in 2003 the Coup de Pouce program was created to support non-profit organizations in which employees are involved as volunteers.
Since the program’s launch 450,000 euros have been granted to over 200 organizations [...]

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January 13th, 2009

Fight against infectious diseases on a global scale

BNP Paribas Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) has decided to continue its business gift policy, allocating the budget normally reserved for year-end business gifts to charities.
CIB is committed this year to a global cause: the prevention and the treatment of infectious diseases. This issue is being addressed jointly with the Institut Pasteur, a non profit [...]

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