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“Soup Kitchen”: an initiative against social exclusion

A new season has begun for the Soup Kitchen in Bulgaria. As in earlier years, from 1 December to 31 March BNP Paribas staff will join forces with the Sofia city government to collect funds for distributing hot meals to those in need.
This year, the “Soup Kitchen” initiative was one of the winners of the  [...]

FTT: microfinance in Nepal

Our visit to Nepal has left us with wonderful memories, but above all, it has helped us to understand just how important microfinance can be for the Nepalese.
The territory of Nepal is divided into three distinct zones: the Himalayas to the north, hills in the centre and the Teraï plains to the south. Microfinance has [...]

Full version of the 6 Billion Others “Climate Voices” now on YouTube

From 7 to 18 December, the UN member nations are gathering in Copenhagen to negotiate and sign a climate treaty.
For two weeks, NGOs, scientists, journalists, filmmakers and others have been invited to participate in the conferences, debates, film screenings and other discussion forums in order to help raise public awareness of the issues.
For the occasion, [...]

6 billion Others – climate change special

The “6 billion Others” project team from the GoodPlanet Foundation, chaired by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, is on the move again. Following the major exhibition last January in the Grand Palais in Paris, it is continuing on its way – and that’s not counting a little surprise in early December for internet users who liked the exhibition [...]

No adults allowed!

This year, the Rencontres de Babyloan (Babyloan Meetings), an annual event which sets out to heighten French people’s awareness of microfinance and to which l’Atelier BNP Paribas was invited, reserved a special place for children.
Explaining solidarity issues to children between the ages of 8 and 12 was a major challenge which Babyloan, an online internet [...]

The 2nd Women and Leadership conference in Bahrain

The 2nd Women and Leadership conference will take place on January 17th, 2010 in Bahrain. BNP Paribas, present across five Gulf countries (Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia), organizes this event in partnership with United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) for the second consecutive year.

This conference is aimed at recognizing the [...]

Telethon 2009: France

This year represents the 23rd edition of the Telethon in France. This annual event is held to benefit the muscular dystrophy charity AFM (French Myopathy Association). The face of the Telethon this year is French actor Daniel Auteuil. December 4th and 5th, during this 30–hour long televised broadcast, they will be promoting the message “Tous [...]

6 billion Others participates in Amsterdam festival

After participating in festivals in France (Dijon, Thau, …) and abroad (Algiers, Geneva, Tournai, …) the project “6 billion Others” has been selected by the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam.
The project, funded by BNP Paribas since inception, along with the site www.6billionothers.org was featured in the category Doc Lab. Doc Lab is a showcase [...]

Run for hope

On Sunday, 22 November  2009 , close to 6,000 people participated in the annual run to raise funds for cancer research in Singapore. Amongst them were 28 staff from BNP Paribas and BNP Paribas Fortis who jointly took part in the event, “Run for Hope“, to support the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS), one of [...]