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March 31st, 2010

La Boudeuse: choice titbits from the new team of students

This time, a new team of 4 young students aboard the Boudeuse tell us about their adventures through a logbook replete with poetry. These stories are told by young people who find themselves divided between a difficult yet marvellous daily existence – washing the dishes while looking out over the ocean – and extraordinary discoveries [...]

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March 19th, 2010

OLPC: Not a computer, but an educational project

L’Atelier devoted the whole of Wednesday 4 February to an association whose objective is to ensure access to education for all children from 6 to 12 years old in emerging countries: One Laptop per Child (OLPC) [...]

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January 15th, 2010

Italian Telethon: the fight against genetic diseases

The Italian Telethon, which took place on the 11th, 12th and 13th of December 2009, succeeded in raising, despite the crisis, a sum of 31,210,000 euros in its televised 60-hour marathon.
Thanks to the initiatives and commitments of BNL, a partner of the Telethon for 18 years, they have helped raise over 185 million euros [...]

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January 11th, 2010

FTT: India, a blend of wonders and poverty

Shock, amazement, problems – the Republic of India, home to one of the world’s oldest civilisations, evokes strong and sometimes extreme feelings – but never indifference.
Following the Nepalese stage of their journey, our young reporters crossed India from North to South, continuing their adventure of learning about MFIs (Microfinance Institutions) and their clients.
India can be [...]

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December 8th, 2009

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 [...]

FTT: Postcards from the road

Our young FTT (Finance Tout Terrain) reporters have succeeded in crossing Nepal, the first country on their round-the-world trip.
This little country, located in the heart of the Himalayas, is bordered by China to the North and by India everywhere else. When it opened up to tourism in the 1950s, Nepal revealed an impressive array of [...]