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April 8th, 2013

Financial Education: Raising Awareness among Senior Citizens

While in previous times, the word “robbed” may have conjured images of masked thieves, today’s criminals are much more sophisticated about using the telephone, mail and internet as a means of gaining access to the elderly’s money. [...]

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Lily Ruiz

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April 2nd, 2013

Dream Day, helping high school students daydream about their future

On 21 March, Dream Day celebrated its 15th anniversary. This national event, held throughout Belgium, gave secondary school students the chance to meet with professionals from a range of sectors for nearly two hours. These professionals were able to share their experiences with a particularly attentive audience.
For many of these students, this meeting helped to [...]

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Freddy Quidousse

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March 27th, 2013

Speed Dating for Job Seekers

As part of the “Service Etude” (Service in Education) project run by the SOS Jeunes – Quartier Libre not-for-profit association, the BNP Paribas Fortis Foundation recently organised an event inspired by the concept of speed dating. The event, held in early March, gave twenty young Brussels residents the opportunity to learn more about the bank [...]

Get Ready to Succeed

A nationwide initiative called “Get Ready to Succeed” is aimed at providing financial support to disadvantaged youth, particularly orphans, in Bulgaria. The program identifies young people with exceptional academic results at the high school or university level, and provides them with the funding they need to pursue their studies further. The scholarships offered each cover [...]

Promoting Non-Violence among Children

Given the unprecedented rise in school violence – from verbal bullying to physical assault — a new initiative was launched in Bulgaria, aiming at developing social intelligence in children and promoting non-violence. [...]

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Krasimira Antimova

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December 5th, 2012

A continuing effort in financial education in Hong Kong

In Hong Kong, BNP Paribas has once again has provided support to a financial education programme to help low-income and single-parent families better understand saving and credit.
The bank has joined the Hong Kong Association of Banks and Hong Kong Council of Social Service to offer 12 workshops, running until February 2013, to the benefit of [...]

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Joyce Leung

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November 22nd, 2012

Financing classroom libraries in Morocco

In collaboration with Al Jisr, a not-for-profit association that builds partnerships between schools and companies, the BMCI Foundation is providing schools across Morocco with books in both French and Arabic. [...]

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Marie-Annonciade Petit

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October 11th, 2012

An arts programme for children from all walks of life

Over the next two years, BNP Paribas Singapore will be contributing to The Business Times Budding Artists Fund (BT BAF). This donation will enable more than 100 children from low-income families to pursue arts training at The Little Arts Academy (LAA) Children Division.
BNP Paribas’ decision to become an Outreach Partner for the Children Division will [...]

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