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October 4th, 2010

BlogTV: A pyramid for peace

Every year, Handicap International coordinates “shoe pyramids” across France. The cause? The fight against the use of cluster bombs and antipersonnel mines, weapons that continue to kill and mutilate innocent people across the world.
For this 16th edition, which took place on September 25th, giant shoe pyramids were constructed in 31 cities across the country. The [...]

AMI Maroc: the building of an integrated school

The aim of AMI, the Moroccan Association for Cerebral Palsy (CP), is to establish care centres for children, adolescents and adults affected by CP in Morocco. As part of the expansion of its activities, the Association has set up the first Centre for Integrated Psychomotor Education within the El Idrissi School in Casablanca. The centre will [...]

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Loubna Kanouni

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November 18th, 2009

Singapore: Mobility for the disabled

BNP Paribas Singapore, thanks to the new acquisition of Fortis Bank, is now part owner of a van destined to help in transporting the handicapped. In association with Singapore Handicaps Welfare Association (SHWA) the van is used to transport handicapped individuals from their home, hospitals, the workplace, and recreational activities at a minimum cost. The [...]

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Stephen Rempala

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January 30th, 2009

Solidarity run in the Netherlands

On November 18th, 2008 Han van Eijk, CFO (in the middle of the picture), and Chantal van Oss, Head of Human Resources of Cardif, a BNP Paribas subsidiary, attended a wheelchair tennis training, organized by the Tennis on Wheels foundation. They were there to hand in €2,500 worth of donations.
The money was raised through voluntary actions. During [...]

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Rob Gerritsen

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January 26th, 2009

Fighting against discrimination at work

BNP Paribas is the only bank among the first seven companies to obtain the “Diversity” label awarded by Association Française de Normalisation (AFNOR) for initiatives that foster non-discrimination at work.
AFNOR is a French state-authorised organisation which specializes in standardisation and certification of companies in line with the international norms in management systems, products, services and [...]

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Nabila Chibane

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December 18th, 2008

Medical research for the benefit of the disabled

The BNP Paribas Foundation has rewarded four young researchers for their research on the wheelchair, at the 21st Annual Colloquium of the Garches Foundation, held on 20 and 21 November 2008 in the Hauts de Seine region.
In 1988, the doctors at the Raymond Poincaré Hospital founded the Garches Institute, which later, in 2005, became the [...]

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