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January 15th, 2010

Earthquake in Haiti: We must act quickly!

The Island of Haiti was struck by a devastating earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 on Tuesday, January 12th 4:53 pm local time. The violent shaking, which lasted over a minute, caused horrific damage in Haiti’s capital city of Port-au-Prince, destroying scores of buildings: including hospitals, schools, the headquarter of the United Nations, Ministries, the [...]

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Isabelle Palsky

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December 31st, 2009

Fund for the Padang earthquake victims

On September 30th 2009, Padang, West Sumatra was struck by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake, which destroyed thousands of lives, buildings and homes. The catastrophic earthquake left more than 1,100 people dead and approximately 1.2 million people homeless.
PT Bank BNP Paribas Indonesia and BNP Paribas Singapore came together to lend a helping hand to the Padang [...]

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Yunis Lee

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August 4th, 2009

From L'Aquila to Roland Garros… in video

On the 26th of May 2009, a whole day at the Roland Garros tennis tournament was organized for 12 children of employees and clients of BNP Paribas from L’Aquila, the Italian town which was badly affected by the violent earthquake in April.
Watch the video and discover the unforgettable day the children experienced: a one on [...]

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Romain Di Candido

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July 28th, 2009

The “New Cinema Paradiso”: rebuilding after the Aquila earthquake

On July 9th in the town of Aquila, Italy, BNP Paribas and BNL participated in the inauguration of the Arti et Spettacolo (Arts and Entertainment) association’s “Nuovo Cinema Paradiso” (“New Cinema Paradiso”) project, together with a number of celebrities, including George Clooney, Nobel Peace Prize winner and northern Ireland peace activist Betty Williams, the actor [...]

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Lorraine Goldenstein

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June 15th, 2009

Game, set, match, the smiles and memories win!

The Roland Garros tennis tournament may only lasts for 15 days, but in the hearts of the public, the emotions last longer.
Paradoxically, forgetting was the mission of the day at Roland Garros, organised for 12 children from L’Aquila, Italy. They were invited to get distracted, to trying forgetting the earthquake that devastated their hometown on [...]

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Romain Di Candido

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April 10th, 2009

Make a donation to help the victims of the earthquake in Italy

On 6 April 2009 an earthquake of a magnitude of 5.8 on the Richter scale occurred in the central italian region of Abruzzo. The majority of the damage occurred in the medieval city of L’Aquila (capital city of the Abruzzo region) and the surrounding villages.
The earthquake caused damage to many buildings and several of them [...]

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Nabila Chibane

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May 22nd, 2008

BNP Paribas Raised funds For Sichuan Victims

Following the 8 Richter scale earthquake that hit the Sichuan Province in southwest China on 12th May, BNP Paribas has appealed to all staff in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan to contribute to the relief effort, with the Bank pledging to match the staff donations dollar for dollar.
To date, BNP Paribas has raised a [...]

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