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December 28th, 2010

Continued Help for Haiti

Thanks to the efforts of a number of dedicated employees, BNP Paribas Fortis recently launched an initiative that will give new life to furniture and equipment, formerly belonging to the Fortis Bank branch in Puteaux, just outside Paris. As these nearly-new items did not conform to BNP Paribas Group guidelines, they were headed straight for [...]

BlogTV: Haiti, seven months later

This week’s edition of BlogTV takes us to Haïti, 7 months after the disaster that shook the country to its core.
What are the challenges and priorities for aid organizations in this “post-emergency” phase?
We spoke with Mathilde Magnier, communications officer of an NGO and recently back in France from Haiti, and Erwan Legrand, President of “Aide Médicale [...]

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Lily Dionne

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July 26th, 2010

Microfinance Sans Frontières in Haiti

Within the framework of its social and environmental responsibility, BNP Paribas supports “Microfinance Sans Frontières” association, which provides technical assistance to Microfinance Institutions (MFI) through a network of volunteers (active or retired, from the bank or not). Since its inception, MFSF has carried out around 50 missions in 10 countries for 12 different MFIs. MFSF [...]

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Samuel Lefevre

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January 28th, 2010

Swiss Solidarity for Haiti

A violent 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti on the night of the 12th and 13th of January 2010, More than 120,000 victims were counted. Hundreds of thousands of people aere affected and need aid. Swiss Solidarity started a donation that same morning and on the 21st of January organised a national day of solidarity, and [...]

How are the donations used?

The Red Cross mobilises to bring international assistance to Haiti. BNP Paribas Fortis is in full support of this operation, encouraging clients and employees to donate. BNP Paribas Fortis will be matching total employee donations up to 250,000 euros.
During this first phase, the funds received will be utilized for basic necessities such as blankets, mosquito [...]

Haiti: Emergency shelters for the victims

The Human Resources department and personnel representatives of BNP Paribas Luxembourg have decided to launch a donation collection in order to aid the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. These donations will be used to finance a project they initiated called “100 Shelters for the Homeless” (100 abris pour les sans-abri).
The sums collected from employees [...]

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Thierry Schuman

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January 18th, 2010

Emergency Haiti: BNP Paribas mobilises

A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake shook Haiti on Tuesday 12 January. In the wake of this devastating natural disaster, BNP Paribas has decided to support the relief effort.
BNP Paribas is donating one million euros to the Fondation de France and is putting in place a system to match donations received by employees.
The Fondation de France was [...]

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Stephen Rempala

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January 18th, 2010

Canadian initiative for Haiti

Following the devastating earthquake in Haiti, BNP Paribas Canada will be making a contribution to assist relief organizations who are helping those so badly affected. We have identified the following organizations who will receive the funds raised and donated by the employees of BNP Paribas Canada: The Canadian Red Cross and Unicef Canada.
We are limiting [...]

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