Smile Train, an international charity which helps cure children born with a cleft lip and/or cleft palate, a congenital defect. [...]
Read more: Smile Train, giving children a second chanceActions: Solidarity
Marjolein Boers
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In The Hague, there is a great project for girls from disadvantaged backgrounds: Prachtmeiden (“beauties”), run by the Kleurrijke Karavaan (“colourful caravan”) foundation. About thirty girls who have not had an easy start in life meet weekly to sing, write poems and dance. Under the guidance of a female poet, they put their ideas and [...]
Read more: Pro Juventute Nederland benevolent fund – helping young people find their wayActions: Solidarity
Jan de Vink
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High-quality and safe childcare enables parents to go to work, earn money and build a future. Additional care and education also offer children a sound basis for their own lives. [...]
Read more: The Mzamomhle Foundation: Childcare in South AfricaActions: Solidarity
Loek Reijns
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As a dedicated patron of the arts and well-known museum sponsor, the BNP Paribas Foundation has sponsored the restoration of a 16th century polyptych painted by the Dutch artist Jan van Scorel. [...]
Read more: The original colours of the Jan van Scorel polyptych restored
Sophie Bonnaud-Le Roux
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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 [...]
Actions: Goodwill tennis
Rob Gerritsen
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BNP Paribas The Netherlands aids underprivileged children in India and Gambia through Net4kids.
India: sustainable help to street children in Tirupur
A sustainable ecological park has been selected as a tool to rehabilitate street children. The park will provide food, shelter, education, training and recreation. It will cultivate the habit of an ecologically sustainable living style. The [...]
Rob Gerritsen
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The BNP Paribas Foundation and BNP Paribas The Netherlands support financially the restoration of 18th century panels painted by Juriaan Andriessen at Museum Van Loon in Amsterdam. In 1976 six wall paintings by Jurriaan Andriessen have been installed in the historical canalhouse, now the Museum van Loon in Amsterdam. The panels were originally made for [...]
Read more: Paintings restoration in Museum van Loon in Amsterdam
Rob Gerritsen
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Some employees of BNP Paribas in the Netherlands donated their Christmas gifts to the homeless through the Salvation Army. Every year, the employees of BNP Paribas have several options to spend their Christmas gratification. In 2007 and 2008, more than ten percent of the employees of BNP Paribas in Netherlands donated their money to the [...]
Read more: Helping the homeless through the winter in the NetherlandsActions: Solidarity
Rob Gerritsen
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IDE: to create income opportunities for poor rural households
Project Why: to create a model of education for for children in India
