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New Subway Campaign Set to Launch MillionTreesNYC Events

You may not know it from the New York weather, but spring is here…and that means that BNP Paribas is getting back involved in MillionTreesNYC initiatives across the city!
It will be the fourth consecutive year BNP Paribas is supporting this important initiative to plant, and care for, one million trees by the year 2017 – [...]

Food bank project “Sofia Table” launched in Bulgaria

A new charitable undertaking has been launched in Sofia, with the help of BNP Paribas Bulgaria Foundation. Based on the model of the “Hamburger Tafel” food bank in Germany, the “Sofia Table” project will collect surplus groceries and products from food producers and distributors, hotels, restaurants, and so forth—and will deliver them free of charge [...]

Paving the Roadways with Green

What’s the first thing you see when driving to Manhattan from the airport, or into the city from New Jersey or Connecticut to see a Broadway show? Even before the skyline, there are the roadways. [...]

Lights, camera, action: presenting “VOICE OFF”

When we speak about “voice off” in cinema, we talk about a voice that can not be heard by the characters in the scene. In contemporary society, there are similarly many voices that are not heard. We chose to name our organization VOICE OFF with these marginalized individuals in mind, in the hopes of giving [...]

Reporters for a Day with “TunAction”

TunAction is an organization made up of Tunisians living in France. Its aim is to increase awareness among Tunisians around the world about humanitarian activities, and to motivate them to get involved in their community.
Helping disabled or orphaned Tunisians by way of a mentoring system, teaching young people about civic values, fostering links and jump-starting [...]

Theatrical performances teach kids the basics of banking

Being smart with money is something that can be taught. That’s why Bank of the West, a subsidiary of BNP Paribas in the United States, recently helped more than 5,000 students in several Great Plains and Midwest communities to understand the importance of personal economic health through its sponsorship of a unique financial literacy program, [...]

BlogTV: creation at the core of a neighbourhood with Lézarap’art

Art is not accessible to everyone…especially in rougher neighbourhoods, it seems farther away than ever. But Lézarap’art, an organization in Marseilles, works to tighten the bond between artists and the people.
Lézarap’art is at once a residence for artists of all kinds, an festival coordinator, and a centre for education and creation, built on the conviction [...]

Carrots, Onions and 1,500 Meals

At the end of January, a team of BNP Paribas employees in New York chopped 200 pounds of carrots and onions, working together to prepare 1,500 meals in one hour for the charity “God’s Love We Deliver.” [...]

Reporters for a day: “Awatole Solidarité Internationale”

Meet Axelle, volunteer at Awatole Solidarité Internationale. The mission of the organization is two-fold: to teach and develop civic values among young people in France; and to help street children in cities across the Central African Republic.
Their main tools? Basketball and a positive attitude!

Awatole Solidarité Internationale is supported by the BNP Paribas Foundation’s [...]