The Fondation Pierre Fabre awards 6 charities in Occitania
15/10/2024
On 14 October 2024, the Fondation Pierre Fabre awarded prizes to 6 associations in the Occitanie region, selected as part of its annual call for regional projects. These projects promote access to healthcare for disadvantaged populations and development in Senegal, Burkina Faso, Laos, Guinea-Conakry, Benin and Madagascar.
For the ninth consecutive year, the Fondation Pierre Fabre has selected international initiatives led by associations based in the Occitanie region, working in the fields of health and development. The 2024 call for projects was launched in partnership with La Guilde, an incubator for international solidarity micro-projects run by French associations, which is helping to co-finance the projects with the Pierre Fabre Foundation. The total budget for this year’s grants is €123,000.
The winners received their awards on 14 October at the “Agora des solidarités internationals”, organised by Occitanie Coopération, the regional network for international cooperation and solidarity.
Since the call for projects was launched, 46 associations have received grants. The total amount of grants awarded since 2016 is just over half a million euros.
The 6 winning associations that will receive financial support are :
CARE AND LIFE (Tarn)
Creation of a field for a private community health and social promotion centre in Zorgho, Burkina Faso.
This project, launched by the Care and Life association, is taking steps to finance the building of a field for a private community health and social promotion centre in Zorgho, Burkina Faso. The twofold aim is to provide hospital patients with fresh, high-quality produce, but also to finance the development of the health centre’s prevention and care activities. A set of sub-objectives focused on sustainable agriculture and food security for the community, which promises to greatly improve the complex.
ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF NEUROSCIENCES IN LAOS (Hérault)
Strengthening neurological skills to improve access to care for the most disadvantaged people in Laos.
The primary aim of this project is to strengthen the neurology skills of students in order to improve healthcare provision and make it more accessible to the most disadvantaged. This will involve funding training in neurology, neuro-paediatrics and neuro-imaging, as well as diagnostic assistance through tele-expertise. This project, which focuses on training students, is key to developing access to specific, high-quality care.
EDA- LES ENFANTS DE L’AIR (Tarn-et-Garonne)
Support for the reduction of maternal and neonatal mortality at Kankan Regional Hospital (Guinea-Conakry).
Reducing maternal and neonatal mortality depends first and foremost on improving the training of midwives. That’s why, in Kankan, the EDA association is working to create protocols adapted to the teams and to teach obstetric knowledge in order to provide the theoretical basis needed for ultrasound examinations.
GAZELLE HARAMBE (Haute-Garonne)
COPEJ – Mima (Benin).
The COPEJ-Mima project aims to improve the quality of legal and medical services in the area of sexual and reproductive health, particularly for young adolescents in the rural area of Abomey. The association is seeking to raise funds to finance the construction of the COPEJ Centre next to the Mima sports centre, in a bid to get closer to the teenagers.
COMITE DE LANNEMEZAN SECOURS POPULAIRE FRANÇAIS (Hautes-Pyrénées)
Rehabilitation of a health centre in Rantolava, near Fénérive Est in Madagascar.
The project to rehabilitate a health centre in Rantolava, near Fénérive Est in Madagascar, was undertaken with the aim of improving access to healthcare for the people of 7 villages. The long-term aim is to develop the maternity service to guarantee safe deliveries, but also to step up vaccination campaigns and raise awareness of hygiene and health among the population. All these aspirations are intended to be achieved while respecting optimal working conditions for staff, thanks to improved infrastructure.