International Development

Alors que les pays du Sud sont très fortement exposés aux conséquences du changement climatique, plusieurs fondations abritées s'engagent pour le développement de nouveaux modèles de production agricole et d'activités économiques durables.

On April 20, Fondation de France organized a video conference with 12 donor-advised funds working in the Sahel region, to discuss the specifics of the projects carried out there. Tertius Zongo, the prime minister of Burkina Faso from 2007 to 2011, shared his vision and long experience of development policies in the region with participants.

How can we take lasting action in the field of international development? By supporting the emergence and structuring of a network of civil society actors, locally.

Marie-Josée Mbuzenakamwe has devoted her career as a doctor to caring for people with AIDS in Africa and works to put an end to this disease. She chairs the Fondation de France's “Gender and HIV” committee.

« Les êtres humains naissent libres et égaux, en droits et en dignité. » C'est ce principe fondamental que consacrait en 1948 la Déclaration universelle des droits de l'Homme. 

For over three years, Fondation de France has been mobilizing in response to an ongoing war and humanitarian crisis, supporting populations affected by conflict, internally displaced, or refugees in neighboring countries. With recent weeks marked by unprecedentedly violent bombardments, even reaching areas previously relatively spared, Fondation de France now focuses its support on associative partners active in Ukraine and Moldova, addressing urgent needs with rapid response.

More than two years after the earthquakes that devastated parts of Turkey and Syria, humanitarian needs remain immense on both sides of the border. From July 2 to 11, Yosr Dallegi, emergency programs officer at Fondation de France, accompanied by Pascale Moreau, former European director of the UNHCR, and Christine Robichon, former diplomat, visited the region to meet with local NGO partners. Their objective: to assess ongoing needs and supported initiatives amidst the continuing conflict in Syria, and to establish future priorities.

Dominique Boyer is chairman of the Solidarité Mayotte Committee of the Fondation de France. Comprising nine volunteer experts, this committee was established in the first few days after Cyclone Chido to assess priority needs, liaise with local stakeholders and review requests for support. Dominique Boyer was a schools inspector when Hurricane Irma hit Saint-Martin in 2017 and has also lived on Reunion Island, in Guadeloupe and in Polynesia, and is very familiar with the issues specific to the French overseas territories.

Six months after Cyclone Chido struck on 14 December last year, the Mayotte archipelago still bears the scars of this disaster on an unprecedented scale. Already active in the region through risk preparedness initiatives, Fondation de France mobilised from the very first hours after the cyclone hit, in coordination with its local partners in the Indian Ocean. The fundraising appeal raised €43.6 million. €10.3 million has already been earmarked to support 113 initiatives throughout the country to meet the immense needs of the disaster victims.

Karine Meaux, head of Fondation de France’s Emergency Response division, provides an update on the current situation in Mayotte and the organisation’s ongoing priorities in the severely affected region.