Thousands of kilometers separate them, yet they hardly left each other's side for five days. For a week, two Veoliaforce volunteers from Veolia North America taught NGO employees based in various African countries how to use Epanet, the reference tool for hydraulic modeling.
Aquaculture took on a new dimension in Senegal at the end of January, with the inauguration of a flagship infrastructure to develop this industry of the future. The hatchery, built with the support of the Veolia Foundation, will enable massive production of fish farming inputs, at the heart of the virtuous cycle of market garden aquaculture.
On January 30 and 31, experts in water and sanitation in humanitarian contexts met at the invitation of the Partenariat Français pour l'Eau and the Veolia Foundation. Feedback, demonstration workshops, latest innovations...
The Veoliaforce experts from the Foundation are carrying out consecutive missions in the field. Together with the French Red Cross and the NGO Solidarités International, the Veolia Foundation continues its efforts to assist the population affected by Cyclone Chido.
After the passage of Cyclone Chido in Mayotte, the Veolia Foundation is mobilizing for the Mahorais with the sending of material and human resources to support the production of drinking water.
As partners in their humanitarian commitment, the Veolia Foundation and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) are working to improve the NGO's waste management in the areas where it operates, notably in the DRC and neighboring Rwanda. The challenge is global: an improved environmental footprint for vital activities.
Médecins Sans Frontières remains close to populations in the most difficult conditions. In Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, it operates hospitals and works in camps for displaced persons. At its side, the Veolia Foundation is stepping up its efforts to improve access to drinking water.
Two Veoliaforce experts were mobilized for a mission to the heart of refugee and displaced persons camps in Eastern Chad. Faced with a major humanitarian emergency, they supported the UNHCR, the UN agency in charge of protecting displaced populations and refugees, to improve drinking water supplies.
A look back at recent collaborations with the Norwegian Refugee Council, the French Red Cross and the Bioforce Institute, while new Veoliaforce volunteers have just been trained in this area.
Meet A Travers les Murs (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne), Projet Solidaire d'Échange et de Partage au Sénégal (PSEPS, Icam) and Solidarité France-Népal (ESCP).
Severe storms hit southern Brazil, prompting a response from Veolia teams based in Brazil in coordination with the Veolia Foundation. Water treatment equipment and humanitarian emergency experts were mobilized to help the stricken population.
Find out more about the skills sponsorship projects carried out around the world, the projects supported in France and abroad, the authors honoured in 2023, the student initiatives rewarded...
Federico Soda, IOM Director of Operations, and David Poinard, Managing Director of the Veolia Foundation, signed the agreement on April 26, 2024.
A collaboration between UNICEF and the Veolia Foundation
10th World Water Forum
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In Bali, Indonesia, the 10th edition of the World Water Forum opens with several hundred participants to make water an absolute priority. With its institutional partners and NGOs present on site, the Veolia Foundation is promoting a partnership approach to better respond to humanitarian needs that are more pressing than ever.
2024 World Health Day
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Since 2012, Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) and the Veolia Foundation have been cooperating in a wide range of contexts: humanitarian emergencies following natural disasters, the fight against epidemics, the management of health centers... It's this last subject that has mobilized several Veolia experts in response to a problem of contamination of water networks in Haiti.
Governance
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Thierry Vandevelde, Executive Director of the Veolia Foundation for 16 years, is stepping down. He will be succeeded by David Poinard, until now Deputy Executive Director.
Veoliaforce
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In a rural region of Senegal, a drinking water treatment plant has been installed by two desalination experts to provide the population with access to quality water.