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Preventing malnutrition with
Fundación Conin
ARGENTINA –
Fundación Conin
is
fighting against child malnutrition by
promoting a healthy and varied diet
and by educating families. Workshops
and other activities are organised
to encourage regular physical exer-
cise. Carrefour store employees also
volunteer their support, running
workshops for children for example.
By offering adapted medical, dietary,
psychomotor and social care, the pro-
gramme helps to prevent the irrevers
ible damage that malnutrition can
cause. Since 2008, donations given
to families have already benefited
600 undernourished children, and
parents are invited to become actively
involved in this programme. In 2015,
the Carrefour Foundation contributed
€219,000 to this project in 63 specia-
lised centres across the country.
19,500
children already
participated in educational
workshops
Other projects supported
Through its prevention, diagnostic and
treatment services,
Fundatia Hospice Casa
Sperantei
helps to improve the available care
to the very poorest patients in Romania.
The Foundation’s support aims to improve
thequality of care for patients recommended
by social services and partner associations,
by offeringmenus that are adapted to their
nutritional needs and their particular
illnesses, according to nutritional
recommendations for each age group,
while respecting technical, hygiene and
quality norms.
A project being implemented by the
Yuling County Kouhu Township Chungwen
Women’s association
(Taiwan), aims
to support children fromdisadvantaged
families and elderly people living alone.
The programme enables them to receive
a balanced, hot meal every day for a year,
while also offering a health check-up and
dietary support.
A more balanced diet
with Warsaw University
POLAND –
Recognised for its
expertise in nutrition research,
the Warsaw Faculty of Human
Nutrition and Consumer Sciences
has launched a project to prevent
and combat the health hazards of
a poor diet in disadvantaged com-
munities. Facilitating and encou-
raging the adoption of good eating
habits from an early age will have
a positive effect on the health and
well-being of the entire popula-
tion. This programme, which is
supported by Carrefour Poland
and the Carrefour Foundation for
the second year running, involves
awareness-raising workshops
with children, their parents and
the elderly: multimedia work
shops and courses on how to
prepare balanced and affordable
meals, how to avoid food waste
and learning how to decypher
nutritional information on pack
ages. An educational website was
also created to provide the gene-
ral public with more information.
As well as providing the pro-
ducts needed for the workshops,
Carrefour employees are actively
involved in guiding consumers
on their food choices. In 2015,
over 800 people participated in
awareness workshops in eight
cities in Poland.
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For more information, see
www.fondation-carrefour.org