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Providing aid
to victims
in emergency
situations
Whenever there is a humanitarian emergency,
human and logistic resources have to be
mobilised immediately to deliver targeted aid
to those affected or at risk.
Carrefour teams in the area join with
competent organisations to identify what is
needed, to deploy logistic resources, collect
funds or product donations from clients in
stores and provide essential supplies.
According to the United Nations Refugee Agency, more than
one million refugees and migrants entered the European
Union in 2015, fleeing war and poverty – a phenomenon on a
scale that demands the collective action of a multiplicity of
players from all sectors (public, private, non-governmental,
etc.). Given this situation, the Carrefour Foundation decided to
contribute aid worth €1 million to support various NGOs
coming to the aid of refugees in the Middle East and Europe.
Support for migrants
MIDDLE EAST –
The various programmes supported by the
Carrefour Foundation aim to help provide decent living condi-
tions for those in refugee camps and help maintain their
dignity: food security, food distributions, access to safe water
and sanitation, distribution of tents and essential supplies.
In Qamishli (Syria), the Carrefour Foundation supported the
non-profit association, ACTED, with a €250,000 grant to
improve access to drinking water and decent sanitary facilities,
as well as food and essential supplies.
A €341,600 grant also helped the World Food Programme to
distribute vouchers for the purchase of food in Jordan,
Lebanon, Turkey and Egypt.
Finally, the Carrefour Foundation contributed €70,000 to
support DOMEUS, an initiative of
Samusocial International
to
create and develop a mobile unit to help migrants, those in
transit and refugees.
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/ 2015 ACTIVITY REPORT