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Keeping pace
with social
developments
through innovative
projects
The Foundation is in close touchwith the issues
facing countries inwhichCarrefour is present, and
workswith stores to support innovativeprojects
that helpdisadvantagedpeople and communities
to strengthen their bondswithone another.
By playing a key role alongside thework of
non-profit associations, these initiatives help
to changemind-sets aswell as behaviour – for
exampleby supporting early learning, or giving
a second chance to thosewho aremarginalised,
boosting activity inaneighbourhood, etc.
The
OvidiuRo
school programme
ROMANIA –
Nearly one in
two children lives below the
poverty line in Romania and
one in every three children
does not go to school. The
Fiecare Copil in Gradinita
(Every Child in Kindergarden)
programme raises parents’
awareness of the importance
of sending their children to
school from early childhood,
as a way to offer thema better
future. Isolated rural fami-
lies are invited to send their
children to pre-school in
exchange for food vouchers.
Thanks to the Foundation’s
support, 1,500 children were
able to go to school for ten
months. Carrefour employees
also contribute by volunteer-
ing and donating food and
medicines to the medical
caravans that criss-cross the
country. Schoolteachers have
also been given IT equipment
to help with teaching and
monitoring pupils’ progress.
1,500
children supported
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