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Caring for isolated children
with the China Children
and Teenagers’ Foundation
CHINA –
Over 250 million Chinese workers
have left their rural homes to work in the city,
with the result that over 60 million children
are living without their parents.
The partnership between the China Children
and Teenagers’ Foundation and the Carrefour
Foundation aims to combat malnutrition in
these children and stop them dropping out
of school by creating, running and equipping
eight reception centres by the end of 2017.
The first two Happy Children centres opened
their doors in 2015 in Beijing and Shanghai,
and new establishments will be ready in the
comingmonths.
Each centre can receive around 600 children
permonth, running educational and play activ
ities centred particularly around nutrition and
sport, in a happy and healthy environment.
In addition to the Foundation’s support,
Carrefour Chinawill provide educational mater
ial, as well as sports supplies.
Other projects supported
As the number of homeless in France continues to rise, the non-profit
association,
La Cloche
, has developed a local self-help network that
invites shops to do small favours, such as allowing use of toilets,
rechargingmobile phones, etc., so that beneficiaries can improve their
living conditions, while also escaping social isolation and regaining
a sense of self-esteem. With the Foundation’s support, the association is
also organising the collection of unsold food items fromCarrefour stores.
The ambitionof
Lulu dansma rue
is to facilitate connections betweenpeople
and revitalise local life, by offering anovel kindof concierge servicedeveloped
inParis. Using a real kiosk, theproject links thosewho are looking for work
with clients fromthe sameneighbourhood, toperformodd jobs like
cleaning, household repairs, sewing, shopping, etc., for a small charge.
Theproject, which theCarrefour Foundationhas supported fromthe very
beginning, encourages a return to theworldof work andhas already seen
over 3,500 jobs carriedout since it started in the spring of 2015.
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