Rachel Even, Managing Director and Artistic Director Art dans la Cité Partners Rachel Even, Managing Director and Artistic Director Art dans la Cité Partners Valérie Daher, Managing Director Break Poverty Foundation Partners Valérie Daher, Managing Director Break Poverty Foundation Partners Michel Bouchareine, former Air France captain, active member of the non-profit Planète Cœur. Partners Michel Bouchareine, former Air France captain, active member of the non-profit Planète Cœur. Partners Paolo Brandi, active member of the non-profit Graines de joie in Marseille, Air France employee Partners Paolo Brandi, active member of the non-profit Graines de joie in Marseille, Air France employee Partners Sylvain Langue, former participant in the Civic Pathway created by the NGO Essor in Chad. Partners Sylvain Langue, former participant in the Civic Pathway created by the NGO Essor in Chad. Partners Maria Ward Centre in Radauti, RomaniaTestimony of Sister Luiza recorded by Paolo Brandi Partners Maria Ward Centre in Radauti, RomaniaTestimony of Sister Luiza recorded by Paolo Brandi Partners Testimonials La Banda de Musica (Mexico)Victor age 16, guitarist Partners Testimonials La Banda de Musica (Mexico), Victor age 16, guitarist Partners “A great partnership” “Since 2000, we have been creating interactive and immersive visual, audio and digital works of art in hospitals. The Air France Foundation is working with us on our innovative Illuminart system, a mobile box that projects large-format works of art a hospital rooms for a more intimate experience. In 2022, we installed a device in the pediatric unit at Pau Hospital and created a special work of art. Interactive and fun, Hide and Seek Park transforms a bedroom or treatment room into an animal and plant park. This video game introduces children to biodiversity and the importance of preserving the environment. The Foundation gave us financial support for this project and took part in the inauguration. It’s a great partnership.” Partners Rachel Even,Managing Director and Artistic Director Art dans la Cité “A loyal and demanding partner” “The Break Poverty Foundation was created in 2017 by business leaders to fight poverty. We run prevention programmes for early childhood, school drop-outs and accessing the job market. Our partnership with the Air France Foundation began in 2020 during the #Connexion d’Urgence operation to provide thousands of underprivileged youth with a computer so they could attend school remotely. Since then, Break Poverty has extended its efforts to combat digital exclusion and prevent school drop-outs through the Réussite Connectée programme, which provides support tailored to the needs of students, as well as digital equipment. Over the 2022-2023 school year, the Air France Foundation helped us equip 150 underprivileged young people in the Loire-Atlantique, identified by Children’s Social Services or their school. The Air France Foundation is a loyal and demanding partner, committed to the programme. The Foundation also knows how to be flexible and responsive when we encounter difficulties in the field. It’s wonderful.” Partners Valérie Daher,Managing Director Break Poverty Foundation SCROLL “With the Foundation, we remodelled a high school” “As a pilot, I often had the opportunity to visit Madagascar, and I noticed the huge gap in education in the country. When I retired, I said to myself that the place where I could be most useful was the lower town of Tana, where there was a high school with many needs, just like the rest of the district where running water and electricity are not available in all homes. With the help of the non-profit Planète Cœur and the Air France Foundation, we have fully renovated the school. Today, I continue to support the country’s high schools by sending them more and more books collected by Planète Cœur.” Partners Michel Bouchareine,former Air France captain, active member of the non-profit Planète Cœur. “A reflection of Air France’s values” “Thanks to the support of the Air France Foundation, we have been providing educational support to around forty at-risk children every Wednesday since 2016, mainly in the 1st arrondissement of Marseille. We provide them with tools that are often lacking in children born to foreign parents, who do not always speak French and are unable to pass on cultural references that facilitate learning. We call this approach “Learning to learn”. We also organise workshops to raise awareness for sustainable development issues, in line with the Foundation’s new environmental approach. I’m very proud to be able to take part, through my company, in setting up a chain of solidarity which I believe reflects the values of Air France.” Partners Paolo Brandi,active member of the non-profit Graines de joie in Marseille, Air France employee “Doors opened” “When I was a teenager, I took part in the Essor Civic Pathway with the support of the Air France Foundation, a programme to develop skills and self-confidence. You leave this course with certain amount of knowledge that enables you to assert yourself as a young person and effect change. After this course, doors opened: I took part in Oxford University’s OxFID challenge to propose educational solutions related to Human Rights and the Sustainable Development Goals. I was invited by UNESCO to the Education Transformation Summit in New York in 2022. I was also selected for another programme run by the Kofi Annan Foundation, “Women and young people in democracy in sub-Saharan Africa”. Partners Sylvain Langue,age 26, former participant in the Civic Pathway created by the NGO Essor in Chad. The Maria Ward Centre provides socio-educational activities for around fifty children in need (ages 4 to 16). “We are very happy and grateful for the support provided by the Air France Foundation. Thanks to this support, we can keep the project going on the long term. Keeping our children in school is a priority. We work with the children’s schools to fight truancy. We also encourage them to visit the social centre on a regular basis by offering fun activities. We also offer daily homework help to encourage them to get ahead despite their poverty. We believe that education (culture, ecology, new life skills, etc.), in addition to food and daily hygiene, should be the first thing we provide to children who live in great social and financial insecurity.” Testimonials Maria Ward Centre in Radauti, RomaniaTestimony of Sister Luiza recorded by Paolo Brandi Testimonials Testimonials La Banda de Musica (Mexico)Victor age 16, guitarist Victor age 16, guitarist “I’d like to learn more guitar so that I can share music elsewhere, with other children, especially those excluded from society. That’s what music inspires me to do.” Carlos, oboist “Our community was plagued by vandalism, drug problems and alcoholism. We escaped because we were lucky, not just because of the orchestra, but because music is a way of keeping young people away from a future of hardship. Music allows me to imagine a future... a better life. (...) I was touched that a stranger wanted to help me by donating her oboe. It’s thanks to her instrument that I’m here today. This gift changed my life. Thank you to her!” Marco, cellist “Music has helped me solve my behavioural and family problems. It has also brought peace and tranquillity to the neighbourhood. My future? whatever I do, I’ll never stop learning music.” One of the teachers: “My goal is to help children, to change their mentality so that they can have a better future. Given the living conditions in the area, these young people were heading for gangs and drugs... but the students at the music school escaped this path. Music has effected real change in the community and within families.” SCROLL