Adie, microcredit specialist in France
Adie is the pioneering association for microcredit in France and the largest in the country. Born in 1989, it creates more than 200 new jobs a week and counts 450 employees and 13,000 volunteers.
A social enterprise to make New Zealand 100% accessible
It’s called Be.Accessible and it has the vision to make the world a place where every person has the opportunity to reach their true potential. Since its foundation, in 2011, the social enterprise has mobilized hundreds of businesses, public spaces, infrastructures, workers and employees.
Sailing as a means to forget illness
The initiative Les Voiles de l’Espoir comes to its ninth edition. It is a charity week on a sailing boat in Côte d'Azur dedicated to children with tumours and leukemia.
MuMo: art that children can enjoy
It’s the first travelling contemporary art museum for children. Launched in 2011, it has travelled to France, Africa, Belgium, Switzerland and Spain. It is for free and it is especially targeted to children who don’t have access to culture.
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Projects 18 May May 2017 1615 18 May 2017 The Freebird Club, sharing economy tailored to the needs of elderly people
Social isolation and loneliness can be a problem for elderly people, but a new platform allows the elderly to travel, as guests in houses of hosts selected on the basis of common interests.
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Mobility 17 May May 2017 1247 17 May 2017 France, a help to youth tourism
France has put at disposal 700,000 euros to favour the mobility of about 2500 young people who come from disadvantaged areas, in 32 departments. Associations of disadvantaged areas can apply.
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The case 11 May May 2017 1203 11 May 2017 Italian NGOs under attack, unfortunately not an isolated case
Italian NGOs have come under attack on efforts to save migrants’ lives in the Mediterranean. The Italian case is unfortunately not isolated, and we witness worrying cases across Europe.
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Projects 9 May May 2017 1451 09 May 2017 Concerts de Poche, the greatest performers suitable for all
The association Concerts de Poche brings great performers where music normally doesn’t arrive: in schools, in rural areas, in outskirts, involving all types of public, particularly young people, isolated or disadvantaged people.
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Migration 28 April Apr 2017 1339 28 April 2017 NGOs saving lives in the Mediterranean are under attack
This week Italian Deputy Lower House Speaker, Luigi Di Maio, defined NGOs saving lives at sea as “taxis for migrants". This was only the last of a long series of attacks to non-governmental organisations rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean, after Frontex’ accusations of being “a pull factor” for traffickers and the allegations of colluding with smugglers made by Catania chief prosecutor, Carmelo Zuccaro
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Projects 26 April Apr 2017 1537 26 April 2017 The photo and video contest promoting human rights
It’s called Global Campus Visual Contest and it is open to photographers and video-makers, professionals and amateurs, from any part of the world. The visual contest will be open from 1 May and will accept submissions through 30 June. The theme for 2017 is “Memory and Reconciliation”. The aim? Encourage the diffusion of themes related to human rights through photography and video.
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Job creation 19 April Apr 2017 1550 19 April 2017 Commission proposes €2.6 million from Globalisation Fund to support former Nokia workers in Finland
Finland applied for support from the European Globalisation Fund following the dismissal of 945 workers in Nokia and three of its suppliers and downstream producers
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Culture 18 April Apr 2017 1208 18 April 2017 Conakry, World Book Capital City 2017
For 17 years, in turn, different cities in the world have hosted this initiative by UNESCO: starting from the 23rd of April and for a year Conakry will be committed to book and reading culture.
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Welfare 6 April Apr 2017 1554 06 April 2017 Welcoming from 1-year-old to 100-year-olds in a house in Seattle
The Mount St Vincent of Seattle welcomes under the same roof a nursing home for elderly people with 400 guests and a kindergarten with 125 children under the age of 5. The building hosts a centre for intergenerational learning that has won numerous awards.
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Sustainability 29 March Mar 2017 1222 29 March 2017 Changing the world with a click
As part of the “Change for the planet- Care for the people” campaign, CIDSE, the European platform of Catholic NGOs, of which Focsiv is also part, has launched an international photo competition targeted both at professional photographers and amateurs who particularly care for social and environmental change. Deadline to submit photos: April 23rd 2017.
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Civil Society 22 March Mar 2017 1619 22 March 2017 The association training youth from the outskirts to the world of work
It’s called Nos Quartiers ont du Talent (Our neighbourhoods have got talent), it was born 11 years ago and since then it has thrived a lot all over France. Many companies and organisations recruit employees through the association.
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Initiatives 9 March Mar 2017 1623 09 March 2017 This is how Molenbeeck youth learn IT skills
Capital Digital is a project that trains young migrants (15-20 years old) from Brussels’ outskirts in the basics of coding and also gives them pedagogical abilities to transfer these knowledges to children migrants who live in the poorest areas of Bruxelles.
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International women’s day 7 March Mar 2017 1431 07 March 2017 Gender equality boosts economic growth
A new study reveals that gender equality would generate up to 10.5 million new jobs by 2050, contributing the EU employment rate to reach almost 80% and increasing the GDP per capita up to nearly 10% by 2050
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Initiatives 7 March Mar 2017 1207 07 March 2017 Paris, the food and solidarity Give Box is born
A project of the association Cap ou pas cap and of the collective of architects “On a pensé un truc”, the Garde-Manger (Food and Solidarity Give Box) in Paris is having a great success
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Civil Society 21 February Feb 2017 1413 21 February 2017 This is how French families welcome elderly people
Cette famille is a French social enterprise allowing elderly people to have an alternative to retirement homes, thanks to a network of welcoming families (familles d’accueil).
