The Casino Group Corporate Foundation
A long history of commitment to children
It aims to prevent cultural and social exclusion by assisting children who are disadvantaged, sick or excluded or have limited access to knowledge, and by fostering their personal and intellectual development.
This mission is in line with the Group’s long term commitment to deprived children itself reflected in over 10 years of social and humanitarian actions in this area.
National initiatives: providing a cultural legacy
The Foundation’s cultural programs, whether they are scientific, artistic, literary, musical or technological, are all designed to break barriers, awaken talents and facilitate access to all types of knowledge and learning for deprived children.• Breaking the isolation of children in hospital: the Foundation brings information and communication technology to the children’s bedsides in partnership with the Association Docteur Souris.
• Stimulating curiosity in children: the Foundation contributes to the Purkwa Prize, a Grand Prize awarded by the French Academy of Sciences for the improvement of child literacy across the globe, in memory of Georges Charpak.
• Fostering success through artistic creation from primary school: in September 2011, the Foundation is launching a new program, “Artistes à l’école” (Artists at school).
Local initiatives
Since its inception, the Casino Corporate Foundation has encouraged the involvement of its employees. The local initiatives are their initiatives.The Foundation encourages and coordinates all the solidarity projects for children implemented at a local level by its stores, sites or subsidiaries in France and the rest of the world. The objective is to encourage solidarity initiatives for children at a community level.
International initiatives
The Group has a long history of aid in nutrition and education for children in very deprived neighborhoods:
- in Colombia, Éxito Foundation combats child malnutrition,
- in Thailand, the Big C Foundation encourages young people to read,
- in Brazil, Pão de Açúcar Group is very active in integration through sport schemes.
