Two model PROJECTS «If you give children love, they will grow up to be confident adults capable of improving their lives or even moving mountains,» Naïla Saadé explains. Sustained by this belief, the Foundation team works each year to make life better for these future adults. More than 200 projects have been supported since 2005. One of these, led by the PREMA organisation (Protection Résilience Education Médiation Art-Thérapie) based in Pradet in the Var department, helps children who were subject to severe abuse express themselves through art and creativity. This residential programme, housed in two mansions overlooking the sea, helps children recover from their trauma. «We were moved by the remarkable work of this organisation, which helps with the recovery process for children who have endured so much in their lives. We awarded them our annual prize in 2014 and provided further funding in 2017», Naïla Saadé explains.

The Foundation also partnered with the Ambition-Cité organisation the northern part of Marseilles, which opened Cours Frédéric Ozanam in 2014, a model primary school for children from disadvantaged backgrounds; in 2015, the Foundation helped fund the school’s orchestra programme. Meanwhile, the Kayany organisation in Lebanon won the Foundation Prize in 2016: Kayany builds schools for Syrian children and ensures that they receive an education in their host country. All these efforts are aimed at helping children whose living situations are unfortunately not conducive to their development.

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