Après Georges Christen, Jean Pütz et Léa Linster, le sportif Bob Jungels, le plus jeune ambassadeur de la campagne "Ambassadeurs du commerce équitable", prend la pose avec son vélo. Champion du monde junior en contre-la-montre en 2010, le cycliste n'a pas hésité à s'engager pour le commerce équitable en posant avec le produit phare des cyclistes : la banane.

"Il n'y a pas besoin de rouler loin pour aider les producteurs des pays du Sud à vivre dignement du fruit de leur travail. Il suffit de consommer des produits issus du commerce équitable. Par ce geste, vous contribuez à éradiquer les pratiques commerciales déloyales et l'exploitation des hommes par les hommes. Avec TransFair, l'espoir est à portée de main."

Les bananes ne peuvent pas changer le monde. Vous, si !

La banane, le sourire du Sud, fait partie des agréments de notre vie de tous les jours. Cependant, un sourire sur les visages des producteurs est rare.
La plupart des bananes sont cultivées pour l’exportation dans de grandes plantations. Les méthodes de production en monoculture peuvent détruire des écosystèmes entiers. En-dehors du coton, l’industrie de la banane est celle qui consomme le plus de produits chimiques au monde.
Dans les plantations, les conditions sont difficiles. Les employés travaillent entre 10 et 12 heures par jour sous une chaleur insupportable, jusqu’à 6 jours par semaine. Beaucoup de travailleurs ne gagnent pas de quoi couvrir leurs besoins vitaux tels que le logement, la nourriture, les vêtements et l’éducation.
Les bananes du commerce équitable proviennent de petites organisations de producteurs ou de plantations où le respect strict des droits sociaux et de la préservation de l'environnement est fondamental. Le commerce équitable est également fondé sur un prix minimum garanti et stable qui permet aux producteurs de couvrir les coûts d'une production durable. Une prime de développement Fairtrade est reversée à la coopérative ou à la délégation des travailleurs (joint body) et elle est investie dans des projets de développement communautaires. Par exemple, dans la coopérative Windward Islands Farmers' Association, les producteurs ont décidé ensemble et de manière démocratique de financer avec cette prime, une station d'eau, qui fournit de l'eau propre à environ 120 villageois, dans la commune Rosalie.
Ensemble, construisons un monde plus équitable. Grâce à votre don, nous pouvons aider les producteurs défavorisés dans les pays du Sud à regagner leur autonomie.

Les bananes ne peuvent pas changer le monde. Vous et vos amis si, avec votre contribution pour un monde plus équitable. Pour soutenir la campagne et pour acheter symboliquement un bananier, cliquez- ici!

There will be a Charity concert "Artists for Autistic people" to raise awareness about autism.
Autism is a very present reality to the extent that this disability affects 1 in 166, making it one of the most common developmental disorders. People with autism have common difficulties :
- in verbal and nonverbal communication
- in social interaction
- to develop skills and imaginative play

Support people with autism in Luxembourg from the concert. Atmosphere guaranteed!
Invite all your friends and come enjoy the interprets of all 12 groups of musicians dedicated to the cause of autism.
On April 2, 2012 is held the World Autism Awareness Day. It aims to better inform the public about the realities of this developmental disorder.
The concert takes place the same week, April 7, 2012 from 17pm entrance 12 € in Soleuvre.

The concert was created and organized by the family of a boy with autism. "Our child is adorable. Autism is still too little known and people misjudge you. "
Come to our unforgettable concert.

We are still looking for sponsors for the concert. If you want your logo on our posters please contact Mr. Pierre Poupart of Mastermind Events: mastermindasbl@gmail.com

Click here to view the program.

Join us in the adventure of microfinance in Asia!

Thanks to its universality, microfinance (credits, savings, instruction), carried out in a responsible manner, embraces a large spectrum of values: humane through its attachment to individual development, social in terms of its communitarian approach, economic in its logic of pressing productive investment, and more and more environmental in the light of forthcoming climatic changes.

“Chi-Em” is a project based on sane foundations and supported by KBL and the Comité de Soutien de la Microfinance (“Support Committee for Microfinance”).

With the operational support of the Luxembourgish NGO "Aide au Vietnam" (“Help for Vietnam”, www.aideauvietnam.org) and the collaboration of the French NGO "Entrepreneurs du Monde" (“Entrepreneurs of the World”, www.entrepreneursdumonde.org), several employees of KBL European Private Bankers had the chance to participate, through voluntary work, in the development of a project focused on ethnic minorities in a retreated region of Vietnam.

“Chi-Em” is a recent program (www.chi-em.org) comprising approximately 1000 clients and an outstanding credit of more or less 60’000€. The program is aiming for an operational efficiency through internal increase within the next 5 or 6 years. The perspectives are important because the microfinance operators, who extend their network to the mountains of North Vietnam, are rare. This region is the poorest of the entire country. In a zone of preserved ecologic wealth, ethnic communities (Black Thai and H’mongs) attempt to survive with very little means. Nevertheless, the potentialities are: rice, coffee, the breeding of cattle, poultry and fish. All they need is help to launch the virtuous process of development.

The sum of attributed credits starts at 60€ over 3 or 6 months. This is sufficient to launch a small breeding. The whole program focuses on the progress of men and women through the means of acquiring knowledge on management classes, technical assistance for agriculture and hygiene. This is the recipe of a microfinance that promotes individual and collective interest, individual choice and a trajectory of progression.

You can get involved in two ways

If you wish to organise a similar project within your corporation, we can help set it up, based on our experience and contacts.

If you simply wish to show your concern and your belief in the values fortified by the “Chi-Em” project, you may do so through financial support in microloans. The 2010 budget remaining to be covered is at 45’000 €, of which 8% for follow-up costs. You can make your donations on the following account of “Aide au Vietnam”: CCPLLULL - LU83 1111 2406 0444 0000, specifying “Chi-Em” in the communication. For more details, a complete record of the project is available.
Do not hesitate to contact Xavier Heude at the following address:

Private email address: homanity@gmail.com

Mobile number: + 352 661 100 289

Quinzaine du Don 2011 : Donnez pour agir !

Du 21 mars au 9 avril 2011, le Grand-Duché se mobilise en faveur de la Croix-Rouge luxembourgeoise sur le thème Donnez pour agir !

La réussite de cette action annuelle de bienfaisance passe également par l’engagement des entreprises. Grâce à l’implication de leurs collaborateurs, elles peuvent relayer les efforts de sensibilisation de la Croix Rouge et devenir un partenaire de la Quinzaine du Don.

Entreprises : mobilisez-vous aux côtés de la Croix-Rouge !
Depuis 1945, la Quinzaine du Don est un événement annuel d’une importance primordiale pour la Croix-Rouge luxembourgeoise. Elle lui permet au quotidien de poursuivre ses activités dans les domaines de la santé, du social, de la jeunesse et l’humanitaire. Cela représente aujourd’hui sa principale collecte annuelle de dons à travers l’action de porte-à-porte mené par près de 2000 bénévoles et l’ensemble des événements et actions spécifiques organisés à cette occasion.

Les entreprises peuvent y jouer un rôle de premier plan tout en entretenant une dynamique interne fédératrice autour de valeurs humanitaires. Relayer l’information, organiser des collectes internes, mener des actions de sensibilisation ou bien encore encourager leurs employés à devenir bénévole sont autant de possibilités d’action faciles à mettre en place : cliquez ci-après pour découvrir des exemples d’actions.
Aidez-nous à venir en aide aux plus vulnérables
• Par virement au CCPL LU52 1111 0000 1111 0000
• Par carte bancaire sur www.croix-rouge.lu.
Un don versé à la Croix-Rouge d’un montant égal ou supérieur à 120 euro et inférieur à 10% du total des revenus nets est déductible en tant que dépenses spéciales en raison de son statut d’organisme reconnu d’utilité publique.
Pour plus d’informations
Jean-Marc Le Coq, responsable Partenariats Entreprise :
2755 2102 / jean-marc.lecoq@croix-rouge.lu

Earthquake Haiti – Help Us!
This is a project organised by the Luxembourgish Red Cross (Croix-Rouge Luxembourg) and supported by IMS Luxembourg.
We need you and your company!
On Tuesday, 23rd January 2010, a violent earthquake hit Haiti. The quake caused great material damage and was responsible for a great number of deaths, over 150'000 in Port-au-Prince alone.

Your corporation can play a major role in various ways:

− raise donation funds within the company
− support the efforts of your collaborators by giving an additional donation
− discuss the state of the situation with us

Thanks to your donations, emergency necessities will be bought and distributed throughout the region hit by the natural disaster.
An emergency habitation kit costs approximately 49€. By donating 50€, you can provide a whole family with a temporary emergency accommodation.
If you have any other ideas as to how to help the population in distress, feel free to contact us in order to put your suggestions in to action.
Here, you will find a message (in French and German) addressed to the general public, as well as all the necessary links (account numbers, online donation links, online statements, etc). Click here to download the document.We thank you in advance for your support and will remain at your disposal.

Jean-Marc Le Coq


Communication & Development of Resources


PO Box 404 – L-2014 Luxembourg


44, boulevard Joseph II – L-1840 Luxembourg


+352 450202-426 (Bur.)


+352 691120107 (Mob.)


+352 457269 (Fax)


jean-marc.lecoq@croix-rouge.lu


www.croix-rouge.lu

“Ameliorate the life-conditions of vulnerable persons by mobilising the power of humanity”. Support the projects of the Luxembourgish Croix-Rouge: CCPL IBAN LU52 1111 0000 1111 0000

Following the earthquake that recently hit Haiti, Caritas Luxembourg launched a scheme.

Discover the actions taken by Caritas in order to aid the population in distress and find out how you can help too.

For more information on how you can help the victims of Haiti, click here.

40'000 computers by 2015
The aim of this operation is to install 40'000 computers in secondary schools of sub-Saharan Africa by 2015. These PCs, less than 5 years old and able to function well for another 4 to 5 years depending on the climate, are collected from the corporations of developed countries when renewing their own office material. The computers are checked and reconditioned before being sent to various African countries and dispatched by local partners to the concerned schools.
The main aim is to decisively reanimate secondary education, which is currently declining on the African continent.

Context and justification

The lack of means and infrastructures is the main issue regarding African secondary education. This problem creates an imbalance of educational level between Africa and the rest of the world. This imbalance has become worse with the introduction of IT education. Through lack of means and material, the majority of young Africans do not receive any practical education in IT and never get the opportunity to work at a computer throughout their education. The “numerical” gap is constantly widening.
The aim of our project is to send out 40'000 computers by 2015. This is a concrete and adequate response to the educational issue. The aim is to give bridge the gap of educational levels and help Africa on to the right tracks for the future.

The environmental issue

The issue of environment has been the key factor of our course of action, since we launched this project in 2003. For this reason, we have always had “minimum requirements”. Therefore, we only send computers that are no more than 5 years old and the screens must succumb to the environmental norm TCOO3.

How does a project take course?

Our projects are of manageable size and consist of the dispatch of containers carrying 200 to 400 computers (20 or 40 feet). These are the different stages of the process of a project:

1. Identify a group of target schools corresponding to a need of 200 to 400 computers. This is done in collaboration with local partners.
2. Study the project closely, examining the following aspects in particular:
- transport of material
- customs or administrative formalities
- construction and / or adjustment of classrooms, electrification and air-conditioning
- recruiting and educating instructors
- elaborating and adopting a course program designed for the students
- maintenance and replacement (financing aspects)
- implication of local authorities and of the students' parents
- monitoring and evaluating
3. Once all these elements are ready for use, a viable project can we written and submitted to various organisations in order to obtain financial support.

Donate material and / or pass on the message

We need the contribution of numerous sponsors in order to attain our goal of 40'000 PCs by 2015. You can do some lobbying and ask your company to donate its used computers to our ongoing “re-utilisation” project for solidarity. Also, do not hesitate to forward our website to your IT team.

To make a donation of IT material, please click here.

At PwC Luxembourg, Corporate Responsibility implies a strong commitment to integrate social, environmental and economic concerns into our corporate mission, by creating and applying innovative solutions to the challenges our society and environment face.

The “My project” programme presented below is deeply integrated in this philosophy…

Initial issue

The “My Project” programme came to life in January 2007 further to our staff increasing interest for charity work. Staff wished to learn about voluntary work in the Grand Duchy. Meanwhile, more and more partner associations requested voluntary or pro-bono services. Thus we have caught this opportunity to meet both parties’ needs and allocate time and resources, during working hours, to every staff member who would like to be involved in humanitarian or social organisations on the basis of personal conviction. The project offered a twofold advantage: contributing to charity and allowing our staff to discover Luxembourg from another perspective.

Strategy adopted

A framework was defined and introduced to our staff in January 2007. It includes the following aspects:

• Allocated time per project must not exceed 120 hours,

• The contribution should not be financial in nature and should allow our staff to use
their competencies in the project,

• Each “My Project” must respect the firm’s guidelines concerning independence, risk
management and quality,

• The candidate should have an indefinite duration employment contract (CDI) with a
positive probation period or be part of a long-term 2-year exchange program and at least 1-year seniority,

• The project must be rigorously structured: a detailed action plan including the
selection of a sponsor (director or partner).

As projects went by, we have redesigned our CSR strategy and the criteria according to everyone’s needs.

Results obtained

Since January 2007, six “My Projects” have been conducted for 4 different associations during more than 300 voluntary hours. We intend to repeat the experience by July 2010 with 600 hours. Indeed 3 projects are already considered.

From a quality point of view, the first six participants all agree that the human experience has changed their vision of their daily work, enlarging their horizons. Besides, we have also reached our objective to make our staff explore their working environment differently. And finally, this allows the firm, who is a strong believer in corporate social responsibility, to deliver its CSR commitment.

The economic crisis has even struck the rag-and-bone children of Cambodia....

It is hard to imagine that even the children who search for scraps of metal on garbage heaps are experiencing the crisis! Indeed, the vertiginous fall of the price of metal has even hit the rag-pickers who, after a night of searching scraps on trash heaps, cannot even gather and earn enough to guarantee the smallest meal.

In 1995, Christian and Marie-France discovered the horrors of the garbage heaps of Phnom-Penh: thousands of children combed through litter day and night in order to find something to live off. Distressed by this indefensible situation, they decided to establish a school close to the trash heaps in order to educate the children in need.

Today, the retired couple bring medical treatment and food, school enrolment and education, as well as professional instruction to over 6500 children.

Proving strong after the first two years of its existence, PSE-Luxembourg has aimed to convey this exceptional work of emotion and successful realisation to the Luxembourgish community. PSE also wishes to introduce its work to children through class projects, as well as to find sponsors and other financial support for educational centres in Cambodia and to support the project's preservation.

- For a complete introduction of the PSE association, click here.

- PSE in Luxembourg, click here.

Contact us as: pseluxembourg@gmail.com

Corporations and individuals, please help us by supporting these children or by making a donation.
“...PSE do fantastic work; there are only few places in the world where one can see such a fantastic transformation from rag-pickers to pupils and students...”. Speech by James Morris, Director of the World Nutrition Program.

Between the 8th and 15th July 2009, the “Fondatioun” will be launching an awareness-raising mission throughout Luxembourg city.

The Fondatioun fiir Kriibskrank Kanner (“Foundation for Children with Cancer”), which supports children who have cancer, has revealed big plans to show off the young ones' will to live and to fight their illness, as well as to raise the general public's awareness in regard to cancer.

For more information concerning child cancer, the Foundatioun's support or this campaign, please check the following links and documents:

• Press release (French): communiqué de presse - PDF
• Campaign brochure (French): dépliant de la campagne - PDF
• The website of the "Foundatioun fiir Kriibskrank Kanner": www.fondatioun.lu

On 22nd November 2008, PricewaterhouseCoopers Luxembourg, in collaboration with the Coque (sports and aquatic centre), organised the “World Swim Against Malaria” in Luxembourg for the second time.

Nearly 650 amateur and professional swimmers, of which 60 were PwC employees, had the opportunity to meet and swim, as well as do various other aquatic activities, in order to raise money for malaria awareness.

For every 50 metres swum by the participants, PricewaterhouseCoopers paid 1€ to the association. The entry fees for the aquatic centre, as well as for aqua-jogging and aqua-fitness classes held that day, also went to the association.

By the end of the day, no less than 3735 lengths had been swum and 6000€ had been raised. This great vigour of solidarity was achieved thanks to the great number of amateur swimmers, but also to the swimming clubs who did not spare their energy and efforts, under the knowing glance of the Luxembourgish swimmer, Alvin de Prins.

The entirety of the funds raised that day was spent on mosquito nets - the only efficient way of preventing malaria.

More information on: http://www.worldswimagainstmalaria.com