Aude Chevalier , a student at the Graduate School of Business and Development, has completed a 3 month internship at Humanium. “I had the opportunity to integrate work with Humanium into the third year of my course. It was thus, as an intern in Fair Trade that my experience began in May 2011. Through my […]
In the village of Annathur, India, where Humanium has been supporting sustainable development initiatives since 2010, three participatory community meetings took place when Humanium began its work. Humanium uses a participatory approach. The project is developed with villagers and they are the main stakeholders. Once the villagers have decided what activities will take place in […]
The child care center in the village of Azakusamudram in southeastern India has been entirely renovated thanks to Humanium’s support. Previously, the premises housing the child care center were dilapidated and hardly suitable to welcome children. Equipment was practically nonexistent, the children sat on the concrete floor, dishes were not washed, there was no water […]
Women entrepreneurs are very active in the village of Azakusamudram in India, where Humanium operates. The microfinance program in place has already led to the creation of 46 family businesses during the first 6 months of the global project for supporting sustainable development in the village. These initial results are very encouraging because they demonstrate […]
Humanium partners the Official Hymn for the Rights of the Child (OHRC), that will be presented in June 2012 by Yannick Noah, a sponsor of this ambitious project. In order to promote the Rights of the Child in France and in the world, the youth of Saint-Priest-en-Jarez (Loire, France) had the original idea to come […]
The association Humanium supports sustainable development in the village of Annathur in India through a global approach which combines several support programs, including a health program. Since the launch of the health program at Annathur 6 months ago, 66 people have received free medical care on the first medical camp, marking the beginning of a […]
Charlène Demela who has a degree in Applied Foreign Languages, specializing in International Affairs and Trade and is committed to working with children, has completed a 3 month internship with Humanium. “ In my third and final year of working towards my degree, I had the opportunity to do an internship with Humanium as an […]
Historically, the Indian village of Sankarapuram, where Humanium has been working, is the home of stonecutters. The villagers make traditional utensils used mainly for preparing food, and they also carve statuettes that they sell in tourist towns. A quarry, where the stonecutters get their raw materials, is located on a hill behind the village. Today, […]
More than 40 women have already benefited from adult literacy courses in the village of Annathur, in India. Women’s literacy is a serious issue in India, particularly in rural areas. 54% of women are illiterate, which means more than one in two women do not know how to read or write. Moreover, only two-thirds of […]
The school in the Indian village of Azakusamudram has been provided with educational material, games, carpets, dishes, a water purifier, etc., and the children have been given school supplies. Through our education programme, Humanium is improving the quality of education and helping schools accommodate more students. To ensure all children in the village receive regular […]
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