In 2024, the Puressentiel Foundation is supporting the "APPI" project to help nearly 300 young girls (aged 6 to 21) in vulnerable situations and 400 families in the Beirut region of Lebanon.
The project takes place in three centres run by the Sœurs du Bon Pasteur, a local partner of the Apprentis d'Auteuil Foundation: the Dora social centre, the Ain Saadeh hostel and the Collège du Bon Pasteur in Hammana.
The Good Shepherd Sisters have been working with vulnerable women and girls since 1893, particularly in the areas of protection and prevention, and have developed a holistic approach to caring for young girls from disadvantaged backgrounds who are victims of violence.

In Rwanda, more than 45% of the population is under the age of 18. Harmonious Initiatives has chosen to help children made vulnerable by poverty, disability and orphanage. Since 2020, funding from the Puressentiel Foundation has enabled them to take care of the material needs of schooling for 400 children: school kits, payment of annual canteen fees and health insurance.
Recently, the association obtained a 2 hectare plot of land in Gakenke, in the Northern Province, and can finally carry out the project that is close to its heart: the construction of a nursery school. In 2023, the Puressentiel Foundation will make it possible to build the first nursery classroom of 81 m2 for 50 children under the age of 6.

In 2024, the project supported by the Puressentiel Foundation for 2024, to provide over 7,000 dyspraxic pupils with 3,000 free maths kits, will enable dyspraxic pupils to acquire the same maths skills as their peers, to do the same exercises and achieve the same educational objectives, at the same time, but with a medium that suits them and enables them to compensate for their disability.
These kits will therefore help dyspraxic pupils in mathematics, enabling them to learn without being hindered by their disability, but also restoring their confidence in their abilities. This greater success at school will also mean greater social success as an adult later on, with preserved self-esteem.

The association has chosen to promote inclusion through the medium of PLAY, which is universal and specific to childhood. In this way, values are passed on: a taste for effort, sharing, high standards, laughter, sociability, curiosity, respect and difference.
To date, 70 clubs have signed a partnership agreement, welcoming more than 200 children with disabilities into their weekly classes.
In 2024, the Puressentiel Foundation's grant will enable 10 new football clubs in the Val de Marne to welcome 20 children with disabilities, creating 20 inclusive football teams.
The aim is for the child with a disability to play with a support adult who will help and stimulate them and act as a link with the team coach.

In 2024, the Puressentiel Foundation is renewing its support and is helping to provide an education for the 24 children at the Namaste Children Nepal orphanage in Ramkhot, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, by contributing to the cost of food, care, education, the salaries of the orphanage staff, building work and running costs.
The association is active in 4 priority areas:

• Long-term quality education
• Support for each child through daily tutoring
• Access to higher education, which is now possible thanks to their good academic results and the trust established with the association
• Equal opportunities for girls and boys of all backgrounds.

In 2024, the Puressentiel Foundation's endowment will enable the "Surfer Vers l'Inclusion: Briser les Barrières du Handicap" project to be carried out: 160 adapted surfing sessions to enable people with disabilities to practice an inclusive activity. The programme includes Handi Surf, Surf Santé and Flow rider sessions, with group sessions for up to 4 people and individual sessions throughout the year at the ocean, lake or pool in winter (Flow rider). There's also a summer "voyage of discovery" for 6 people with disabilities, including sports (surfing, bodyboarding, catamaran sailing, stand-up paddle, yoga) and a chance to discover the culture of the Landes region.
A social inclusion project that contributes to the health of people with disabilities by boosting their self-confidence and enhancing their well-being.
It offers more than a hundred people with disabilities the chance to get away from their everyday lives.

In 2024, the Puressentiel Foundation's endowment will help to make 250 dreams come true for children in hospital or suffering from long-term illness in France and abroad, offering them an enchanted break from their illness.
The aim of this project is to improve the quality of life of children in hospital or suffering from long-term illness, to give them back hope and to support their recovery process through magical moments and positive experiences.
All the dreams are realised with the agreement of the nursing staff, the family (and sometimes even the child's friends).

Médecins de Monde works in Burkina Faso with the local association Keoogo. In 2018, Keoogo opened a reception centre in Kamboinsin for girls and their children living on the streets, called Beoog Tienbo ("Hope").
In 2024, the Puressentiel Foundation will concretely support access to education for 115 vulnerable children in this drop-in centre and offer support to their families. This includes:

• Enrolment of vulnerable children (school fees)
• Providing school uniforms
• Improving the children's snacks
• Developing the educational programme Providing operating equipment and materials

In 2024, the Puressentiel Foundation will make a concrete contribution to improving hygiene conditions in 20 schools by installing 100 hand-washing stations for 20,000 pupils in the communes of Bambey, Diourbel and Tocky Gare, in the Diourbel region of Senegal.
The aims of the project are to:

• Prevent the spread of disease in schools
• Improve the learning environment for children
• Raise awareness and educate the school community about good hygiene practices
• Reduce absenteeism.
• The lack of water and latrines in schools is a major factor in school drop-out and failure, particularly among girls.