Our project
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The Carrefour International Foundation
The Board of Directors decided to focus the actions of the Carrefour International Foundation within the following main missions:
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Background
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Juillet 2000: Launch of the Foundation
The Carrefour Group’s support for humanitarian causes was strengthened with the launch of the Carrefour International Foundation on 4 July 2000. |
Volunteering
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the Focus Actions |
Carrefour mobilizes to bring help to the Chinese people
An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale struck China on Monday 12 May 2008 (at 2.28 pm local time). The epicentre was close to Wenchuan in Sichuan province, in the south west of the country. When the catastrophe was announced on Monday evening, the Carrefour Group - via its International Foundation - paid a grant of 2 million yuan (€200,000) to the Chinese Red Cross as an initial emergency measure. |


Help with reconstruction
Help with reintegration