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18 Jun In Last, news
Microdon impact: 1,000 Cambodian children receive tutoring in 2018
Thanks to Thales’s payroll giving scheme*, the Pour un Sourire d’Enfant (PSE) association has been able to expand its programme to reduce school dropout rates in Cambodia and lift more children out of extreme poverty. In Cambodia, where inequality is rife, the education…
17 Jun In Last, news
Thales employees run 13 km in the mud for an association supported by the Thales Foundation
On Saturday 26 May, a team of employees from the Thales Digital Factory took up the Mud Day challenge in the woodlands west of Paris, running the 13 km obstacle race and raising money for the Cartable Fantastique charity to help educate handicapped children. …
17 Jun In Last, news
Project achievement: spotlights on the construction of a green belt in Sri Lanka
This humanitarian project in Sri Lanka, awarded by the Thales Foundation in 2017, has successfully reached its objectives. Discover the video made by Darshani Kanagaratnam Selvanithy, a Thales employee and project sponsor based in Dubai. The project aimed to build a plant barrier…
15 Jun In Last, news
Congratulations to Lab’Hôpital, a Thales Foundation winning project
The Thales Foundation presented a cheque to Clément de Foucauld, sponsor of the winning Lab’Hôpital project by L’Ecole à l’Hôpital, at a ceremony with Philippe Duhamel on Tuesday 17 April. Congratulations to the whole team for this opportunity to come together and celebrate! …
06 May In Last, news
Vishnu Anirudh, a young science mentor at Crawley
Vishnu Anirudh is a volunteer mentor for the Savanturiers programme at a school in Gatwick during the 2017/2018 school year. He talks about his commitment to the students of the school’s science club. Who are you and why did you decide…
06 May In Last, news
Somos Científicos: bringing students and engineers together online
Sponsored by Ramon Rementeria, the Somos Científicos ¡Sácanos de aquí ! project, a 2018 Thales Foundation winner, has begun! The project connects thousands of students with 30 science and technology experts through an online platform and gives young people an active role in leading the…
06 May In Last, news
Explomars: Middle school students make a robot to send to Mars!
As part of the Savanturiers de l’Ingénierie programme and sponsored by the real Exomars project, six engineers from Thales Alenia Space launched a challenge for three classes of 14-15 year olds. Using the Exomars mission as a starting point, they asked students to build a…
25 Feb In Last, news
An African adventure: Emile Kits arrive in classrooms in Côte d’Ivoire!
The famous Emile Kits have finally arrived in the villages of Wawrenou and Dahioké in Côte d’Ivoire. Nelly Téchiné, the sponsor of the project that won Foundation support in 2017, spent 15 days in the West African nation helping residents install the kits and training…
25 Feb In Last, news
A collaboration between two Thales Foundation projects in Mali for a bigger impact
In December 2017, France Mali Initiatives Développement’s mobile laboratory travelled to the village of Samako, where Association Solidarité Développement Samako (ASDS) built a science centre. The two projects, which received Foundation support in 2015 and 2016, joined forces to create positive synergies. On…
25 Jan In Last, news