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27 Feb 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
June 2017 pro bono marathon final video
On 30 June 2017, 17 employees from the Thales Campus in Bordeaux came together to develop the scenario for a video to advocate for children’s education in Mali. Here is the result of Thales’s collaboration with Association Solidarité Développement Samako (A.S.D.S) This June,…
24 Jan In Last, news
Five Hearts: innovate for schooling kids in Togo
In 2016, the Thales Foundation recognised the Five Hearts association’s project to build a multimedia centre in northern Togo. Co-founded eight years earlier by a Thales employee, the NGO was able to reach an important milestone in its development, make its work more visible and…
22 Jan In Last, news
In Mexico City, the Sum Foundation launched a new innovation camp for young girls
Thanks to the support awarded by the Thales Foundation in 2016, the SUM Foundation has organised a new innovation training to enable 70 girls aged 14 to 21 to design and develop a project that meets a challenge their communities face. In…
18 Dec In Last, news
The voluntary mission of Jeroen in Nepal
Follow Thales employee Jeroen van der Lugt’s voluntary mission to Nepal where he will help the Thales Foundation supported ORCHE Nepal project to rebuild houses in the Rasuwa district, a rural and isolated region of the kingdom, using anti-seismic techniques. Final Episode…
04 Dec In Last, news
In Dubai, Thales employees are mobilizing to provide additional support to the project sponsored by Darshani Kanagaratnam in Sri Lanka
Winner of the Thales Foundation’s 2017 award, the project led by Darshani Kanagaratnam in Kayts, an island in northern Sri Lanka, aims to build a plant barrier to protect coastal villages from natural disasters. Recently, Darshani launched a crowdfunding campaign to round out other needs…
04 Nov In Last, news
A team-building volunteer activity encouraged by the Foundation: 20 managers practice and learn about diversity and inclusion
As part of the Senior Leadership Program, a team of 20 Thales managers participated in the first Thales Learning Hub team building volunteer activity, initiative promoted by the Thales Foundation. On Sunday 8 October, they spent a day at the CPCV Ile-de-France to cook and…
29 Oct In Last, news