Entrepreneurship 

The Air Liquide Foundation supports economic initiatives that help local development

Development of an apiculture activity in Brazil

  • Project initiator: Agronomes et Vétérinaires sans Frontières
  • Location: Apodi, state of Rio Grande do Norte, in Brazil
  • Air Liquide sponsor: Patricia Sakamiti, Air Liquide Brésil
  • See the details on the project
Systèmes agroforestiers au Ghana

Practical training programs in agro-forestry and kitchen gardens in Ivory Coast and Ghana

  • Project initiator: Pro-Natura International
  • Location: East of the Taï, National Park, Ivory Coast, and southeastern Ghana
  • Air Liquide sponsor: Mamadou Ndiaye, Air Liquide West Africa
  • See the details on the project

Construction of a water purification system in the village of Tan-Do, Vietnam

  • Project initiator: Les Mains Ouvertes
  • Location: Tan Do, village 35 km south of Hanoi, Vietnam
  • Air Liquide sponsor: Tran-Ngoc TRUNG, Air Liquide Vietnam
  • See the details on the project

Development and promotion of the “Rocket Stove”, an alternative cooking method in Ambohimitombo, Madagascar

  • Project initiator: Madagasikara Miantoka
  • Location: Ambohimitombo, Madagascar
  • Air Liquide sponsor: Férid Benmansour, Air Liquide Madagascar
  • See the details on the project

Support for the program “Lighting a Billion Lives” for the electrification of three villages in India

  • Project initiator: The Energy and Resource Institute
  • Location: India
  • Air Liquide sponsor: Aarti Singh, Air Liquide India
  • See the details on the project

Training micro-entrepreneurs from Tripoli in Lebanon and Deir Ez Zor in Syria

  • Project initiator: European Institute for Cooperation and Development
  • Location: Tripoli (Lebanon), Deir Ez Zor (Syria)
  • Air Liquide sponsors: Valentino Boulos and Cécile Perraud, Air Liquide Lebanon
  • See the details on the project

Equipping NGOs with computers and fighting against social exclusion in Rumania

  • Project initiator: Ateliers Sans Frontières
  • Location: Bucarest, Rumania
  • Air Liquide sponsor: Madalina Balalau, Air Liquide Rumania
  • See the details on the project

Renewal of the support project for the fish farming cooperatives of the Haute Matsiatra in Madagascar

  • Project initiator: APDRAF
  • Location: Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
  • Air Liquide sponsor: Ferid Benmansour, Air Liquide Madagascar
  • See the details on the project
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Development of a terra cotta cooling system and support of entrepreneurship for potters in Burkina Faso

  • Burkin’Amitié association
  • Location: village of Poullalé, Burkina Faso
  • Air Liquide sponsor: Sulemana Dauda, Air Liquide Sobugaz
  • See the details on the project

Creation of a new micro-credit office in Dien Bien province in Vietnam

  • Entrepreneurs du Monde association
  • Location: Dien Bien province, northwestern of Vietnam
  • Air Liquide sponsor: Tran Thi Yen Phuong, Air Liquide Vietnam
  • See the details on the project

The projects supported

Micro-initiatives : see the videos
Medical-train Phelophepa in South Africa

Rice cultivation in Madagascar

Social center in Vietnam

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