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Maggie arrived in Cameroun

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How a tent can change the future of a generation? In Cameroon, children want nothing more than to go to school, so that they can study and escape from poverty. But since the school is three hours away, this is not possible and they have to work and do the housework. Access to education is a basic right, which is why we at Brussels Airlines believe in this innovative initiative 'Maggie goes to Cameroon', which will have a large, fast and sustainable impact. Maggie is a multifunctional tent of 100 square meters that can easily and quickly provide a dormitory for students. The tent is durable...
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Mobile Lab in Senegal

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The Praesens Foundation was founded by Dr. Rudi Pauwels, serial entrepreneur and founder of, among others, the Mechelen biotech companies Tibotec, Virco and Biocartis. He was urged to start this initiative after he himself had identified the flaws in West Africa during the Ebola outbreak in 2014-2015. The lack of resources and the limited access to on-site diagnostics technologies showed that there is a real need for rapid, accurate and user-friendly diagnostic tests that reach patients, even in isolated areas. In less than two years, the idea evolved from a rough sketch to a fully equipped...
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Towards less teen pregnancies in Benin

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Did you know that in Benin 1 on 4 girls give birth to their first child before the age of 18? Massive sensibilisation campagnes are required to make the girls more confident, but also to educate boys and men. Early...
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Recycling for the good cause in Togo

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In Togo we started to work together with the association Zam-Ké, that produces articles from used plastics. By doing this, millions of plastic bags, banners and other material are removed from the streets of Lomé to get...
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REMIX Kinshasa

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With the support of the b.foundation for Africa, de Filharmonie set up the Re-Mix Kinshasa” project in December 201 5. Re-Mix enables youngsters and kids from vulnerable situations (poverty) to play an instrument in a...
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Back to School material arrived in Guinea

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About 10 boxes filled with school material and clothes were collected in our recent Back to School action, a.o. by the One-Lieve-Vrouwecollege in Antwerp. Our Country Manager in Guinea, Geert Lemmen, handed the boxes...
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Bike for Africa

Through our b.foundation for Africa we give a helping hand to a number of NGOs and humanitarian projects that have the same passion for Africa as we do. But we also have a dream! A dream of bringing people together in a biking trip on this fascinating continent, having fun together and doing something good for the children of Africa!

Every two years, b.foundation for Africa generates its masterpiece “Bike for Africa”, a mountainbike trip for Brussels Airlines employees and corporate partners, raising funds for the good cause.

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