International actions
Acting in favour of
the mother-child relationship 
Since 2006, the Mustela Foundation has been acting on a worldwide basis in support of child development. This aid, amounting to approximately 20,000 euros, is donated to a humanitarian association that is active in this field. The Mustela Foundation is a partner, since 2009, of the Soeur Emmanuelle Association. In a spirit of solidarity with Haiti, the Mustela Foundation has supported in 2010 ATD Fourth World.
Taking action alongside the Soeur Emmanuelle charitable organisation (ASMAE)
In 2009 the Mustela Foundation set up a partnership with Association Soeur Emmanuelle (ASMAE) to sponsor two projects, one in Lebanon and the other in Madagascar.
This support was maintained in 2010.
- In Beirut ASMAE works in close collaboration with its local partner, AFEL (Association du Foyer de l'Enfant Libanais / Lebanese Child Home Association). The mission of this association is to prevent child abuse in Lebanon and improve the care provided to children who are victims of abuse. To carry out this mission AFEL has child care facilities, offers refresher courses and also provides a help service to families thanks to a network of 5 social workers. AFEL is currently helping nearly 500 children and 225 families in difficulty. The Mustela Foundation has shown its support for this prevention programme with the publication of a guide on child abuse aimed at child care professionals. It also sponsors best practises exchange groups and the presence of a specialised psychologist in situ for 15 months.
- In Madagascar ASMAE works with the leading Medico-Educative centre in the field of disablement - the Centre des Orchidées Blanches - based in Antananarivo. This centre helps people suffering from mental disabilities such as Down’s syndrome, motor neurone disease, autism, neurological disorders, etc, with their autonomy and social integration, which currently amounts to around one hundred children and adolescents. The objective of the project sponsored by the Mustela Foundation is to train two educators on psychomotor rehabilitation and improve the exercise conditions in the Centre des Orchidées Blanches.
Taking action for Haiti with the international movement ATD Fourth World
In addition to these annual activities, the Mustela Foundation, in a spirit of solidarity towards Haiti, which suffered tremendously in the earthquake on 12 January 2010, made a donation of €40,000 to the NGO ATD Fourth World.
Present in Haiti for 30 years, ATD Fourth World successfully organised several emergency operations after the earthquake: distribution of food, a census of families and a Cash for Work programme.
The programme supported by the Mustela Foundation ran from February to July 2010 in the Grande Ravine district of the city of Port-au-Prince. It had four goals:
- ensuring the effective routing of aid to the poorest people;
- supporting the St Michel health centre to ensure the provision of healthcare in the district;
- relaunching a nutritional strategy in favour of babies and young children (4,600 children under 5 years old);
- supporting the efforts of local organisations helping those most in need.
In total, the resumption of development, health and education initiatives benefited 500 of the most disadvantaged families in the district and 200 children in a camp. In addition, ATD Fourth World ensured the security of temporary shelter for 300 families in great difficulty.
This programme is also supported by Fondation de France within the framework of its humanitarian support to Haiti.
Other international operations
Until 2008, the Mustela Foundation had developed a partnership with the Valentina Association established in a disadvantaged area of Bucharest, in Romania, which enabled building a care centre for mothers in difficulty, so as to provide support during their pregnancy or future pregnancy, to both them and their children
