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She shares the difficulties families face in enrolling their children with Down syndrome in school and explains the ambition behind the ‘Respire! Soutien scolaire’ project, supported by the bioMérieux Endowment Fund for Education.

In May 2024, the Endowment Fund launched its third Call for Projects to identify new educational projects to support disadvantaged children aged 0 to 8 in the territories where bioMérieux operates. The Fund received 72 projects and selected 16, three of which are renewed partnerships.

Nine colleagues from bioMérieux's Shanghai office recently visited a community children’s activity center in the city’s Minhang District. The center, supported by funding from the bioMérieux Endowment Fund, is equipped with age-appropriate toys and books to facilitate learning and play for children aged 0-3.

The Slum2School Africa and bioMérieux teams in Nigeria have proudly laid the foundation for the first-ever formal elementary school in Saga and surrounding areas.

⚽ bioMérieux volunteers in Spain played hard in the 25th Charity Indoor Football Tournament, organized by our partner  APADIS in Madrid every spring!
For the event, seven bioMérieux colleagues put together a great team and enjoyed a fun-filled moment of solidarity, accompanied by African dance and freestyle performances.

On March 26, Alexandre Mérieux, President of the bioMérieux Endowment Fund for Education, and bioMérieux Brazil team members visited the Vila Prudente favela in São Paulo to meet the Arca do Saber nonprofit organization, a partner of the Endowment Fund.

The bioMérieux Endowment Fund for Education is proud to launch its new Call for Projects!  If you are a nonprofit organization with a project around early-childhood education, the Endowment Fund can support you! 

Visit the dedicated webpage for more information about the selection criteria and learn how to apply! 

The Endowment Fund is proud to support the Roots Institute Centre, a Community Based Organization in the Mathare slum in East Nairobi, Kenya The slum is home to over 850.000 people. With an average income of well below 2€ per day, many adults struggle to provide food and basic needs for their children.

Let’s watch a video that perfectly illustrates what drives the bioMérieux Endowment Fund: Having a positive and lasting impact on the lives of underprivileged children thanks to the commitment of bioMérieux teams. In partnership with Children of the Mékong, the Fund is present in nine locations and supports more than 620 children living in slums. Our three main fields of action focus on the following needs: ✔ sanitary and hygiene ✔ fundamental education ✔ support for parenthood. Some 30 bioMérieux Philippines volunteers visited a slum in Manila to deliver food, participate in educational workshops and distribute hygiene kits. Thank you to the bioMérieux Philippines teams for their commitment, and communicative smiles for the children. We would also like to salute the much-needed work of ANAK-Tnk, whose mission is to provide daily support to the most vulnerable children in Manila.