Charitable Support
Conceived in January 2008, the Chaîne charitable foundation’s principal role is to provide financial support for food aid projects throughout the world.
To get a flavour for these programmes, here are some examples of projects that have already been implemented since the ACCR’s creation:
Egypt
The ACCR’s first project was to assist the work of the ‘Mouvement Partage’ (Sharing Movement) to nourish young, disadvantaged children by providing them with ‘A Glass of Milk Everyday’.
This was then followed by a second project over 6 months, involved in helping an orphanage, ‘Padre Pio’, near Alexandria, thus making it possible for 250 children to have access to three daily meals. This operation has now been partly taken over by some local charities.
South Africa
The first initiative undertaken in South Africa was to provide support for Aids victims by supplying a ‘Bowl of Soup Everyday’.
Then a second, more ambitious project, which will make it possible for underprivileged children and youth in difficult circumstances to follow accredited cooking courses at the Ikusasa School of Cooking, and to obtain a trade certification and ultimately job opportunities in the future, has also been launched.
The ACCR’s committment in regards to this project is to finance three years of schooling for 10 pupils at the Ikusasa School of Cooking, affiliated with South Africa’s International Hotel School (IHS).
Together with your support, the ACCR is committed to developing the idea that children, even the most disadvantaged, are capable of doing and achieving wonderful things, and taking the initiative which will allow them to gain pleasure and contentment in return. These things may often seem relatively small but for children who have nothing or are living in difficult and precarious situations these contributions will improve the quality of their lives enormously and give them hope in life.