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The CMA  CGM Foundation supports French & Lebanese projects focused on promoting access to education for children from disadvantaged backgrounds

through not-for-profit organisations which submit proposals during the annual call for proposals.

In 2020, it supported 18 charities in the Provence-Alpes Côte d Azur region and in Lebanon, which in turn helped over 4,000 children from low-income households.

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

The Containers of Hope campaign is aimed at helping NGOs & international organisations (Doctors Without Borders, Action Against Hunger, the French Red Cross, UNICEF) and the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs Crisis and Support Centre transport humanitarian equipment.

More than 1,300 containers and over 8,500 tons of humanitarian equipment have been shipped since its launch in 2012.

THE CMA CGM FOUNDATION AND UNICEF SIGN A PARTNERSHIP TO SHIP ESSEN- TIAL SUPPLIES TO CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD

UNICEF joined the Containers of Hope pro- gramme and will benefit from the shipping of 200 containers per year free of charge - to deliver emergency educational material, pharmaceutical and nutritional products to UNICEF programmes, primarily in Africa. The partnership was materialised through an initial shipment of 146 TEUs containing 3.5 million schoolbooks in French and Arabic

to five cities in Chad, where access to school is unfortunately still limited for many children. In addition, specialists from CMA CGM Group s Reefer division will work alongside UNICEF s teams to support their logis- tics strategy for transporting refrigerated goods by sea (drugs, vaccines, etc.) under the CMA CGM Foundation s skills-based volunteering program.

CONTAINERS OF HOPE

SKILLS SPONSORSHIP PROGRAMME

In 2020, through skills sponsorship, more than 100 staff members of CMA CGM Group were able to invest five days during their working time on behalf of charitable associations.

A HUMANITARIAN SHIP FOR LEBANON

In August 2020, CMA  CGM Group contributed to international solidarity efforts by transporting medical equipment and essential goods and products to support the Lebanese population, following the devastating explosions that hit Beirut.

The relief operation was led by the CMA CGM Foundation in partnership with the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs Crisis and Support Centre. The Aknoul left Marseille on August 25th for Beirut. Its departure was marked by a ceremony attended by Jean-Yves Le Drian,

the French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CMA CGM Group, Tanya Saadé Zeenny, President of the CMA CGM Foundation, representatives of local and national public institutions as well as donors (including Saint-Gobain and Danone), NGOs and humanitarian aid specialists (UNICEF). A few days later, at the port of Beirut, French President Emmanuel Macron and Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CMA CGM Group, attended the unloading, from the Aknoul, of emergency humanitarian aid for the Lebanese people. The vessel was fully loaded, and its cargo consisted of donations from more than 70 organisations in France.

Medical and hygiene equipment, building materials and food were distributed to 18 NGOs, four hospitals and the Lebanese Red Cross.