The Student Solidarity Awards 2012 ceremony took place on June 14. Four student associations were recognized by the jury; one of these associations was awarded the "Coup de Coeur" (jury's choice).
First Prize:
AFEV-Poitiers, a students' association for the "KAPS - Koloc' à projets solidaires" project presented by students of the University of Poitiers for joint tenancy in Poitiers.
Second Prize
Solidago, a students' association of Chimie ParisTech, ESTP and the Paris-Descartes Medical School, for their project for building a drinking water supply system in two Madagascan villages (Ambohipeno and Niabana) and for monitoring the systems built by the association since 2006.
Third Prize
Magisphère, a students' association of the Panthéon-Sorbonne University, which plans to build and equip a school for children and a sewing shop for young illiterate women in the village of Ganga Bigha (southern Bihar in India).
Special Prize
Faced with the difficulty of picking one of the many quality projects, the jury again decided this year to award an additional Special Prize to a student association of ESSEC, World Wom'Ents, for their project for management training and startups for women entrepreneurs in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.
1er prix : AFEV-Poitiers
2ème prix : Solidago
3ème prix : Magisphère
Prix Coup de cœur : World Wom'Ents
To know more
The Veolia Foundation
The Veolia Foundation supports non-profit community-oriented projects contributing to outreach, workforce development and environmental conservation, in France and internationally.
Created by the Veolia Environnement Foundation and the Campus, the Student Solidarity Awards aim to support non profit projects developed by Master's level student associations, in universities and schools linked to the Campus, in France and elsewhere. Close to 50 associations answered the call for projects launched last November.