France/Villefranche-de-Lauragais. Innovative partnership for the elderly

MPs Monique Iborra and Thierry Frappé visited the Maisonneuve residence for the French National Assembly's Social Affairs Committee.

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Luxembourg/Sustainable development increasingly a matter for young people

Unfortunately, the notion of sustainable development can still seem abstract. Tuesday's trade fair at the Forum Geesseknäppchen proved otherwise.

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Canada/Sherbrooke residents can get $500 towards the purchase of an electric bicycle

The City of Sherbrooke encourages active transportation by launching a subsidy program for the purchase of electric bicycles.

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SENEGAL-GENRE-SOCIAL / Food kits and hygiene products for women prisoners at the MAC de Rufisque

The "Pascal Faramarène Universel" (PFU) association, which brings together young people from the city of Rufisque, has handed out food kits, sanitary towels and various products to women detainees at the Rufisque House of Arrest and Correction (MAC).

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France/Saint-Prest. Complementary health care for local residents

A Projet santé partnership has been set up between the Eure-et-Loir mayors' association (AMF) and Axa France, to enable interested Eure-et-Loir communes to offer their residents individual supplementary health insurance at promotional rates.

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China/Gansu: "malatang" boosts restaurant and tourism development in Tianhsui

After Zibo, in the eastern province of Shandong, and Harbin, in the northeastern province of Liaoning, the city of Tianshui, in the northwestern province of Gansu, has become the latest destination to generate national enthusiasm thanks to its signature dish: "malatang", a local street food consisting of a mixture of fresh vegetables and/or meat boiled in a hot, spicy broth. Many tourists have recently flocked to the city to sample Tianshui's famous "malatang".

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Togo: USAID inaugurates $50 million family planning program

On Tuesday March 26, Professor Moustafa Mijiyawa, Minister of Health, inaugurated the ExpandPF program, funded to the tune of $49.5 million by the US agency USAID. Supported by the Association Togolaise pour le Bien-être Familial (ATBEF) and the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), the program aims to improve access to and use of quality family planning services across the country.

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France/ Saint-Georges-du-Bois. Renewed partnership with CAF

On March 20, at the Maison de l'enfance et de la jeunesse in Saint-Georges-du-Bois, the Syndicat intercommunal du Bocage Cénomans and the Caisse d'allocations familiales (CAF) de la Sarthe signed a comprehensive territorial agreement.

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Benin/Signature of a research program on restitutions in Benin: AFD and EPA strengthen their partnership

On March 19, 2024, during a visit by Rémy Rioux, CEO of Agence Française de Développement (AFD) to the Ecole du Patrimoine Africain (EPA) in Porto-Novo, a partnership agreement was signed with EPA Director Franck Ogou on the research program "Restitution des biens culturels du Bénin: entre politiques publiques et enjeux patrimoniaux". Exchanges also took place with 29 heritage students involved in the new Abomey project collections project.

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France/Givrés d'oranges in Lille for an economy based on trust and relationships

Since 2013, this Lille-based association has been forging links between Sicilian and Spanish farmers and Lille citrus lovers! A successful cooperation.

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Congo/ Jane-Viale IHC: staff sensitized to breast and cervical cancers

Cancer statistics in the Congo are worrying, with six hundred new cases of breast cancer every year in Brazzaville and one hundred and eighty deaths from cervical cancer. Thanks to the initiative of the Tabita Allégresse Foundation, an awareness campaign against these diseases was launched on March 23, at the Jane-Viale Integrated Health Center (CSI), in the fifth arrondissement, Ouenzé.

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Canada/The entire borough of La Baie could benefit from the future water source

Once a new water source has been identified to definitively resolve the problem of perfluorinated compound (PFAS)-contaminated water in La Baie, all three sectors of the borough could be connected.

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Côte d'Ivoire/ An NGO campaigns against school-age pregnancies in Bondoukou

From March 21 to March 24, 2024, the Bondoukou-based NGO La seconde chance (Second Chance) launched an awareness-raising campaign on school-age pregnancy in local schools, to instill in learners the behavior they need to counter this evil.

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France/At the Mission locale d'Ivry-Vitry, a journey to reveal talent and self-confidence

In December 2023, around twenty young people from the Mission locale de Vitry-sur-Seine went on a trip lasting three days and four nights. This trip was largely organized by them, and provided an opportunity to boost their confidence. Florent Michelin, General Manager of the Mission locale, explains.

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Burkina Faso: Actors from research institutes, universities and other sectors to receive training on inclusive data collection, including the Washington Group questionnaire

The Permanent Secretariat of the National Multisectoral Council for the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (SP/COMUD) in collaboration with CBM Global Burkina Faso, as part of the implementation of a project called "Yirwa", has organized a training session for players from research institutes and other stakeholders. The opening ceremony was held on Tuesday March 26, 2024 in Ouagadougou.

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France/ Twinning La Milisse- Swineshead: the end with regrets

La Milesse and the village of Swineshead, near Boston in north-east England, have been twinned since 1987. The beautiful story is over.

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Côte d'Ivoire/ JIF 2024: Gendarmes' wives collect over 100 blood bags in Daloa

The Association des épouses de gendarmes de Côte d'Ivoire (AEGCI) initiated a blood donation operation which enabled the Centre régional de transfusion sanguine (CRTS) to collect 118 bags of the precious liquid, on Saturday March 23, 2024, at the headquarters of the 2nd gendarmerie region in Daloa.

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Belgium/A sliding lease to help families in difficulty find a roof over their heads in Walloon Brabant

The legal provision has been in existence since 2018, but is still not widely applied in Wallonia. The Relais social intercommunal du Brabant wallon, via its Capteur logement, now offers certain prospective tenants the opportunity to sign this type of rental contract. It has just received a grant of 77,000 euros from the King Baudouin Foundation, enabling it to set up a pilot scheme to help single-parent families or large families in precarious situations to find housing.

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Tunisia/Gabès: a solidarity market for economic emancipation and local development

The "Hia Al Hadaf" (She is the goal) association in Chenini, part of the Gabès-Ouest delegation (Governorate of Gabès), continues to organize a weekly solidarity market, launched over a year ago and set up in the association's cultural space.

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France/ Villeneuve-en-Retz. Final phase of the local urban development plan

The completed program for the final phase of the commune's local urban development plan (PLU) was presented at the consultation meeting on March 7.

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