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HEALTH CRISIS
standing firm beside the most vulnerable
In the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Fondation Pierre Fabre
took several initiatives starting in March 2020 to support its partners in the Global South and nursing homes in France’s Occitanie region.
SOLIDARITY WITH NURSING HOME STAFF AND RESIDENTS
Aware of the terrible developments in nursing homes as the pandemic spread, the Fondation Pierre Fabre took action in France for the first time in its history. With the support of key sponsors associated with the major sports clubs in Occitanie (Les Dauphins du TOEC, the Stade Toulousain, the Toulouse Football Club and the Castres Olympique), 50,000 cloth masks and 30,000 hand-hygiene and care kit donated by the Laboratoires Pierre Fabre were distributed
to 245 facilities in the départements of the Tarn and the Haute-Garonne. The Foundation also relied upon logistical support from the 8th Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment in Castres (a division of the French Army) for this operation.
Other organisations in the region were also able to benefit from the effort (Toulouse CCAS social services, the regional council, non-profit organisations, Tarn prefecture).
The Foundation relied upon logistical support from
the French Army’s 8th Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment in Castres
and players of the Castres Olympique football club to distribute masks
and hygiene kits to nursing homes in the Tarn.
Pierre Fabre Group staff worked diligently to package and ship the care kits.
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