OUR CONVICTIONS
The individual is the focus of all our projects because we at the
foundation believe that individuals, whatever their condition, are
the architects of their own health, that of their families and, by
extension, that of the communities in which they live. Good health
is a person’s greatest asset. If well managed, good health can
be handed down from generation to generation and constitutes an asset
essential to the development and improvement of community well-being.
For this to be possible, everyone must be informed, empowered, and
given support and responsibility, so that he or she makes the right
choices and takes the right steps for his or her own personal development.
In this respect, it seems crucial to intervene in the first few years
of a child’s life in order to mould behaviour and enable the
acquisition of skills and attitudes essential to the development of
good health. The family is therefore the cornerstone of our actions.
We believe that it is through the family that we can maximize the
benefits of our actions and obtain the greatest long-term impact on
society.
This means that the foundation works not only with individuals, but
also with their families and support systems, through players and
organizations active in the community and in society in general.
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THE FIGHT AGAINST
POVERTY IS MAJOR CONCERN: The foundation cannot
be satisfied with attending solely to the devastating consequences
of poverty on people and society. We want to tackle the root
causes of this problem in order to reduce the impact of social
inequalities on health. We intend to pursue new initiatives
aimed at breaking the vicious circle of poverty. In doing
so, we will examine the various facets of this complex problem
in a new light and draw on the expertise and experience of
community players and organizations who share our vision. |
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COMPREHENSIVE
SOLUTIONS ADAPTED TO NEEDS:
The foundation believes that an individual’s
health depends on a whole series of factors — not just
biological, but also psychological and social — that
act together in synergy to strengthen or weaken one another.
That is why the foundation favours projects that take a
systemic approach in addressing all of the many facets of
the health of an individual within the human, social and
material environment.
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INDIVIDUAL AND
COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT AS A GUARANTEE OF SUCCESS: The
foundation believes that getting individuals and communities
to take responsibility for themselves is the point of departure
for building or rebuilding the health chain. Every individual
must be made to realize that he or she holds personal, decisive
power over his or her physical, mental and social health.
It is the proliferation of the actions of informed, empowered
individuals who are given appropriate support and responsibility
that provide the thrust for collective initiatives that
can really change things in society over the long term.
The projects initiated by the foundation are designed to
respect the principles that underlie empowerment —
of both the individual and the community.
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