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ACTIVITY REPORT 2017 TOM ENDERS CEO AIRBUS, CHAIRMAN OF AIRBUS FOUNDATION “With the Airbus Foundation, we are on track to reach out to a large population worldwide and continue to inspire young people to pursue their studies. The Foundation will also continue to support humanitarian missions around the globe. I would like to thank Airbus employees for their dedication and passion in serving our communities.” 2 3 Airbus Foundation is at the Our goal is to support the • Youth mentoring programs heart of Airbus, committed international aid organizations to bringing together the in regions where the • Partnerships with NGOs, products and people of our company operates and educational bodies and global aerospace company to beyond. We bring our products science museums help address the challenges and resources, from relief • Supporting the humanitarian of today’s society. Airbus flights to images from space, community through the use Foundation supports the work to the humanitarian-aid of the company’s products of humanitarian groups and community to help alleviate and services. We are inspires the next generation as some of the world’s most collaborating with a growing they prepare to embrace their pressing challenges. number of internationally future. Airbus Foundation drives recognized organizations. the Company’s worldwide We also aim to inspire and AIRBUS These include our strategic philanthropic actions, devoting encourage youth development partnership with the our resources to effective through contact with the International Federation partnerships with volunteer aerospace industry. Through of Red Cross and Red associations and international our various programmes, Crescent Societies (IFRC), aid organizations. Airbus Airbus Foundation invests in FOUNDATION: and operational partnerships Foundation integrates the the future of the communities with Action Contre La Faim, activities of all Airbus’ Divisions. we support, sharing with young Aviation Sans Frontières, Airbus commercial aircraft, people our passion for science Médecins Sans Frontières, Airbus Defence and Space in general and aeronautics in United Way, The Little and Airbus Helicopters are particular. Airbus Foundation WHO WE ARE Engineer and others. each uniquely suited to provide establishes worldwide alliances resources that can bolster and partnerships. Current our partners’ endeavours. global initiatives include: AND WHAT THE FOUNDATION ALSO ENCOURAGES EMPLOYEES TO DONATE THEIR TIME, ENERGY AND EXPERTISE TO HELP OTHERS, BUILDING THEIR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE. WE DO 4 5 CONTENTS Executive Summary 09 Humanitarian Activities 11 Youth Development 37 6 7 The Airbus Foundation Satellite deepen its understanding of The Airbus Foundation Flying Portal was launched through the challenges and priorities of Challenge is now established Airbus Defence and Space, the humanitarian sector whilst, in 5 countries and runs at providing access to a selected at the same time, expanding 14 sites, addressing more number of satellite images per its network and reach. than 3,500 young people year, to both the IFRC and around the world, and EXECUTIVE selected NGO partners. A visit to the Medecins Sans engaged with more than 1,000 Frontiers (MSF) logistics employees. This programme The Airbus Helicopters centre in Bordeaux allowed was also recognised locally, Foundation contributed to for discussions on partnership with the UK and Spain the organisation of mountain opportunities. Validated by the garnering 3 prestigious SUMMARY2017 was a year packed with progress of our ACHIEVE team’s Foundation Board Of Directors, awards for its outstanding rescue and mountain medicine activity at the Airbus Foundation UAV development project. Three training for Nepalese guides, an MoU was signed with MSF contributions to society. - our youth programmes submissions were selected and conducted a training course to formalise the alliance. continued to expand, there for the Hand Wash Challenge on helicopter medical services As of the end of 2017, the were innovation developments, in 2016, and the prototyping in Mexico for the first time. Following the successful Airbus Foundation has been 1 new partnerships, and the phase is set to begin in 2018. The Foundation was invited transport of the A400M renewed for a further 5 years, continued support of our to contribute to the UN World ferry flight to Kuala Lumpur with a strategy focused on three disaster and goodwill initiatives. The Airbus Foundation has, to Food Programme’s Global transporting goods for IFRC pillars: Youth development & date; conducted 65 air transport Logistics Cluster (WFP GLC) and Spanish Red Cross, STEM; Humanitarian, focusing The Airbus Foundation missions (49 ferry flights and and WFP’s working group on these agencies visited the specifically on emergency collaboration with the 16 test aircraft) for around UAVs. These working groups, final assembly line in Seville response and disaster relief; International Federation of Red 40 humanitarian partners, usually restricted to NGOs to discuss further use of the and Innovation developments. Cross & Red Crescent (IFRC) transporting 800 tonnes and and humanitarian agencies, A400M for ferry flights. was a great success, with the 418 people to 23 countries. allowed the Foundation to Andrea Debbane Executive Director, Airbus Foundation 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 9 Airbus air transport has helped us to stretch our funding to reach more beneficiaries, in particularly in small-scale disaster response.” – IFRC Delivery of air relief to the field was made possible thanks to HUMANITARIAN Airbus Foundation by providing transportation. In terms of logistics, ACTIVITIES it improved the efficiency of aid HUMANITARIAN FLIGHTS – TEST AIRCRAFT delivery. In terms of public relations, it AND CUSTOMER FERRY FLIGHTS increased our PR coverage.” – Humedica The Airbus Foundation has services are not in use. conducted 65 air transport The Airbus Helicopters missions (49 ferry flights and 16 Foundation has supported 16 RELIEFS & 49 GOODWILL FLIGHTS test aircraft) for 40 humanitarian 345 helicopters flight hours to partners, transporting 800 22 missions in 11 countries, 2 tonnes and 418 people to 23 amounting to 504,000 Euros. countries. The financial value Moreover, thanks to the to our humanitarian partners, Foundation’s support, around is at least 4.3 million Euros in 700 doctors and rescuers have savings. The cost of commercial been trained for helicopter air transport to the humanitarian rescue missions in 15 countries, sector can increase by a factor amounting to 923,000 Euros. of 150% dependent on the severity of the crisis, hence the Partnerships with the Airbus market demand and supply Foundation, especially in the (i.e. Nepal, Haiti). Additional area of air transport facilitation, value lies in allowed access to have contributed to improving crisis areas within a short time the different organisations’ frame, after many commercial impact and outreach. 2. HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES 11 An A330 test aircraft was sent ensuring an efficient and effective DJIBOUTIto Djibouti carrying goods response in humanitarian for the three humanitarian emergency missions. agencies tasked to treat the cholera outbreak in Yemen UNICEF, Humedica and WHO (Humedica, UNICEF and World were able to gather 29 tonnes Health Organisation (WHO).) of medical equipment, fully UGANDA loading the A330 test aircraft. TEST AIRCRAFT This mission, led by the UN WFP, The goods were destined to marked the first collaboration `WHO, more than 350,000 with the Global Logistics suspected cholera cases and Cluster (GLC), whose role it is over 1,500 deaths had been to coordinate a network of over reported in less than 3 months. 2 400 humanitarian agencies, A humanitarian mission was of refugees cross into Uganda organised in March between every day. For most, the journey the Airbus Foundation, IFRC, is harrowing and long. When and the British & Uganda Red they arrive, they are exhausted Cross Societies. An Airbus A330 and traumatized, and many are aircraft was used to transport malnourished. These supplies the humanitarian cargo, which have helped the local Red Cross included a Mass Sanitation volunteers respond effectively Emergency Response Unit and efficiently, allowing them provided by the British Red to provide people with clean Cross. The unit allowed the Red water and basic sanitation - Cross to provide sanitation to preventing disease outbreaks. 20,000 people living in a recently established refugee camp on the Uganda-South Sudan border. Hundreds, at times thousands, 2. HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES 13 GUADELOUPEFollowing the devastation in the wake of hurricane Irma, the Airbus Foundation and the French Red Cross sent an Airbus A350 2XWB test aircraft with 30 tonnes of emergency goods and 84 medical personnel from France, to Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe. The relief equipment consisted of generators, water sanitation machines, solar lamps, beds, and mosquito netting. All destined to the victims of hurricane Irma on the islands of Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélémy, and later to multiple islands in the Caribbean. 2. HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES 15 VIETNAMCUSTOMER FERRY FLIGHTS continuous action plan initiated by Conte, who was Honorary Using the delivery flight of Chair of Paul Sabatier University Vietnam Airlines’ 7th A350 XWB, in Toulouse and Honorary the Airbus Foundation carried Citizen of Hanoi. Since 1990, 31 kidney dialysis machines 307 kidney dialysis machines, and maintenance materials to 1,500 training books, as well the Hanoi Nephrology Hospital as various