Supporting the Wildlife Care Madagascar association, the Jacques Martel Foundation has embarked on a multifaceted project aimed at supporting local communities – particularly children. It focuses on key issues: health, training and the promotion of local skills, and is fully in line with the Foundation’s missions: to promote access to healthy and sustainable food for all, and to support the education of young people.

Seven months after its launch, significant progress has already been made: the plots have been prepared, training in gardening has been provided, trial crops have been planted, and a well has been built.

As regards the training aspect, four people have already been trained. This programme, run by a local centre, teaches farming practices that respect biodiversity and the soil. This is a relevant approach to the sustainable conservation of resources and to ensuring a more secure future for generations to come. The trainers emphasised the importance of respecting endemic species during land clearing and also taught the benefits of mulching in a hot climate.

The planning of experimental crops also illustrates this commitment to adapting to the local context. In the middle of the rainy season, the team focused on four vegetable and fodder crops with high water requirements: maize, cassava, lowland rice and bambara beans. All grown using permaculture methods.

From April onwards, tomatoes will be planted. Indeed, the lower temperatures of the dry season provide favourable conditions for the pollination of many vegetable crops.

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The Jacques Martel Foundation is particularly proud of this project, which has made remarkable progress and which helps to empower local communities and work with them to build sustainable solutions for future generations. The impact is therefore not solely agricultural: it is also social, as it fosters a collective spirit, develops skills, creates seasonal employment and boosts the confidence of those on the ground in their ability to produce, learn and pass on knowledge.

Further initiatives are still underway, which is very encouraging. A wonderful collaboration has been forged.

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This theme resonates particularly strongly with a project that is important to us and which we have chosen to support, alongside the charity Sens Solidaire, which the Jacques Martel Foundation is supporting for the third consecutive year.

This is a Franco-Senegalese project, run between schools in Nice and schools in Casamance, entitled ‘Access to water and food: understanding their vital link’.

This project aims to raise pupils’ awareness of the fundamental role of water in health, hygiene and nutrition. It also offers practical solutions! Finally, it serves as a reminder that access to drinking water remains a major issue of equality, and it is clear that we are not all equal.

The project has several components:

–    Raising awareness of water quality and food safety issues through presentations and educational group activities

–    Creating vegetable gardens,

–    Installing two ‘Nanoaid’ kits for water purification and disinfection (vegetables, soil, hands, surfaces, wounds).

–    Running workshops on water and hygiene,

–    Distribution of water containers to Senegalese schoolchildren

The first Nanoaid unit has been installed at Cagnout School. Until now, pupils at this school had been drinking untreated water, which was the cause of many illnesses linked to unsafe water.

Tippy Taps – simple handwashing stations – have also been made and installed in strategic locations around the playground to make it easier for the children to wash their hands 💛

At another school in Casamance – Pointe Saint Georges Primary School – individual water containers were handed out to pupils as part of a workshop on good hygiene practices at school and the importance of staying hydrated.

Water is the first, invisible ingredient in our diet.

Without good-quality water, there can be no healthy agriculture, no sustainable fishing, and no reliable food supply chain. Protecting water means protecting the very basis of what we eat.

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‘Peer violence prevents children from growing up peacefully and expressing their full physical, psychological, intellectual and social potential.’

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Young and old alike were swept away by the magic of Christmas, thanks to the two actors from the Compagnie Sens En Éveil, who performed their show ‘Un jouet pour Noël’ (A Toy for Christmas), bringing laughter and wonder to the audience.

Once again this year, we were warmly welcomed by the municipality of Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne in the beautiful Terre de Siagne space. Thank you 🙏

And since the children had been very behaved, each one received a copy of the latest issue of the scientific comic book ‘Les animaux marins’ (Marine Animals), published by Bamboo Edition, whom we would like to thank.

Finally, we had the pleasure of sharing a convivial moment with young and old alike, enjoying chouquettes and Christmas chocolate in a joyful and festive atmosphere. 🎄

A big thank you to all the participants and partners who helped make this enchanting interlude such a beautiful moment.

The Jacques Martel Foundation team wishes you a very Merry Christmas.

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At the request of the Jacques Martel Foundation, the information sheet was distributed to all crews who set sail on Sunday in the ARC 2025 transatlantic race, including the crew led by Benoit Martel aboard Lazyjack 2, as part of the “Objectif Océan” project.

👉 Discover & support the ‘Objectif Océan’ project

This is a reminder that reducing waste, especially plastic, is an ongoing challenge, even in the middle of the Atlantic. Every action counts, and everyone can do their part.

Many thanks to No Plastic In My Sea for producing the fact sheet, and to ARC for distributing it.

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🎭 To help you do just that, the Jacques Martel Foundation is delighted to offer children a taste of magic, in partnership with the Sens en Éveil theater company, with an emotional show entitled Un Jouet pour Noël (A Toy for Christmas).

Performed by two passionate actors, this tale combines music, magic, humour and even ventriloquism to gradually immerse the audience in the Christmas spirit and remind them of the importance of sharing, solidarity and kindness.

✨ The performance will be followed by a convivial moment: a surprise guest may join the party, and drinks & sweets will be offered so that guests can chat with the artists and members of the Fund.

Once again this year, we would like to warmly thank the municipality of Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne for making the Espace Terre de Siagne available to us so that we can share this wonderful moment together. We look forward to seeing many of you there.

📅 10 December 2025, 5.00 pm

Information and booking: The Jacques Martel Foundation Christmas party for children

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Behind the mission to raise awareness of the environmental risks threatening the ocean lies a tremendous human adventure involving a crew of long-standing friends.

Get to know each of them and find out what motivated them to undertake this transatlantic voyage.

👉 More information about the project

👉 Support the ‘Objectif Océan’ project

All funds raised will be donated to Surfrider Foundation Europe.

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Thanks to your donations, 25% of the target has already been achieved — a tremendous collective effort!

In a word: Thank you!

Many of you have shown your enthusiasm by supporting the campaign with a donation or by spreading the word.
As a reminder, all funds raised will be donated to the Surfrider Foundation Europe, which will put them to good use.

Here is some examples of the impact your donations will have:

€40 = finance 1 waste collection kit

€100 = raise awareness among 200 people

€250 = carry out regular monitoring of waste pollution on a beach

+€500 = support advocacy actions against plastic pollution in France and Europe.

The rewards are coming

🎥 To show our gratitude, for every euro donated, we will be delighted to share a link with you to access the Lazyjack 2 crew’s travel book. Itinerary, photos, behind-the-scenes footage… in short, the transatlantic crossing as if you were there.

✅ Interested sailors can get in touch and we will send them the roadmap created by the No Plastic In My Sea association for a plastic-free crossing.

⛵️ For donations of €100 or more, we will send you an exclusive copy of the documentary film once it has been edited.

💙 Finally, Surfrider Foundation Europe is joining the Jacques Martel Foundation and will offer the five most generous donors this beautiful set, which includes a water bottle and a poster by Corinne Weidmann, limited to 50 copies.

On track to reach 50% by the end of the month?

The adventure continues, and every contribution counts.

Together, let’s get this project off the ground.

👉 I support Objectif Océan now

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In practical terms, how does this work when we accompany organisations that support sick and/or disabled children?

 This year, the Jacques Martel Foundation will have supported three organisations in this area.

🐬 In May, the Jacques Martel Foundation teamed up with the LEA association for a respite outing that allowed children supported by the association to meet dolphins and a fin whale.

🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 At the end of September, the Jacques Martel Foundation joined forces with Vaincre la mucoviscidose for their annual event “Virades de l’espoir 2025”, a national day of action to give hope and breathing space to the more than 7,500 people living with cystic fibrosis in France.

🏃‍♀️ On 17 and 18 October, the Jacques Martel Foundation will be supporting the association ‘Des Etoiles dans la mer” as part of the 24h des Tuves event in St Cézaire sur Siagne. There are two 4km routes to choose from to reach the banks of the Siagne. A challenge for anyone who wants to push themselves physically or simply discover this magnificent valley…

Each climb is counted and converted into donations for the association, to which the registration fees will be added. All the information can be found on the event’s Facebook page.

We’ll be there!

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