Mécénat Servier was created in 2016 with the aim of uniting and coordinating the Servier Group’s solidarity initiatives, both in France and abroad. In addition to financial contributions, Servier employees invest their time and energy to provide long-term support to partner nonprofit organizations.
Accordingly, we are involved in innovative outreach projects that attend to the needs of communities affected by the recent conflicts and humanitarian disasters that have devastated Turkey, Ukraine, Morocco, and Brazil.
Overview of our international partnerships
Every year, we launch the Joint Initiatives call for projects, with the aim of providing long-term support for public interest projects around the world. These partnerships are co-constructed with local nonprofits and Servier teams, with Mécénat Servier providing the coordination and funding.
Colombia: ensuring a future for young mothers
Juanfe Foundation helps teenage mothers aged 16 to 20 living in poverty in Cartagena and Medellin (Colombia). The aim is to give the young women the opportunity to improve their living conditions.
“When we create these opportunities for connection, we share life experiences. This gives the young women we work with the feeling that they can broaden their horizons, which is truly valuable for them.”
María Laura Rocha, Project Manager at Juanfe Foundation
Indonesia: striving for equal opportunities
Life Project 4 Youth (LP4Y) endeavors to support 140 underprivileged young people in their pursuit of employment and social integration. Servier is helping to fund a training and development center in the Indonesian capital city of Jakarta that will welcome program participants.
Bulgaria and Romania: training a new generation of teachers
Teach For Romania and Teach For Bulgaria, members of the Teach For All network, focus on educational support for children from vulnerable communities. They are guided by the core belief that every child has the right to a quality education, regardless of their location and social or economic background.
“Teach For Romania gave me self-confidence by helping to guide me through difficult times. Several specialized mentors were there to provide support in a variety of areas.”
Brindusa Scarlat, Teacher at Ion Olteanu primary school in Chitila, Romania
Ivory Coast: mental health support
The Imagine Le Monde Association (AIM) and Servier teams in Ivory Coast are helping to build a psychological care center for disadvantaged women and children in Abidjan. The initiative seeks to raise community awareness on mental health, improve families’ quality of life and reduce the occurrence of disruptive behavior and academic failure.
A sustainable project in Morocco
Servier teams rallied to aid communities stricken by the severe earthquakes that hit Morocco in September 2023. Continuing in this spirit of solidarity, Mécénat Servier is helping to build an educational complex on the Timinkar plateau so that secondary school students from Ourika can pursue their education in the best possible conditions.
“What makes the Timinkar community project so special is that it promotes a different idea of modernity. It preserves the best of our heritage while introducing just the right amount of innovation. Our work is guided by genuine sustainability and consideration for the everyday comfort of the children, plus the desire to instill a sense of pride in their community.”
Salima Naji, Volunteer Project Architect
Emergency response in Brazil
Torrential rains swept across Brazil in May 2024. As a result, heavy flooding struck 449 cities and affected more than two million people.
In the wake of this disaster, Servier employees in Brazil requested our help to provide humanitarian and financial support to the impacted communities. Mécénat Servier consequently donated €150,000 to Associação Educadora São Carlos, destined to help the Mãe de Deus hospital in Porto Alegre, which was severely damaged by the floods. This hospital is essential to the region as it is the only one equipped to perform certain critical medical procedures.
Solidarity in Ukraine
Right from the start of the conflict, we sprang into action to provide emergency humanitarian aid.To this day, we are still on hand to support a range of initiatives, including hospital reconstruction. Accordingly, Mécénat Servier has committed to four new projects this year, in partnership with the Krona Foundation and United 24, with the aim of rebuilding medical infrastructures to ensure that people across Ukraine have access to health care.
Senior skills-based sponsorship, an account from our first volunteer
We launched the senior skills-based sponsorship program in 2023, making it possible for people close to retirement to wrap up their careers in support of a charitable cause. Véronique Cope, the program’s first participant, has begun her stint with the French Federation of Food Banks (Fédération Française des Banques Alimentaires).
2023-2024 Annual Report
Since 2016, the Mécénat Servier Charity Fund has been an expression of the commitment of the Group and its employees to have a positive impact on the wider societal environment.