For its partnership with the Enfants de la Lune charity, Citroën Algérie took part in the “1 cork: 1 smile” cork collection campaign. The initiative was designed to encourage creative ways to protect the environment and help children affected by “dry skin” condition. The funds raised from selling collected corks to recycling plants were used to purchase medications and clothing.

Village water hydraulics refers to simple, small-scale drinking water distribution networks that supply water to villages and small towns in rural areas, away from larger urban water distribution networks. Financed by the nonprofit Banourebo Fairtrade (Nzoliè Banourebo), a project designed to distribute drinking water to communities living close to the Banourebo farm was set up. For each of the two villages, the system is composed of a submerged pump, two standpipes, one 3,000-litre water tower for Kouadiotèkro and one 10,000-litre water tower for Banourebo.

Visual caption: water tower and drill hole.

GTM (Groupement Téblé de Maraban) has donated a fully medicalised ambulance to the SON* community who live in villages neighbouring its farm with the aim of improving healthcare facilities for these local populations and facilitate medical evacuation.

*The SON tribe are members of the Guro people (300,000 individuals across 40 tribes).

The fairtrade fund of the GTM (Groupement Téblé de Maraban) has been used to build three classrooms, five homes for primary school teachers, two covered playgrounds and two young people’s hostels to improve the standards of living for the neighbouring communities around Maraban farm. It also aims to improve access to education for young people and housing conditions for primary school teachers.

On Wednesday 26 June 2024, the French Food Banks Federation (Fédération Française des Banques Alimentaires - FFBA) and GBH renewed their partnership agreement signed in 2022 to help to respond to the growing demand for emergency aid and replenish food stocks in Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion Island.

Through this partnership, GBH and its Carrefour subsidiaries have distributed nearly 4.3 million meals to recipient non-profits in these three territories since 2019.

This is the first time that the food banks network has received such support in these overseas territories at the same time.

The Guadeloupe Food Bank and its partner GBH have a shared goal of addressing the logistical challenges posed by the growing demand for food aid in Guadeloupe, in order to meet the needs of recipients.

GBH and its Carrefour subsidiaries in Guadeloupe are helping to fund new vehicles as part of a drive to upgrade the equipment of Guadeloupe's food bank, alongside other partners. 

This initiative complements the existing efforts by Carrefour Destreland, Contact Grand-Camp and Saint-François, which are long-standing partners of the Guadeloupe Food Bank. Since 2016, thanks to the food bank donations at these stores, more than 400 tonnes of food have been collected, which is the equivalent of 875,000 meals in Guadeloupe. 

For GBH, this action strengthens the partnership established in 2022 with the French Food Banks Federation (Fédération Française des Banques Alimentaires), enabling food items to be transported from Mainland France to Martinique, Guadeloupe and Réunion Island.

Since 2019, GBH and its Carrefour subsidiaries have distributed 3.7 million meals to these three territories.

Since 2022, GBH has been rolling out the "GBH Career Springboard" programme (known as the "Tremplin Pour l'Emploi GBH" locally), a professional-integration solidarity programme aimed at young people in Overseas France, in partnership with the Adapted Military Service Regiment (RSMA), the Ecole de la Deuxième Chance (Second Chance School) and various training bodies. To date, more than 100 young people have received training in mass-retail and motor-vehicle professions in Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana and Réunion Island. 

This year, a new programme is being launched in Réunion Island in order to train participants as sales advisers. This course includes six months at the RSMA-Réunion, followed by a work-study course at Gem Formation and GBH stores, in particular Carrefour Réunion, Fnac and Promocash Réunion. This is the 4th GBH "Career Springboard" programme rolled out in Réunion Island. 

In Guadeloupe, GBH, in partnership with the RSMA Guadeloupe and the Guadeloupe public education college (GRETA-CFA), has created a bespoke scheme for motor-vehicle professions. The trainees have just signed their apprenticeship contract and are joining the Group’s subsidiaries and the training centre. 

GBH wants to provide support to get these young people into work and, once they have successfully completed their training programme, to offer them a job at one of its subsidiaries. Eight GBH Career Springboard programmes in total are being rolled out across the four territories.

The RSMA, the GRETA-CFA training centre in Guadeloupe and GBH are establishing the “GBH-RSMA-GRETA CFA Career Springboard” programme (known as the "Tremplin Pour l’Emploi GBH-RSMA-GRETA-CFA" locally). This initiative demonstrates the shared determination of partners to take action to help to get young Guadeloupeans who are struggling to find a job into work. France Travail (the French government agency responsible for supporting job seekers and employers), Missions Locales and GBH subsidiaries are building this innovative scheme in order to train these young people in mechanics professions, against a backdrop of major technological developments and high youth unemployment. The partners are joining forces by signing a partnership charter. It aims to recruit and train 12 course participants without any prior motor-vehicle qualifications, so that they can obtain a vocational diploma qualifying them as a motor-vehicle electromechanical technician (a "BAC Pro" qualification, equivalent to a Level 4 diploma in the European Qualifications Framework). After 17 months of continuous learning within the Adapted Military Service Regiment (RSMA), followed by a work-study course at a public education college (GRETA-CFA) and GBH’s motor-vehicle subsidiaries, participants who successfully complete the programme will get a permanent job at one of these subsidiaries in Guadeloupe.

In April 2020, alongside many other companies in the fight against Covid-19, and in light of the shortage of healthcare equipment, GBH will be providing healthcare workers from the four French Overseas Regions and Communities with 1.35 million masks, including 450.000 FFP2-type masks.

These masks were delivered to the French Regional Health Agency (ARS) which will allocate them to workers at hospitals, clinics and other healthcare professionals on a priority basis.

The first batch, consisting of 1 million masks, will be delivered on Thursday 9 April across Réunion Island, Guadeloupe and French Guiana. The delivery for Martinique is planned for Friday 10 April 2020.

The remaining 350,000 masks will arrive next week across all four regions. The masks were divided between the territories: 600,000 for Réunion Island, 300,000 for Guadeloupe, 300,000 for Martinique and 150,000 for French Guiana.

The 6^th edition of the Beach Soccer tournament took place at the Souffleur beach in Port-Louis. Organised by Soguafi, one of the financial partners of SGDM Concessions Automobiles, the goal of this competition was to encourage the purchase of medical equipment for the sick children in Guadeloupe University Hospital.

Eight employees represented SGDM. After three qualification matches and a semifinal, they made it all the way and were victorious, driven on by the enthusiastic encouragement of their colleagues who came to see them.

Committed to emergency aid, the Red Cross and GBH have organised several food donation collections in the Carrefour outlets in the West Indies and Réunion, to help the people of the northern islands affected by hurricanes in 2018.

Since 2022, GBH has been rolling out the "GBH Career Springboard" programme (known as the "Tremplin Pour l'Emploi GBH" locally), a professional-integration solidarity programme aimed at young people in Overseas France, in partnership with the Adapted Military Service Regiment (RSMA), the Ecole de la Deuxième Chance (Second Chance School) and various training bodies. To date, more than 100 young people have received training in mass-retail and motor-vehicle professions in Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana and Réunion Island. 

This year, a new programme is being launched in Réunion Island in order to train participants as sales advisers. This course includes six months at the RSMA-Réunion, followed by a work-study course at Gem Formation and GBH stores, in particular Carrefour Réunion, Fnac and Promocash Réunion. This is the 4th GBH "Career Springboard" programme rolled out in Réunion Island. 

In Guadeloupe, GBH, in partnership with the RSMA Guadeloupe and the Guadeloupe public education college (GRETA-CFA), has created a bespoke scheme for motor-vehicle professions. The trainees have just signed their apprenticeship contract and are joining the Group’s subsidiaries and the training centre. 

GBH wants to provide support to get these young people into work and, once they have successfully completed their training programme, to offer them a job at one of its subsidiaries. Eight GBH Career Springboard programmes in total are being rolled out across the four territories.

After a 15-month work-study course, 8 trainees have completed their training programme and secured a job at one of GBH's mass-retail subsidiaries in French Guiana. 

The “GBH-E2C Career Springboard" programme (known as the "Tremplin pour l'Emploi GBH - E2C” locally) was launched in March 2023, born out of a partnership between GBH and the Ecole de la Deuxième Chance (Second Chance School - E2C), with support from France Travail French Guiana (the French Guiana branch of the French government agency responsible for supporting job seekers and employers), the vocational training academic network and Carrefour Matoury and Contact. 

The programme set out to select, recruit and train French Guianese young people, so that they could obtain a vocational diploma qualifiying them as a sales adviser (a "Bac" qualification, equivalent to a Level 4 diploma in the European Qualifications Framework). 

After a 5-month period at E2C, the trainees did a work-study course at the vocational training academic network, Lycée Max Joséphine and Carrefour Matoury and Contact.

In April 2020, alongside many other companies in the fight against Covid-19, and in light of the shortage of healthcare equipment, GBH will be providing healthcare workers from the four French Overseas Regions and Communities with 1.35 million masks, including 450.000 FFP2-type masks.

These masks were delivered to the French Regional Health Agency (ARS) which will allocate them to workers at hospitals, clinics and other healthcare professionals on a priority basis.

The first batch, consisting of 1 million masks, will be delivered on Thursday 9 April across Réunion Island, Guadeloupe and French Guiana. The delivery for Martinique is planned for Friday 10 April 2020.

The remaining 350,000 masks will arrive next week across all four regions. The masks were divided between the territories: 600,000 for Réunion Island, 300,000 for Guadeloupe, 300,000 for Martinique and 150,000 for French Guiana.

More than 50 GBH employees have taken part in the Relay for Life, a charity event organised each year by the French League Against Cancer (Ligue Contre Le Cancer), which works to finance projects to support families in Martinique affected by the disease.

Our teams ran or walked in the 24-hour relay, united by togetherness and hope.

Our Mr.Bricolage, Yves Rocher Antilles, Jumbo Car, Europcar, Martinique Automobiles, Gamm Vert and Infobam subsidiaries joined forces to create a single GBH team.

Thanks to all participants for their commitment and generosity.

Congratulations to the entire Martinique League against Cancer team for organising this important event.

On Wednesday 26 June 2024, the French Food Banks Federation (Fédération Française des Banques Alimentaires - FFBA) and GBH renewed their partnership agreement signed in 2022 to help to respond to the growing demand for emergency aid and replenish food stocks in Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion Island.

Through this partnership, GBH and its Carrefour subsidiaries have distributed nearly 4.3 million meals to recipient non-profits in these three territories since 2019.

This is the first time that the food banks network has received such support in these overseas territories at the same time.

Since 2022, GBH has been rolling out the "GBH Career Springboard" programme (known as the "Tremplin Pour l'Emploi GBH" locally), a professional-integration solidarity programme aimed at young people in Overseas France, in partnership with the Adapted Military Service Regiment (RSMA), the Ecole de la Deuxième Chance (Second Chance School) and various training bodies. To date, more than 100 young people have received training in mass-retail and motor-vehicle professions in Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana and Réunion Island. 

This year, a new programme is being launched in Réunion Island in order to train participants as sales advisers. This course includes six months at the RSMA-Réunion, followed by a work-study course at Gem Formation and GBH stores, in particular Carrefour Réunion, Fnac and Promocash Réunion. This is the 4th GBH "Career Springboard" programme rolled out in Réunion Island. 

In Guadeloupe, GBH, in partnership with the RSMA Guadeloupe and the Guadeloupe public education college (GRETA-CFA), has created a bespoke scheme for motor-vehicle professions. The trainees have just signed their apprenticeship contract and are joining the Group’s subsidiaries and the training centre. 

GBH wants to provide support to get these young people into work and, once they have successfully completed their training programme, to offer them a job at one of its subsidiaries. Eight GBH Career Springboard programmes in total are being rolled out across the four territories.

After a recruitment and applicant selection period, 11 trainees started on the programme and received 6 months of training at the RSMA. The end of this phase marks the start of their work-study programme at the Apprenticeship Training Centre of the Chamber of Trades and Martinique Automobiles. Today, trainees have signed their apprenticeship contracts, which will last for 7 months. 

After successfully completing the motor-vehicle electromechanic technician training programme, trainees will get a permanent job at one of GBH’s subsidiaries. 

In June 2023, the RSMA and GBH established the “GBH-RSMA Career Springboard” programme (known as the "Tremplin pour l’emploi GBH-RSMA" locally) in order to help young Martinicans who are struggling to find a job into work. France Travail (the branch of the French government agency responsible for supporting job seekers and employers); the Martinique Missions Locales Nord (MILNORD), Centre (MILCEM) and Sud (MILSUD); the Apprenticeship Training Centre of the Chamber of Trades; and Martinique Automobiles are involved in this innovative scheme. By signing a partnership charter on 5 October 2023, the partners formally agreed to pool their skills.

It aims to recruit and train 11 course participants without any prior motor-vehicle qualifications, so that they can obtain a vocational diploma qualifying them as a motor-vehicle electromechanical technician (a "BAC Pro" qualification, equivalent to a Level 4 diploma in the European Qualifications Framework).

In April 2020, alongside many other companies in the fight against Covid-19, and in light of the shortage of healthcare equipment, GBH will be providing healthcare workers from the four French Overseas Regions and Communities with 1.35 million masks, including 450.000 FFP2-type masks.

These masks were delivered to the French Regional Health Agency (ARS) which will allocate them to workers at hospitals, clinics and other healthcare professionals on a priority basis.

The first batch, consisting of 1 million masks, will be delivered on Thursday 9 April across Réunion Island, Guadeloupe and French Guiana. The delivery for Martinique is planned for Friday 10 April 2020.

The remaining 350,000 masks will arrive next week across all four regions. The masks were divided between the territories: 600,000 for Réunion Island, 300,000 for Guadeloupe, 300,000 for Martinique and 150,000 for French Guiana.

The GBH shared apprenticeship is an initiative of the partnership that has united Mr. Bricolage and the Las Palmas association for social integration for 20 years.

The teams from Mr. Bricolage, the association’s partner and financial support, are proud to take part in the Tour des Yoles Rondes sailing regatta in Martinique every year. With over 35 years of history, it has become a flagship event on the island. Every year is a new opportunity for the young people of the Las Palmas association to show what they can do. The crew, which has only gotten better over the years — as noted by the association’s directors and supervisors — was congratulated for its involvement and commitment.

The Group took action to help the Haitian people following the earthquake that hit Haiti on 14 August 2021. Through its subsidiary Carrefour Martinique, GBH gave the Red Cross 41 tonnes of water and essential foodstuffs that were transported to Haiti on the Army surveillance frigate Le Germinal.

Committed to emergency aid, the Red Cross and GBH have organised several food donation collections in the Carrefour outlets in the West Indies and Réunion, to help the people of the northern islands affected by hurricanes in 2018.

Following the devastation caused by Cyclones Chido and Dikeledi, Super-Novae.org and GBH are joining forces to improve access to healthcare in the territory's most remote areas.

Thanks to the solidarity funds set up by GBH, a mobile clinic is now travelling around the island in order to offer free medical appointments, basic care and screenings. Up to 2,500 people can be treated in one month.

Supported by the Mayotte Regional Health Agency (ARS), this initiative reinforces the solidarity efforts already underway on the ground, in response to a critical health and social situation.

It is a concrete step towards inclusively rebuilding Mayotte long-term.

In April 2020, alongside many other companies in the fight against Covid-19, and in light of the shortage of healthcare equipment, GBH will be providing healthcare workers from the four French Overseas Regions and Communities with 1.35 million masks, including 450.000 FFP2-type masks.

These masks were delivered to the French Regional Health Agency (ARS) which will allocate them to workers at hospitals, clinics and other healthcare professionals on a priority basis.

The first batch, consisting of 1 million masks, will be delivered on Thursday 9 April across Réunion Island, Guadeloupe and French Guiana. The delivery for Martinique is planned for Friday 10 April 2020.

The remaining 350,000 masks will arrive next week across all four regions. The masks were divided between the territories: 600,000 for Réunion Island, 300,000 for Guadeloupe, 300,000 for Martinique and 150,000 for French Guiana.

The FFBA suffered a decline in stock of almost 100 tonnes due to the sudden rise in demand during the crisis and difficulties with supply. In addition, a shortage of fruits, vegetables, dairy products, and protein intended for Overseas France has been a lamentable issue for several years.

Confronted with these growing needs, GBH wanted to contribute to solidarity initiatives with the Food Banks to increase the volume of foodstuffs for the West Indies and Réunion, to fight against both food insecurity and food waste.

GBH provided humanitarian aid to the inhabitants of Saint Vincent island, affected by the eruption of its volcano, La Soufrière, in April 2021. Through its Carrefour subsidiary, the Group provided 100 tonnes of water — over 66,000 1.5 litre bottles — which were brought to the West Indies by the Armed Forces surveillance frigate Ventôse.

As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, Carrefour organised a Zumbathon and sold t-shirts provided by a sponsor. Thanks to this initiative, €1,800 was raised for a patient support association.

The RSMA, the Réunion Island Chamber of Trades and GBH are joining forces to launch the “Career Springboard" programme (known as the "Tremplin Pour l'Emploi” locally) for the motor-vehicle mechanics sector. The three institutions have just signed an agreement, with all of the partners in attendance, to start the recruitment process.

The 15 selected students will be offered a permanent job a GBH subsidiary, once they have successfully completed every stage of the training programme. The Adapted Military Service Regiment (RSMA) and the Réunion Island Chamber of Trades (CMAR), in partnership with the GBH group, have announced the launch of the “Career Springboard” programme for the motor-vehicle mechanics sector.

This partnership aims to offer real career opportunities to 15 young people who are struggling to find a job and do not have any qualifications, but want to get involved in these growth sectors that are undergoing rapid technological changes. At the end of this training programme, once they have obtained their vocational qualification, participants will be offered a permanent job within a GBH group subsidiary: Speedy, REP, Pneu Pas Cher and Norauto.

More information: GBH Career Springboard

On Wednesday 26 June 2024, the French Food Banks Federation (Fédération Française des Banques Alimentaires - FFBA) and GBH renewed their partnership agreement signed in 2022 to help to respond to the growing demand for emergency aid and replenish food stocks in Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion Island.

Through this partnership, GBH and its Carrefour subsidiaries have distributed nearly 4.3 million meals to recipient non-profits in these three territories since 2019.

This is the first time that the food banks network has received such support in these overseas territories at the same time.

Since 2022, GBH has been rolling out the "GBH Career Springboard" programme (known as the "Tremplin Pour l'Emploi GBH" locally), a professional-integration solidarity programme aimed at young people in Overseas France, in partnership with the Adapted Military Service Regiment (RSMA), the Ecole de la Deuxième Chance (Second Chance School) and various training bodies. To date, more than 100 young people have received training in mass-retail and motor-vehicle professions in Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana and Réunion Island. 

This year, a new programme is being launched in Réunion Island in order to train participants as sales advisers. This course includes six months at the RSMA-Réunion, followed by a work-study course at Gem Formation and GBH stores, in particular Carrefour Réunion, Fnac and Promocash Réunion. This is the 4th GBH "Career Springboard" programme rolled out in Réunion Island. 

In Guadeloupe, GBH, in partnership with the RSMA Guadeloupe and the Guadeloupe public education college (GRETA-CFA), has created a bespoke scheme for motor-vehicle professions. The trainees have just signed their apprenticeship contract and are joining the Group’s subsidiaries and the training centre. 

GBH wants to provide support to get these young people into work and, once they have successfully completed their training programme, to offer them a job at one of its subsidiaries. Eight GBH Career Springboard programmes in total are being rolled out across the four territories.

In April 2020, alongside many other companies in the fight against Covid-19, and in light of the shortage of healthcare equipment, GBH will be providing healthcare workers from the four French Overseas Regions and Communities with 1.35 million masks, including 450.000 FFP2-type masks.

These masks were delivered to the French Regional Health Agency (ARS) which will allocate them to workers at hospitals, clinics and other healthcare professionals on a priority basis.

The first batch, consisting of 1 million masks, will be delivered on Thursday 9 April across Réunion Island, Guadeloupe and French Guiana. The delivery for Martinique is planned for Friday 10 April 2020.

The remaining 350,000 masks will arrive next week across all four regions. The masks were divided between the territories: 600,000 for Réunion Island, 300,000 for Guadeloupe, 300,000 for Martinique and 150,000 for French Guiana.

On the night of 12 to 13 December 2021, 110 families lost everything when a fire broke out in their building in Saint-Denis, on Réunion Island.

Carrefour Réunion contributed to the appeal for donations by the French Red Cross by donating 200 €50 vouchers to be given to the destitute families.

Donations for people in need

Two hundred €50 vouchers donated to the Red Cross for families left destitute by the Montgaillard fire

For the past several years, Carrefour Réunion has supported Emmaüs Réunion in their efforts to combat exclusion and insecurity. The company regularly collects donations at checkouts to help the charitable organisation continue its work to help the most disadvantaged.

In 2021, appealing to its customers’ generosity resulted in a collection of €33,748.60, all of which was donated to the nonprofit.

Emmaüs Réunion also upcycles and gives a second life to non-food items (textiles, tableware, toys, electrical appliances and more) that are donated all year long in stores.

Make a donation of €0.50 or more at the checkout

Help Emmaüs Réunion with the work it does to combat exclusion and insecurity for individuals and families requiring emergency social assistance.

Your entire donation will be given to Emmaüs Réunion

Because 90,000 Réunion islanders struggle to stock their cupboards, Carrefour Réunion has been supporting Banques Alimentaires des Mascareignes, a local food bank association, since 2016. Support comes in the form of making food donations and responding to calls for collection. This year, Carrefour and Carrefour Market de l’île stores on the island all got involved and sent out an appeal to their customers to help disadvantaged families. Following a collection promoted by a wide advertising campaign (billboards and social media), six tonnes of food donations were collected. A strong show of solidarity. A big thankyou to everyone on Réunion Island who shops at Carrefour!

The Danone Nations Cup is the largest football tournament in the world for children aged 10 to 12.

Fifteen hundred players from Réunion took part in the competition in 2020. For this new edition, the young people got involved with a solidarity project enabling them to collect 14 tonnes of foodstuffs for the Food Bank.

Cotrans Automobiles took part in the Rotary Karting Telethon, raising €53,850 for AFM-Téléthon, the French Muscular Dystrophy Association, as part of the fight against myopathies.

The Mercedes-AMG team was made up of ten employees who are crazy about karting. They took turns every 15 minutes over 24 hours; starting in pole position, the team managed to maintain this lead for almost the whole race.

Committed to emergency aid, the Red Cross and GBH have organised several food donation collections in the Carrefour outlets in the West Indies and Réunion, to help the people of the northern islands affected by hurricanes in 2018.