The winners of the WikiChallenge 2019 are...
The African Schools WikiChallenge allows the pupils of our digital schools to improve their writing skills and learn how to use digital tools while learning to publish content online. It is a way to create more content about African daily life and culture, something which is often missing from...
Making digital technology a driver of equal opportunity
All over France, the Orange Foundation helps people in difficulty to enter the digital age and achieve social and professional integration. In 2019, over 50,000 of them will benefit. These two films help to promote our Digital Workshops, one of our 3 integration programmes: 10,000 digital...
African Schools WikiChallenge: writing to connect to the world
Students who don’t have access to school books or an internet connection need to be able to learn and connect to the world, despite these limitations. That is the aim of our Digital Schools and our African Schools WikiChallenge. This competition is aimed at the most disadvantaged schools in...
The digital solidarity
Give young people and women the keys to the digital world through four major digital education programs in France, Europe and Africa.
Discover our actionsEven more solidarity
As digital technology is not accessible everywhere and can not solve everything, we are moving into vital areas for particularly vulnerable audiences. We are thus taking action to promote access to health, education and culture in France, Europe and Africa.
Discover our actionsThe Orange Foundation in action
A Solidarity FabLab in Le Puy en Velay!
In the Haute-Loire region, we support the Solidarity FabLab at the 2nd Chance School in Le Puy en Velay, which teaches students about 3D printing.
The training manager encourages students to build small objects.
“It’s different from your average training session. The students all get to take something home with them,” explains the school’s director.
A Solidarity FabLab opening in Montreuil!
La Verrière Solidarity FabLab in Montreuil is a place for exchanging and digital creation open to all.
Young people learn how to use digital manufacturing tools, allowing them to design objects for people with disabilities.
Inauguration of a Solidarity FabLab for and by young disabled people
A unique Solidarity FabLab is being opened at the Institution JB Thierry in a former chapel. At the “Mac Gyver” FabLab, young people with autism can learn to make spare parts for wheelchairs used by children with various disabilities. The FabLab will serve as a training centre for residents giving them skills in new technology. The Solidarity FabLab team in Champagnole, Jura, will train and support those who run the centre.
Meeting with the Digital Centre at Cité Vélane in Toulouse
We met with the women volunteers and team from the Digital Centre at Cité Vélane in Toulouse with Christine Albanel. The team explained, “They feel free, independent, and integrated [...] They help one another, and it forges bonds!”
Digital workshops for female prisoners in Mulhouse
We support the Digit’elles project by Face Alsace in Mulhouse, providing female prisoners with IT training. In September 2019, twenty-four women received training to break the digital divide and encourage rehabilitation.
In Mayotte our Digital Centre trains 23 women in difficulty
The Women’s Digital Centre in Mayotte supports women to learn the basics of digital tools for online administrative procedures and professional integration. Confidence and independence are the watchwords of this 6-week computer literacy course.
Jean-Baptiste Maudet, winner of the 2019...
For its 11th edition, the Orange Book Prize went to Jean-Baptiste Maudet for his novel "Matador Yankee", published by Le Passage. The jury was chaired by Jean-Christophe Rufin and made up of authors: Joachim Schnerf (winner in 2018 for his novel, “Cette Nuit, Zulma”), Geneviève Brisac, Jean-Luc...
After the Ongola FabLab… the mobile FabLab!
On 23 May, we opened the first mobile Solidarity FabLab in Cameroon in association with AUF.
Young Cameroonians in all regions of the country will be able to access digital manufacturing tools, develop their skills and make their projects a reality.
And the winner of the Orange Book prize in Africa is...
Cameroonian writer Djaïli Amadou Amal has won the Orange Book Award in Africa for his book "Munyal, the tears of patience", published by Proximité in 2017. The jury described the novel as “A strong, sincere, rebellious voice, served by a language that promotes its culture.” The Award launched in October 2018 reflects our desire to work to promote literary talent in Africa and encourage the local publishing industry.
The Jastrzębie-Zdrój Women’s Digital Centre
The Jastrzębie-Zdrój Digital Centre in Poland welcomes young women to develop their digital skills. The association runs "design thinking" workshops, logo creation or website creation, as well as professional workshops on how to create and manage your own micro company and prepare for a job interview.