On July 8, 2026, in Rabat, the Veolia Foundation officially launched its new Veoliaforce Regional Hub. Designed to bring emergency expertise and equipment closer to field operations, this new branch is already backed by a strategic partnership with the Moroccan Red Crescent to maximize the impact of humanitarian interventions across the region.
Veolia employees from Water, Waste Management, and IT expertise, as well as from Franciliane and Aquiris (Belgium's largest wastewater treatment plant), came together for three days to train in humanitarian intervention with the Veolia Foundation.
Angela Currie and Julien de Sousa traveled to a country at war for a Veoliaforce mission focused on drinking water production. In Mykolaïv, Ukraine, they trained Ukrainian water technicians to deploy Aquaforces—the Veolia Foundation’s mobile water treatment units.
Faced with the emergencies that marked the year 2025, the Veolia Foundation did not simply stay the course: it accelerated. Whether deploying clean drinking water solutions in critical humanitarian contexts or supporting social innovation right around the corner, our teams and partners scaled up to deliver.
Preserving a Breton peatland, providing water access in Madagascar, and aquaponics for Beninese orphanages—the supported student initiatives stand out for their strong local roots.
With the monsoon season imminent in Bangladesh, wastewater management in refugee camps is an absolute health challenge. To secure the infrastructure of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in the Cox’s Bazar camps, Raphaël Laplane, an engineer at Veolia Water Technologies, deployed his expertise as a Veoliaforce volunteer.
Recently, a new Mobile Medical Clinic took to the roads of Gujarat, India—marking a significant step forward in our mission to ensure that no community is left behind when it comes to essential services.
Near the historic ruins of Angkor, a hundred families face a daily struggle for water. To meet this challenge, the Veolia Foundation orchestrated a powerful synergy of skills, mobilizing Veoliaforce experts from across the globe to secure access to water for a community in Phnom Kulen.
In late December, a downed high-voltage power line paralyzed the community of Cross Lake, Manitoba, Canada. To secure the drinking water supply, the Veolia Foundation deployed its Aquaforce units in -35°C weather: an unprecedented technical challenge.
A mission led in late 2025 by Veoliaforce volunteers from the Veolia Foundation supported the International Organization for Migration (IOM – UN Migration) in strengthening water access for displaced communities in South Sudan. By eliminating the need for chemicals, the partnership is helping lay the groundwork for more sustainable and resilient water systems in displacement settings.
Emergency drinking water production, mobilization of Veoliaforce volunteer experts, the Veolia Foundation is continuing its work in Jamaica, which was hit by Hurricane Melissa at the end of October. This effort is being carried out in partnership with the French Red Cross.
For three days, 25 employees from Veolia's North American entities gathered in Haworth, New Jersey, for training in humanitarian response. Their training coincided with the launch of the Veolia Foundation's first Veoliaforce hub.
From July 15 to 26, 2025, Emmanuel Corbel (Seureca) and Guy de Sainte-Claire (Veolia Water) conducted an audit of the drinking water infrastructure in the Dzaleka refugee camp in Malawi, as part of the partnership between the Veolia Foundation and the UNHCR. However, this mission began well before their departure.
Séverine Arnaud and Richard Nana-Dwanang, Veoliaforce volunteers, traveled to Cameroon from July 1 to 9, 2025. Their mission focused on visiting the Yaoundé landfill and assessing street cleanliness.
In Blandouet-Saint-Jean, Mayenne, around thirty trainees have come to learn about humanitarian response. Among the instructors are Veoliaforce volunteers who have already been on missions, representatives of humanitarian organisations and permanent experts from the Foundation.
With 40 projects supported and 27 skills-based sponsorship missions, 2024 was a busy year! Find the map of projects and missions, the directory of sponsors and partners, information on Veoliaforce skills-based sponsorship, the Saniforce sanitation solution for humanitarian aid, new partnerships signed, and more.
Around 30 people gathered in Seine-et-Marne on Thursday, June 11, to discover the Veolia Foundation's logistics platform. It was an opportunity to learn more about the Foundation's specialized equipment developed for water and sanitation in humanitarian contexts.
A scientific expedition to the Sandwich Islands, a medical support campaign in Peru and hygiene education in Bolivia... Three projects were singled out by the jury and the public at the 2025 Student Solidarity Awards.