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Électriciens sans frontières (Electricians without Borders, ESF) to rebuild villages destroyed by an earthquake in April 2015 in the valley around Laprak (Nepal). It provided financial assistance for reconstruction, including participation in the funding of 3,000 lighting kits for

relocated households and the installation of public solar-powered lighting in villages and refugee camps. Energy efficiency is also a means of social and professional integration. In France, the Rexel Foundation has joined forces with the Teknik Foundation to promote careers in the electrical industry among middle school and high school students in priority education zones. Launched in April 2015 under the aegis of FACE (international foundation whose objective is to fight exclusion, poverty and discrimination), and in conjunction with the French Ministry of Education, the Teknik Foundation is developing a nationwide project to foster interest in the

THE FOUNDATION S COMMUNITY PROJECTS The Rexel Foundation has supported 18 community projects to improve access to energy efficiency for communities in need. The Foundation systematically works in partnership with NGOs, other foundations and Rexel s customers or suppliers. Electrical vocational training in developing countries is a powerful lever for spreading energy efficiency knowledge and know-how. In 2015, the Foundation worked in conjunction with the Thai Ministry of Labor s Department of Skill Development (DSD) to provide educational kits as part of a program to train 300 young Thai people in the electrical and automation trades each year beginning in 2016. In Vietnam, the Foundation partnered with the IECD (European Institute for Cooperation and Development) to develop a training program intended to reinforce the employability of young people in Ho Chi Minh City, with the goal of training 720 students over three years. Emergency relief in the wake of natural disasters is another of the Foundation s areas of involvement. In 2015, for example, it worked alongside

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 In 2015, two new independent members joined the Executive Committee of the Rexel Foundation for a better energy future alongside Ernst Worrell, professor at Utrecht University (the Netherlands): Brice Lalonde, UN Global Compact Special Advisor on Sustainable Development and Dan Esty, professor at Yale University (US).

PROMOTING A BETTER ENERGY FUTURE