A pioneer in tourism, local development accelerator

Club Med, a pioneer in commitment

Happiness: The more we share it, the more we receive it.
It is from this conviction that the Club Med Foundation was born in 1978.
Today, over 40 years later, it is one of the oldest Foundations created by a private company.
As a pioneer in community development, The Club Med Foundation was one of the first to encourage the involvement of employees in solidarity projects, as well as the recycling of reformed materials.

Local Solidarity Activator

Today, the Club Med Foundation continues to move forward by leveraging the time and skills of our teams as well as the entire Club Med value chain to benefit local associations.

The foundation offers financial support, develops relationships with local suppliers, donates equipment and stays, lends our resort infrastructure, and encourages the commitment of employees and guests as community partners.
The foundation is committed to two priority criteria when selecting partners: their effectiveness in their actions and their proximity to our Club Med sites:

to facilitate access to education and recreation for all

In 2019:

• 19 key partners in social or educational action supported over time
• 430 children accompanied in 8 sports schools
• 6 young people taken on internships or hired as part of the trade bridges
• 2,700 children were welcomed at the 36 Resorts planetary tea
• 6 dreams of sick children realized

Biodiversity Protection

• GREEN FARMERS: train small local producers in agro-ecology (in 6 countries),
• NAVY BLUE: fight against plastic pollution in the Mediterranean Sea with Med Expedition, protect cetaceans with the WCA (World Cetacean Alliance),
• GREEN KEEPERS: in 25 Resorts, partnerships with local biodiversity protection associations

The Worldwide Snack
Every year Club Med invites children from neighboring associations and schools to spend a day at the Resort. In 2019 the 20th Worldwide Snack welcomed over 2700 children to 36 Resorts around the globe for an unforgettable day filled with fun, games, food, and more. This year, on June 29th, Club Med was proud to relaunch this tradition for the first time since the pandemic.

Making Wishes Come True
Since 2014, Club Med has welcomed critically ill children identified by Petits Princes Association and Make-A-Wish International to fulfill their dreams, such as meeting Santa, skiing, or going to the beach for the first time. Each dream is magical and reflects the child's personality, bringing the Club Med spirit, joy, and hope to the family and the child.

Our young G.M. can share recreational or educational moments with children from the host country.

The playback that creates links:

• Children from local communities and children of Club Med guests meet in a friendly atmosphere around activities organized by G.Os. They develop a spirit of sharing, create friendships throughout the world, and this opens them up to other cultures.
• In 11 Resorts in 2019, with more than 3000 children participating.

G.M. can financially support the Foundation's actions. Whether it is during festive, fun or sporting events in the Resorts, or outside stays for auctions or raffles online, when booking or throughout the year on the dedicated site, the G.M can financially support the Foundation's projects by making a donation to the Friends of the Club Med Foundation, by allocating it if they wish to a specific project: www.AmisFondationClubMed.com

Donations are secured and returned in full to the projects and associations that receive them
"Friends of the Club Med Foundation" is a charity account under the aegis of the King Baudouin Foundation in Belgium. This renowned hosting foundation is a guarantee of the seriousness of the selected projects and the reliability of the donation circuit. It also allows tax deductions in France, most European countries and the United States.

The Foundation responds to local needs by spreading its resources over multiple programs carried by G.O & G.E all over the world. And it is thanks to the generosity of our clients, our G.M. become « Gentile Donors » that more and more projects can be implemented, and more quickly.

Focus on Claire and Mary: Useful and not futile holidays!
The winners of the great solidarity raffle "one year win-win" organized on the occasion of the 40 years of the Foundation have won an unlimited one year pass at Club Med! They chose not to simply take advantage of the Resorts, but to go around the world and become involved as volunteers in the Foundation's solidarity programs; they share their wonderful experience:

• On Instagram: @happy.traveldiary
• On Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9KEGwSH7eIcxlLJ6MHNg6A
• On our website: https://www.amisfondationclubmed.com/fr/menu_item_pages/happy-traveldiary

For example, beach cleanings are organized in many Resorts. In 7 Resorts on three continents, sea turtles are protected according to the instructions of the kit "Very Important Turtles".
Or in Brazil and the Maldives, Club Med works to protect coral reefs and invites G.M. to sponsor the relocation of corals.

According to the Resorts, the G.M. can discover the Foundation's activities during excursions or participate in welcoming the children of the partner associations during the Planetary Taste. They can also deposit material donations (school supplies, clothing, etc.).
Learn more about material donations: https://www.amisfondationclubmed.com/en/menu_item_pages/donategoods

Since 2008, we have a partnership with AGRISUD to promote local, rural agriculture and agro-ecology near our resorts. This original program aims to support the creation of very small viable and sustainable agricultural enterprises around our sites.
Almost 500 producers have already been trained in the principles of environmentally friendly agriculture and assisted in the economic management of their production. As a result, they can access new markets, such as Club Med, and look to the future more serenely.

Through this program, our guests have access to tasty, fresh, local, healthy, and meaningful products that are found daily in our restaurants.

Since 2010, nearly 300 tons of agroecological products have been purchased from local farmers through the project worldwide.

Wherever we are located, Club Med is an active contributor to the regional economy. In Cap Skirring, Senegal, Agrisud and Club Med have been accompanying nearly 180 market gardeners to enable them to supply the village with agro-ecological products for the past ten years.

With the pandemic, we didn't want local people to be further weakened by the closure of our Resorts. The Club Med Foundation therefore decided to buy some of the produce of the 180 vegetable gardeners who usually supply the Resort to redistribute it in the form of fruit and vegetable baskets to nearly 700 vulnerable families.

We offer areas dedicated to healthy, organic, vegan, and vegetarian food in our buffets.

Freshly squeezed fruit juices, a salad bar, homemade granolas, vegetarian dishes, vegan desserts, plant-based milks, gluten-free bread, annd much more await you, no matter your dietary needs.

Nearly 75% of Club Med jobs filled locally.

Because of the variety of activities offered in a Club Med Resort, the number of jobs created there is higher than in the traditional hotel industry.

On average, 86% of the purchases (goods and materials) made by a Resort are made from suppliers in the country where it is located.
While some of these purchases, which cannot be accurately estimated, come from imports made by the local supplier itself, this average nevertheless reflects Club Med’s willingness to work as much as possible with local partners, producers or distributors.

in tourism with ECPAT

• Support to local associations for the care of street children (social and family reintegration).
• Prevention of child sex tourism with ECPAT since 2005.
• Raising awareness among G.M traveling to sensitive countries.

Since 2008, the Responsible Traveler Charter has been posted or distributed to encourage G.M. to discover and respect the nature, culture and hosts of the host country.
The G.M. are also sensitized through posters placed in the rooms.