5365 participants!
For 14 days, 5365 Ramsay Santé employees and doctors gave their all to count their steps and reach a donation of €50,000 to Handicap International for its emergency actions in Morocco.
For the 1st time, French, Swedes, Norwegians and Danes all marched for the same cause.
- 1,182 teams (905 in France, 220 in Sweden, 33 in Norway and 24 in Denmark)
- 649,443,953 not realized
- 9,598 average daily steps per participant
- 454,611 km travelled in total, more than 11 times around the earth
The challenge has become a not-to-be-missed event, bringing teams together for a good cause, with enthusiasm and a touch of competition.
It's an opportunity to encourage participants to adopt regular physical activity, a health prevention theme that Ramsay Sante Foundation has been promoting for several years.
Support Handicap International's emergency actions in Morocco
The figures are alarming: over 380,000 people have been affected by the disaster, including thousands who have lost their homes.
Urgent equipment needs
With tens of thousands of homes destroyed, thousands of Moroccans lost everything in the earthquake that struck the Kingdom on September 8. The affected regions, which are often difficult to access, are in dire need of supplies to help the survivors. With the cold beginning to set in at night, and with blankets in short supply across the country, sheltering people is an absolute emergency.
Handicap International is working with its partners to provide vulnerable populations with essential goods and shelter : tents, tarpaulins, crutches, walkers, wheelchairs...
Rawley Crews/HI
Two priorities: rehabilitation and psychological support
After an earthquake of this magnitude and faced with the loss of loved ones and possessions, survivors are left in a state of shock. This is often compounded by injuries which, if not treated quickly and correctly, can become permanent disabilities.
Handicap International is currently working with local authorities and associations to intervene as soon as possible in the affected areas to provide post-earthquake expertise to care for the affected populations: physical rehabilitation for the injured and disabled and psychological support for the traumatized.
Emergency psychological help is essential to reduce the risk of psychological complications: people who receive this support are less likely to remain in a prolonged state of anxiety. This can help them to better recover from the initial shock and strengthen their resilience. For injured people, overcoming psychological trauma is an essential part of their journey towards physical rehabilitation.
Rawley Crews/HI
Do you know Handicap International?
Handicap International (HI) is an independent international aid organization. For over 40 years, it has been working in situations of poverty, exclusion, conflict and disaster.
Working alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, it acts and speaks out to meet their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights.
Handicap International offers a wide range of responses, including the provision of specific services such as orthopaedic devices, access to education, economic and social integration, social protection, and participation in disaster preparedness...
These activities are divided into different areas of intervention:
- Emergency aid for victims of crises and natural disasters
- Preventing disabilities and disabling illnesses
- Equipment and rehabilitation for the disabled
- Professional, educational and social inclusion of vulnerable people
- Action against mines, explosive remnants of war and the use of weapons in populated areas
- Promoting the rights of vulnerable people, in particular people with disabilities
Find out more about Handicap International
News published on 13/10/2023