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Our organisation

The Foundation office and its teams

08/05/2009

Because even when someone is destitute, they must have access to proper, decent living conditions, without which no plans for the future can be made,

The Fondation Abbé Pierre works for the most destitute to find decent long-term housing.

Honorary President: Abbé Pierre

Board of Directors:

Office

Raymond Etienne, President, Founding Member
Jacques Oudot, Vice President
François Chaillou, Vice President
Marie-Thérèse Koehler, Secretary
Bernard Zuber, Treasurer
Jean-Pierre Gilles, Director
Laurent Desmard (former private secretary to Abbé Pierre)
Aminata Koné (Confederal Secretary, Confédération Syndicale des Familles (CSF))
Jean-Michel Mehnert (former Commissioner, representing the Minister of the Interior)
Jacques Jaffredou (Emmaus movement)

Team Management

Managing Director of the Fondation Abbé Pierre: Patrick Doutreligne
Deputy Managing Director: Christian Ballet
At the General Headquarters, four areas of administration: Administration and Finance, Social Missions, Development of Resources and Donors, Regional Studies and Activities
In total, the Foundation has 96 employees and 182 volunteers working in 13 locations. In 2007, 27 trainees were welcomed.

Legal status

Recognized as a Public Utility Foundation on 11 February 1992, Committee Charter Member.

Resources

25.5 million euros in 2006, of which 87.4% came from public generosity.

The Fondation Abbé Pierre is part of the Emmaus movement.

For more information

Consult the Emmaus France site

Consult the Emmaus International site

Site map | Legal mentions and respect for privacy

The Charter Committee

In 1989, associations decide to set up a professional code of ethics for collecting funds from the public: the Charter Committee is born.

Logo du Comité de la Charte

Today, more than 50 social and humanitarian organizations make up this committee, which has two simple objectives:

To draft a professional code of ethics regarding appeals for public generosity, and for this code to be respected by giving a seal of approval each year to the member organisations;
To encourage public generosity by being worthy of its trust.

A member since 1997, the Fondation Abbé Pierre pour le Logement des Défavorisés has had its certification renewed regularly ever since.