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FEED & CLARINS

A partnership of the heart.

The project was born in 2011, when two individuals, Christian Courtin-Clarins and Lauren Bush Lauren met; drawn together by their shared belief in how educating children can make the world a better place.

Clarins and FEED are proud to be supporting the UN’s food-assistance branch, World Food Programme*.

Together, we’re helping thousands of children improve their diet and receive an education.*WFP

* World Food Programme / programme alimentaire mondial

Meal picture

To date, Clarins has helped distribute:

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school meals around the world.
 

Pupil reading a book

Our Commitment to the cause.

Taking action to improve children’s health and education is a priority for Clarins.
Clarins and FEED have been supporting the UN’s food-assistance branch, WFP*, since 2011.

FEED pouchOne Pouch = Meal picture 10 school meals
Photo of Lauren Bush with the children

Lauren Bush Lauren:
a woman with commitment.

Returning home from a trip abroad as a spokesperson for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in which she was brought face-to-face with world hunger, Lauren Bush Lauren founded FEED Projects in 2007 with a view to set up school nutrition programmes. She came up with the idea of creating a product that would raise public awareness of world hunger and set about designing and promoting her FEED 1 bag. The '1' stands for one meal for one school child for one year.

Why FEED & Clarins?

Our children are the future. We owe it to them to provide them with education, nutrition and health.

Christian Courtin-Clarins

 
© FEED Projects

A single meal, a multitude of benefits.

Financing school meals not only enables us to feed children in need but also to improve school attendance and access to education. Over and above eradicating malnutrition, these meals are also an opportunity for children to learn, play, grow and receive the education they deserve. An entire year of meals and schooling can change a life. Studies have proven that a balanced meal doubles a child’s concentration at school and improves academic performance.

See images of some of our work in the field:

Clarins Honduras video

FEED & CLARINS, project in Honduras

Clarins Sri Lanka video

FEED & CLARINS, project in Sri Lanka

Partnership timeline

  • 2011 FEED pouches

    2011

    First partnership with the American Clarins subsidiary exclusively with Nordstrom then Bloomingdales.

    Exclusive partnership with Colette, Paris

    343,625 meals

  • 2012 FEED pouches

    2012

    FEED’s 5th anniversary: “Clarins Million Meals Concert for FEED”, New York

    1,421,100 meals

  • 2013 FEED pouches

    2013

    FEED 10 & Clarins pouch in over 15 countries.
    1 pouch = 10 school meals.

    Million Meal Campaign in the USA

    2,075,040 meals

  • 2014 FEED pouches

    2014

    FEED & Clarins Collection in over 15 countries: Give your support with FEED & Clarins.

    3,099,970 meals

  • 2015 FEED pouches

    2015

    FEED & Clarins collection in over 30 countries.

    3,954,850 meals

  • 2016 FEED pouches

    2016

    FEED & Clarins collection in over 40 countries.

    4,452,155 meals

  • 2017 FEED pouches

    2017

    FEED & Clarins collection in over 40 countries.

    4,135,010 meals

  • 2018 FEED pouches

    2018

    FEED & Clarins collection in over 40 countries.

    4,045,010 meals

  • 2019 FEED pouches

    2019

    FEED & Clarins collection in over 40 countries.

    4,314,910 meals

  • 2020 FEED pouches

    2020

    FEED & Clarins collection in over 40 countries.

    3,968,710 meals