Social Corporate Responsibility

SCR

We tend to mislead our capacity to support those most in need. Monetary donation is not always the right solution and has seldom led to sustainable growth. Donating your time and hands-on experience is more beneficial to communities in need. The result of this voluntary action goes beyond any expectation and is self-rewarding. Social responsibility is crucial to Singular Structures, and these activities will continue as part of our identity.

Morocco and Benin

Safer Schools

In emerging economies, population growth and limited financial resources have led to school buildings being built on an ad-hoc basis, with precarious construction materials. Policy, planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance are not fully and systematically applied at each stage of a school building’s life cycle, which builds up performance risks that affect students’ safety.

The vulnerability of a school structure shows at every stage of its life cycle, with nuances across emerging countries: from planning (site selection, building orientation, natural hazard definition, climate change), to design (one design fits all load scenarios), to construction (material and construction quality), to inspection and maintenance (retrofit and resilience).

Morocco Benin

Dassa, Benin

Mental Health Center

In Africa, people with mental disorders face stigma, discrimination, violations of their human rights and difficulties in accessing mental health services, which often do not exist in the poorest regions. Humanitarian organisations, NGOs and associations such as Saint Camille try to tackle this problem by covering the basic needs of people with mental illness so that their dignity is restored.

I take part, as reviewer, in the construction of the largest medical care centre built by Saint Camille in Benin, which also includes vocational training modules for reintegration. The new centre, which will house 200 patients, is located in Dassa, a city of 113,000 inhabitants in southern Benin, about 190 km north of Porto-Novo.