Our Cultural Dialogue and Heritage actions
TotalEnergies Corporate Foundation works to ensure access to culture for as many people as possible, to foster equal opportunities and build a fairer and more sustainable society. To give everyone access to culture, TotalEnergies Corporate Foundation supports players who play an active role across the regions as well as art and cultural education projects nationwide, which develop young people’s ability to take action and play an active role in society.
Our main courses of action:
- Preserving and promoting heritage buildings.
- Supporting artistic creativity with a social impact, by and for young people, through art education programs.
- Promoting cultural diversity to help people reach out to one another.
Preserving & Promoting Heritage Buildings
For the TotalEnergies Corporate Foundation professional inclusion, young people and regional appeal are at the heart of its commitment.
We support the preservation and promotion of heritage buildings through restoration projects that have both a major cultural interest and are also wonderful socio-professional levers for young people.
TotalEnergies Marketing South Africa contributes to the funding of the Thabo Mbeki Presidential Centre through its partner the Thabo Mbeki Foundation.
“The centre’s mission is to inspire, educate, and empower current and future generations of Africans and global citizens to learn from the past, engage with the present, and envision a better future for Africa and the world.” - Thabo Mbeki
Youth Art Education for Social Impact
The TotalEnergies Corporate Foundation supports art and cultural education projects that develop young people’s ability to take action and play an active role in society.
The act of creating helps them develop skills useful for their personal empowerment, socio-professional inclusion, and makes them part of a collective project that contributes to strengthening social ties.
Young people who attend Buskaid music school, and Sibikwa Arts Academy, do so as an extra-curricula activity after-school and over the weekend.
TotalEnergies’ journey with Buskaid
The partnership began the Buskaid Soweto String Project was established by Rosemary Nalden in January 1997 in response to requests from the Diepkloof community.
Buskaid is a thriving academy of string musical instrument teaching and performance, located in the heart of the South African township of Soweto within Gauteng Province.
TotalEnergies and Sibikwa: Empowering Youth Since 1997
The partnership has seen hundreds of young people benefit from participating in arts and culture.
TotalEnergies supports the Sibikwa Arts Academy, which promotes young black artists from the townships. The Sibikwa Arts Centre, based in Benoni (Gauteng Province) regularly organizes competitions for the young black artists to showcase their talents.
Connecting people to cultural diversity
TotalEnergies has a partnership with the French Institute of South Africa (IFAS) for cultural events and this sponsorship is part of the company's broader engagement with South Africa's economy and culture. Through this sponsorship, TotalEnergies has cultivated a relationship with Fête de la Musique and Zip Zap.
The commitment for embracing South African culture is highlighted by the annual free music festival, Fête de la Musique hosted by IFAS and circus show hosted by Zip Zap called Moya.
Fête de la Musique
This is an annual free music festival that take place in the heart of Johannesburg, organised by the French Institute of South Africa (IFAS). The inaugural event took place in 2010 and has been providing local voices with an opportunity to showcase their talents.
The Zip Zap circus
Zip Zap was born in 1992 from a simple dream trapeze bar in a tree, a costume box and a rusty car.
Established by South African born Brent van Rensburg and his French wife, Laurence Estève, their dream was to use the circus as a tool to bridge socio-economic gaps and to inspire and empower young people to build a new culture of peaceful co-existence in South Africa.
Impact and Reach
Acting for youth with our partners
Our areas of action for young people
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Inclusion and Education
Climate, Coastal Areas, and Oceans
