Tandem c santé

TANDEM AND HEALTH(LE TANDEM C'EST LA SANTÉ )

One year travel in South East Asia and in Southern Europe to bear witness to innovative projects, which aim to improve the health of local populations.

Marie & Pascal HOUDANT

Le Tandem c'est la santé / Août 2011 - Juillet 2012

SUMMARY OF

THE PROJECT� In all the countries we will travel through, we will find out and meet people and associations, who try to answer local

health issues and needs, in an innovative way,

� We will promote these local initiatives (during and after ourtrip).trip).

Long-term help by- highlighting those actions thanks to

- our website (updated during the trip) and

- articles and conferences once back in France,


- helping creating partnerships between local associations abroad and French partners(foundations, associations, medias, etc.)

An invitation to open our minds and discuss via our blo g the following topics:- local medical practices and approaches ,

- cultural, geographical, economic and political contex t, that act upon their implementation2

THE TEAM


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OUR CURRICULUM VITAE

Marie28 years old

• Academic background- Diplomas, 2006 :

o MSc. In management, granted by the Institute of Political and Economical Studies (Bordeaux, France) -including 1 year in Bristol (UK),o MSc. of Auditing and Controlling, IAE (Bordeaux, France),

• Professional background- 2006 – 2009 : Corporate Internal Audit , Sanofi-Aventis : auditing subsidiaries all over the world

• Academic background- Diplomas, 2004 : MSc. In European Business, ESCP EAP (European School of Management),

European Stream 3 years, 3 countries, 3 diplomas (Paris – Oxford – Berlin).

• Professional background

- 2006 – 2009 : Corporate Internal Audit , Sanofi-Aventis : auditing subsidiaries all over the world- 2009 – 2011 : Consultant Financial Transforming and Outsourcing, Grant Thornton (Rennes, France).

Fluent in English, basic knowledge in German and Span ish.

• Previous experiencesParticipation in various projects : scouting for 10 years, humanitarian work in Burkina Faso (1998), pilgrimageto the Negev desert (2004), camping and walk in Yellowstone national park (2007).

• Professional background- 2005 – 2008 : Corporate Internal Audit , Sanofi-Aventis,- 2008 – 2011 : Finance Manager, Sanofi-Aventis, (Ploërmel plant, France).

Fluent in English and German.

• Previous experiencesBike trips : Croatia, 2001 (Trieste-Dubrovnic) ; Corsica, 2002 (Ajaccio-Bastia) ; Alps, 2005 (Bavaria –Briançon) ; Turkey, 2006 (Istanbul – Antalia, with some stages by bus) ; Pyrenees, 2007 (Lourdes –Collioure),Experience in various associations (scouting, French teaching to foreigners, etc).


4Pascal

31 years old

SKILLS AND ROLES

Useful skills for the projectExperience in the pharmaceutical industry with audit as signments conducted all around the world in Sanofi Aventis subsidiaries (interviews, minutes and corporate report writing) (Marie & Pascal).

Experience in the associative world :

-Marie : Member and President of a Student association (3 years): organization of conferences and events.

- Pascal : Member of 2 associations: Secours Catholique (2000-2001) and Conférence St Vincent de Paul - Pascal : Member of 2 associations: Secours Catholique (2000-2001) and Conférence St Vincent de Paul (2009).

Useful skills for the tripScouting (Marie & Pascal),

Bike trips (Pascal) and high endurance through sport (Marie & Pascal).

Roles &TasksMarie

o before departure : association creation, communication, administrative tasks, website design,


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o before departure : association creation, communication, administrative tasks, website design,

o during the trip : logistics and first aid,

Pascalo before departure : route planning, maintenance of equipments, budget, website design,

o during the trip : mechanical support, budget monitoring

Weo before departure : contacting partners in France and abroad, design of the questionnaire,

o during the trip : meeting associations, communication through our website, administrative tasks,

o back in France : conferences and events on the project.

THE PROJET


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OBJECTIVES

• highlight alternating medical approaches and report on the local projets through ourwebsite,

• increase our experience of the health sector , that we have gained in our jobs in the

We have decided to travel one year long and meet local associations which act to improve health in an original way in order to :

• increase our experience of the health sector , that we have gained in our jobs in the Pharmaceutical Industry,

• meet people of different cultures : the better people know one other, the more theyunderstand, respect and help each other.

• discover areas and cultures which have played and still play a major role in the development of the medical science (greek, arabic and asian medicine),

• open our minds and observe different languages, landscapes, cities, cultures.

We also want to cycle in South-East Asia and in SouthernEurope in order to :


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• open our minds and observe different languages, landscapes, cities, cultures.

• live our original honey moon ,• have a break in our everyday life and job.

One year after our wedding, we wish to take a « yearsabbatical », in order to :

METHODOLOGY OF THE PROJECT

• Meeting people and organisation working in various fields of the health sector in France (medicine, pharmaceutical industry, public health) to get a better understandingthe health sector and health issues.• Getting the help of the association and NGO network to contact local partners , thatwe want to meet during our trip.• Meeting media (local newspapers, specialised magazines) , in order to publicize ourproject and thus give media coverage to the local initiatives we want to support.• Creating a questionnaire,

Beforethe trip

• Creating a questionnaire,• with which we will interview local partners during our trip,,• thanks to which we will highlight the context and the various sides of these actions.

• Meeting the local partners (at least 1 initiative by country),• Communication through our website :

• report on our meeting with the local partners,• description of their project, its origin and the resources they need,• travel diary of our trip,• photos and short videos.

Duringthe trip


• Sharing our experience through conferences, photo exhibitions, articles and through our website,

• with our partners in France (foundations, media, etc.) ,• with associations/people interested in sharing our experiences,• with tpotential travellers who want to realize similar projects.

• Long-term follow-up of the local projects that we promo ted, by attemptingto raise awareness on the health problems they have.

Back home

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OUR APPROACH

Access to medical care

Adaptation to isolated

populations

In order to focus more on innovating projects on

health, adapted to the local populations, we would like

towork on 4 areas.

A medicineadapted to

the needs of the local

populations.

Support to sufferingpatients

Micro InsuranceFinancing

Adaptation to poor

populations

Adaptation to the Human

Being


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Prevention / Education to

hygieneAdaptation to the local environment (cultural,

religious, geographical)

THE ITINERARY


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PROJECTED TRAVEL ITINERARY 2011-2012Departure Arrival km

Diff in altitude (+)

No. days Main difficulties/commentsStart date

Arrival date

Country

1 Hong Kong Hanoi (Vn) 1 200 2 000 34Big cities of South East China (Hong Kong, Guangzhou)

22/08/11 24/09/11entry China then

Vietnam

2 Hanoi (Vn)Luang Prabang

(La)900 3 500 25 Mountains in Laos 25/09/11 20/10/11 Vietnam

3Luang Prabang

(La)Vientiane (La) 400 2 500 11 Mountains in Laos 21/10/11 02/11/11 entry Laos

4 Vientiane (La) Pakse (La) 800 3 500 22 Mountains in Laos 03/11/11 25/11/11 Laos

5 Pakse (La) Ho Chi Minh (Vn) 950 2 000 27 Busy roads (to be checked) 26/11/11 23/12/11 2nd entry Vietnam5 Pakse (La) Ho Chi Minh (Vn) 950 2 000 27 Busy roads (to be checked) 26/11/11 23/12/11 2nd entry Vietnam

6 Ho Chi Minh (Vn) Phnom Penh (Ca) 250 400 7 Big cities 24/12/11 31/12/11 entry Cambodge

7 Phnom Penh (Ca) Bangkok (Th) 750 1 000 21We w ill travel far from the troubles that occur betw een Cambodia and Thailand 01/01/12 22/01/12 entry Thaïlande

8 Bangkok (Th) Phuket (Th) 950 2 000 27 23/01/12 18/02/12 Thaïlande

6 200 16 900 174 28/02/12273

Departure Arrival kmDiff in

altitude (+)No. days Main difficulties/comments

Start date

Arrival date

Country

9 Istanbul (Tq) Thessalonique (Gr) 600 1 500 17 28/02/12 16/03/12 entry Turquie

10 Thessalonique (Gr) Athènes (Gr) 600 1 000 17 17/03/12 03/04/12 entry Grèce

TOTAL STAGES PHASE 1 Date of flight to Istanbul (Turkey) + 10 d. marginAverage altitude for 100 km (meters)

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11 Athènes (Gr) Tirana (Al) 850 2 000 24 Boat from Durres (prox Tirana) to Bari (Italie) 04/04/12 28/04/12 entry Albanie

12 Bari (It) Naples (It) 300 500 8 Boat from Durres (prox Tirana) to Bari (Italie) 29/04/12 07/05/12 entry Italie

13 Naples (It) Florence (It) 600 1 500 17 We will pass by Roma 08/05/12 25/05/12 Italie

14 Florence (It) Marseille (Fr) 850 3 000 24 26/05/12 19/06/12 entry France

15 Marseille (Fr) Strasbourg (Fr) 1 000 3 500 28 20/06/12 18/07/12 France

4 800 13 000 134 28/07/12271

Source : free software Openrunner.com

TOTALSTAGES PHASE 2 Arrival date + 10 d. marginAverage altitude for 100 km (meters)

PROJECTED PLANNING (CLIMATE)

Pays aug. sept. oct. nov. dec. jan. feb. mar. apr. may jun. jul.China (Hong-Kong, Guangzhou)Vietnam (Hanoi)Laos (Vientiane)

2011 2012

Laos (Vientiane)Laos (Pakse)Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh)Cambodia (Phnom Penh)Thailand (Bangkok)Thaïland (Phuket)Turkey (Istanbul)Greece (Athènes)Italy (Rome)France

Captionperfect climate (dry and warm temperature)

proper climate (rather cold and/or some rain)

beginning of the rainy season


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THE ITINERARY

� Stage 1 : South East Asia (Hong-Kong -> Phuket) approx . 6 500 km


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Phuket

� Stage 2 : Southern Europe (Istanbul -> France) approx . 4 500 km

THE ITINERARY

Strasbourg

Mordelles

Thessalonique


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• Why travel by bike ?- ecological and economical,- close to the people and to the natue:

sufficiently slow to meet people and enjoy the scenery,

TRANSPORT AND DAILY LIFE

Transport

scenery,sufficiently fast to cover long distances.

• Why travel by tandem ?- to share all good and bad moments,- to equalize our " cycling level",- to create curiosity and meetings. We will travel the links between

continents by air:- Paris – Istanbul,- Cairo – Phuket,- Hanoi – Rome.


• Camping or staying with local people in their homes• Budget- Daily budget : approx. 8 € / day / person,- Total budget : 26 000 €.

Daily life

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PROJECT KEY FIGURES

Around 11 000 km

- 50 km per day – 5 days out of 7

- 2 areas :- 2 areas :

- South East Asia

- Southern Europe10 countries at least 10

initiatives to promote and share

Scheduled departure on August 22, 2011

Expected return in July 2012Expected return in July 2012


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WHY AND HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT US ?

� Why support us ?� You will help us achieve our goals : testimony and solidarity action,� As a partner of our project, you can use it as a medium of communication and

thus promote this kind of initiative,� When we return in France, if you wish, we offer to testify from our experience

(photo and or video exhibition, conference, etc.).(photo and or video exhibition, conference, etc.).

� How support us ?� Supporting financially or materially associations that we will meet during our

trip,� Helping us acquire our equipment (tandem bycicle, trailer, other equipments),

helping us finance what will need (visas, first aid kit, vaccines, insurance, etc.) or providing financial help to our project,

� Talking about our project to individuals or organizations who are interested in partnering with us and giving us their contact,

� Sharing your experience with us.

� Contact� E-mail : [email protected]� Mobile phone : +33 (0)6.19.77.12.58� Postal address : 3 rue des acacias 35310 MORDELLES – France (valid until

the date of our departure)


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