Rambourg Foundation

{{Short description|Tunisian philanthropic organization}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}

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| name = Rambourg Foundation

| image = Rambourg Foundation Logo 2023.svg

| type = Non-profit

| founded_date = 2011

| founder = Guillaume Rambourg.{{cite web |title=Guillaume Rambourg Biography |url=https://example.com/guillaume-rambourg |website=Official Website |access-date=27 November 2024}}

| location = London

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| origins = UK

| key_people = Shiran Ben Abderrazak (CEO)

Sarah Ben Hsouna (President)

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| homepage = {{Official website|https://rambourg-foundation.com/}}

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The Rambourg Foundation is a nonprofit organization founded in 2011 by Guillaume Rambourg.{{Cite web |date=April 2019 |title=Culture funding Watch: Rambourg Foundation |url=https://culturefundingwatch.com/fr/newsletter/second-newsletter/?frame=0 |access-date=28 February 2021 |website=culturefundingwatch.com}}{{Cite web |date=1 October 2019 |title=Anti-party Aich Tounsi shakes up Tunisian election |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20191001-anti-party-aich-tounsi-shakes-up-tunisian-election |access-date=28 February 2021 |website=france24.com}} Originally founded as a charity in the United Kingdom,{{Cite web |title=The Rambourg Foundation |url=https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/5015288/governance |access-date=28 February 2021 |website=charitycommission.gov.uk}} {{Cite web |date=17 February 2020 |title=Project Call for the first edition of Rambourg Foundation grants |url=https://www.webmanagercenter.com/2020/02/17/444954/appel-a-projets-pour-la-premiere-edition-de-la-fondation-rambourg-grants/ |access-date=28 February 2021 |website=webmanagercenter.com}}

President

Since 2023, the foundation has been led by Sarah Ben Hsouna, its mission is to promote cultural heritage and social development.

Objectives and mission

The mission of the Rambourg Foundation is to facilitate public access to arts and culture by promoting education, sports and handicrafts especially among young Tunisians.

The foundation works through its programs to develop a knowledge and creative economy with a special focus on the most remote areas of the country.{{Cite book |title=The Europa International Foundation Directory 2020 |publisher=Routledge |year=2020 |isbn=978-0-367-44018-3 |location=United Kingdom}}

Projects and activities

  • The Rise of the Nation: Art at the Dawn of Modern Tunisia (1837-1881): an exhibition organised with the collaboration of the organized by the National Heritage Institute to shed lights on a forgotten period in the Tunisian modern history under the rules of the Beys, former kings of Tunisia.{{Cite web |date=11 December 2016 |title=Exhibition sheds light on legacy of Tunisia’s beys |url=https://thearabweekly.com/exhibition-sheds-light-legacy-tunisias-beys |access-date=28 February 2021 |website=thearabweekly.com}}{{Cite web |last=Szakal |first=Vanessa |date=12 January 2017 |title=Reviving the Beys |url=https://nawaat.org/2017/01/12/reviving-the-beys/ |access-date=28 February 2021 |website=nawaat.org}}
  • The Rambourg Foundation Prize for Contemporary Art.{{Cite web |date=21 April 2020 |title=The Rambourg Foundation Prize for Contemporary Art |url=https://www.tap.info.tn/fr/Portail-Culture-et-M%C3%A9dias/12589521-prix-de-la |access-date=28 February 2021 |website=tap.info.tn}}
  • Inauguration of a cultural center of arts and crafts in Djebel Semmama located in the region of Kasserine to create better opportunities for young people.{{Cite web |date=28 June 2020 |title=Why is hip-hop bringing change in Tunisia’s Kasserine Mountains? |url=https://www.euronews.com/2020/06/26/why-is-hip-hop-brining-change-in-tunisia-s-kasserine-mountains |access-date=28 February 2021 |website=euronews.com}}

Publications

The awakening of a nation, art at the dawn of modern Tunisia (1837–1881) under the direction of Ridha Moumni, November 2016 ({{ISBN|978-8-899-76525-5}}).{{Cite book |last=Moumni |first=Ridha |title=The rise of a nation, art at the dawn of a modern Tunisia (1837–1881) |publisher=Officina Libraria |year=2016 |isbn=978-8-899-76525-5}}

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