15th September 2004
The September issue of Time magazine (Europe) ran an article about recent trends in philanthropy and how, with many countries facing shrinking government budgets, companies in Europe are increasingly stepping in to back charity projects. Marie-France Blanco and Relais Enfants Parents (REP) of France were featured in the piece, as was the Bernard van Leer Foundation in The Hague . The issue of prisoners’ children was underscored, with a first page spread caption describing REP’s difficulties garnering initial funding in France for the project 20 years ago until Bernard van Leer Foundation support was found for a nine-year period.