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Watever
Watever is a French Non-Governmental Association composed of professionals from the maritime, transport, and development industries. It was established in 2010 by Marc Van Peteghem, Yves Marre, Alain Connan and Gérald Similowski with the conviction that boats can be a gateway to development. The NGO primarily focuses on underprivileged populations living on the shores of oceans and rivers, and provides them access to floating solutions uniquely adapted to their economic, social and climatic situation. History The NGO arises from the encounter of its two founding members in 2004: Marc Van Peteghem (President) and Yves Marre (Vice-President). A friendship was born between these two men who share the same values and results in several projects. Together they developed the concept of floating ambulance in Bangladesh, for the floating hospitals of Friendship, and produced the first unsinkable boats for the fishermen of the country. In 2010, they created NGO Watever with Alain Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taratari Shipyard
Taratari is a shipyard founded in 2004 in Bangladesh by the French sailor Yves Marre. Supported by the French NGO Watever, it aims to develop a modern, safe, and responsible nautical production industry in the country. History In 1994, Yves Marre sailed his barge from France to Bangladesh. There, he and his wife Runa Khan founded an NGO called Friendship to provide health care in the area. They converted the barge into a hospital to provide healthcare to isolated people in the north of Bangladesh. 2004 to 2012 In 2004, Marre founded the Taratari shipyard for Friendship's needs, aiming to build a second floating hospital and two ambulance catamarans with fiberglass. The catamaran "Emirates Friendship Hospital" was inaugurated in 2008. In 2004 Marre also met Marc Van Peteghem, co-director of the naval architecture agency VPLP. This gave rise to numerous collaborations, including the NGO Watever. Van Peteghem designed a floating ambulance for Taratari, which was produced in two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yves Marre
Yves Marre is a French people, French entrepreneur, inventor and adventurer, co-founder of Friendship (NGO) in Bangladesh, co-founder of NGO Watever in France and creator of TaraTari Shipyard in Bangladesh. Studies Marre received a scholarship from the French Air Force at 17 years old. Received the degree of private airplane pilot (aircraft), pilot at the age of 18. Career 1973 to 1996, career at Air France as cabin crew. In parallel, he participates in various projects as a pilot (aircraft), pilot and sailor: * For “Aviation without Borders” NGO: carries out humanitarian missions as co-pilot and logistician in Central Africa and instructor of seaplane in the Colombian Amazon rainforest for a French doctor. * Flight instructor, micro light pilot, designer and trial pilot of “Propulsar” (motorized paraglider from his invention, with which he flew across the English Channel as a “premiere” from France to England in 1988). * He sails across the Atlantic Ocean on its rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
