In 1947, Lugt and his wife established the Fondation Custodia to keep the collection intact for future generations.

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Through Fondation Barry you can sign up to walk one of the doe-eyed creatures over the St Bernard Pass.

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The group that funded and partnered to create CORDS includes the Rockefeller Foundation, NTI, Fondation Merieux, Peter G.

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Not to mention 3, 633 roads in France, according to the Fondation Charles-de-Gaulle: more than Louis Pasteur (3, 001) and Victor Hugo (2, 258).

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One of the few Ethiopian Caterpillars not owned by an institution--the Fondation Sandoz has two of them--was auctioned by Sotheby's last year for 404, 500 CHF.

FORBES

Photography enthusiasts will also want to visit the privately-funded Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson that opens to the public on May 2nd following another string of vernissages.

ECONOMIST: Henri Cartier-Bresson

Its ten-year-old Radio Okapi, run in tandem with the Fondation Hirondelle, a Swiss NGO that promotes free media, has 14m daily listeners, a fifth of the population.

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On the second floor, Cartier-Bresson's photographs (all from the Fondation) are the work of a younger man (Strand was 18 years his senior), less saddle-sore, seemingly more optimistic.

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The day, organized by UNESCO and the Fondation Air France, started with a debate moderated by French journalist and writer Florence Schaal, which pieced together a global view of street children and also touched on the right to education, legal implications and partnerships for action.

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