Société Haitiano-Américaine de Développement AgricoleThe Société Haïtiano-Américane de Développement Agricole, also known as SHADA, was a joint venture between the United States of America and Haiti to expand wartime production of rubber in the Haitian countryside. This program was established in 1941 and ran until it was largely discontinued in 1944. During the outbreak of World War II, an axis blockade cut off American rubber supplies from Malaya and the Dutch East Indies. In 1939, the United States Department of Agriculture began a program to develop rubber production in the tropical Americas.
Diplomatic correspondenceDiplomatic correspondence is correspondence between one state and another and is usually of a formal character. It follows several widely observed customs and style in composition, substance, presentation, and delivery and can generally be categorized into letters and notes. Letters are correspondence between heads of state, typically used for the appointment and recall of ambassadors; for the announcement of the death of a sovereign or an accession to the throne; or for expressions of congratulations or condolence.
Santé DiabèteSanté Diabète (SD) (Health Diabetes) is a French Non-governmental organization (NGOs) whose headquarters is in Grenoble (France) which is working on strengthening health systems to improve the prevention and management of diabetes in Africa. As part of a chronic disease like diabetes, improving the quality of care saves thousands of lives but also improves the quality of life for people living with diabetes. The NGO Santé Diabète was created in 2001, by Stephane Besançon current CEO of the organization.
Notre-Dame-de-GrâceNotre-Dame-de-Grâce (Our Lady of Grace), also nicknamed NDG, is a residential neighbourhood of Montreal in the city's West End, with a population of 166,520 (2016). An independent municipality until annexed by the City of Montreal in 1910, NDG is today one half of the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. It comprises two wards, Loyola to the west and Notre-Dame-de-Grâce to the east. NDG is bordered by four independent enclaves; its eastern border is shared with the City of Westmount, Quebec, to the north and west it is bordered by the cities of Montreal West, Hampstead and Côte-Saint-Luc.
Françoise ArdréFrançoise Ardré (1931–2010) was a French phycologist and marine scientist, honoured as the namesake of the red alga known as Pterosiphonia ardreana. After gaining a Doctorate in Sciences, Ardré was in charge of the phycology department of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris. She also conducted research programs in Portugal, in Spain (Cadaqués) and in France (Ile d'Yeu), among another locations. Skilled at holding her breath and diving without a wetsuit in the cold water of the ocean, she personally collected the specimens she was studying.
Speedy GraphitoSpeedy Graphito (or Olivier Rizzo) is a French painter who is considered a pioneer of the French Street Art movement. Speedy Graphito uses stencils and brush to create paintings, prints and street art murals. Since 1984, his work has appeared in numerous exhibitions worldwide and he has created many performance events. Speedy Graphito was born in Paris in 1961. In 1983, after a brief career as a graphic designer and art director, he joined the collective X-Moulinex. He left X-Moulinex in 1984.
Charles FlahaultCharles Henri Marie Flahault (3 October 1852 – 3 February 1935) was a French botanist, among the early pioneers of phytogeography, phytosociology, and forest ecology. The word relevé for a plant community sample is his invention. Flahault was born in Bailleul, Nord, and received his Baccalauréat de Lettres at Douai in 1872, after which he became a gardener at the Jardin des Plantes de Paris. He was noticed by Joseph Decaisne (1807–1882), who gave him private lessons, after which he entered the Sorbonne in 1874 to study in the laboratory of Philippe Van Tieghem (1839–1914), obtaining his doctoral degree in biology in 1878.
French Development AgencyThe French Development Agency (Agence française de développement, AFD) is a public financial institution that implements the policy defined by the French Government. It works to fight poverty and promote sustainable development. This public institution is active in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, the Caribbean and the French overseas territories, where it finances and supports projects that improve living conditions for populations, promote economic growth and protect the planet.
Marcel AubertMarcel Aubert (April 9, 1884 – December 28, 1962) was a French art historian. Marcel Aubert was the son of an architect who died when he was only seven years old. Following his studies at the Lycée Condorcet, he entered the École Nationale des Chartes where he wrote a thesis on the Cathedral of Senlis in 1907 and won the goodwill of his professor Robert de Lasteyrie. He was named attache to the printing department of the National Library in 1909, and then assistant librarian in the prints department in 1911.
Bertrand LemennicierBertrand Lemennicier (15 October 1943 – 16 December 2019) was a French economist, expert in public choice economics and economic analysis of law. He was a member of the American Economic Association as well as of the Mont Pelerin Society. Charismatic and iconoclastic, he taught generations of future finance and law professionals to reason as economists. Lemennicier was born on 15 October 1943 in Paris. After a master's degree in econometrics, and as a student of professor Pascal Salin, he obtained a doctorate in applied economics in 1971.
