Watever
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| Founded | 2010 |
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| Founder | Marc Van Peteghem, Yves Marre |
| Type | French NGO |
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Marc Van Peteghem, Yves Marre, Alain Connan, Gérald Similowski |
Watever is a French NGO composed of professionals from the maritime industry, transport and development which was created in 2010 by Marc Van Peteghem, Yves Marre, Alain Connan and Gérald Similowski, convinced that boats can be a gateway to development. Watever assists underprivileged populations living on the shores of oceans and rivers. The NGO is looking to provide access to innovative and sustainable floating solutions, adapted to their economic, social and climatic situation. The concepts that are developed are designed to improve their life conditions by combining modern techniques and traditional knowledge.
The NGO arises from the encounter of its two founding members in 2004: Marc Van Peteghem (President) and Yves Marre (Vice-President).
A friendship is 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 (NGO), and produced the first unsinkable boats for the fishermen of the country. In 2010, they created NGO Watever with Alain Connan and Gérald Similowski to support the development of shipbuilding industry in Bangladesh, working on innovation and transfer of technologies.
Bangladesh is considered as the pilot country where NGO Watever can study and finalize various solutions that could be replicated in countries with similar issues.
Watever develops floating solutions to support people living on the shores of oceans and large rivers. Its main aims are:
The NGO also supports other maritime projects in Bangladesh such as:
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