The Foundation Valérie Messika

Created in 2021 with the help of the Fondation de France, the Fondation Valérie Messika aims to support people, projects and organisations of general interest, particularly in relation to children and women in the fields of education, culture and health. The funds may also in exceptional circumstances provide support in any other area of general interest. We support associations that have been selected for their effectiveness and tangible impact on the lives of children and women throughout the world.

A travers sa fondation, Créée en 2021 sous l’égide de la Fondation de France, la Fondation Valérie Messika a pour objet de soutenir des personnes, œuvres ou organismes d’intérêt général notamment en faveur de l’enfance et/ou des femmes dans les domaines de l’éducation, la culture et de la santé. Le Fonds peut à titre exceptionnel intervenir dans tout autre domaine de l’intérêt général. Nous accompagnons des associations sélectionnées pour leur efficacité et leur impact très concret qui agissent auprès des enfants et ou des femmes dans le monde entier.

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Word from
The président

“Women, their place in society and their independence have always been at the heart of my life.

As an entrepreneur, as a mother, I know that this place is never totally acquired. Determinisms are still strong and prejudices are unfortunately numerous.

By launching this foundation in 2021, I wanted to go further and take concrete action. I am convinced that by helping women in need on the ground, and by making education for young girls a key factor in their emancipation, we are helping to build a fairer society, in which everyone can imagine their future more serenely and without limits.”

Valerie Messika, présidente de la fondation Messika
Our mission

Through this foundation, Valérie Messika hopes to help create a society that is more tolerant, more inclusive and more open to the world. As the mother of two little girls, she is keen to set an example and show that the field of possibilities is infinite for women.

Driven by a desire for jewellery with a fashion accent and a disruptive vision of diamonds, the Founder and Artistic Director created her own jewellery house in 2005. She has reinvented diamond jewellery, with its strong symbolic value, into an ultra-desirable and original fashion accessory that women treat themselves to and that gives them extra confidence. Messika celebrates and encourages women in all their plurality and diversity, to be free and independent.

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Cambodian girls enrolled in school over the last 2 years
100
awareness-raising session on violence against women
4280
hygiene kits distributed in Lebanon in 4 months
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projects 6 countries supported since the creation of the Foundation
30
Cambodian girls enrolled in school over the last 2 years
100
awareness-raising session on violence against women
4280
hygiene kits distributed in Lebanon in 4 months
6
projects 6 countries supported since the creation of the Foundation
In its commitments as in its jewellery, Messika puts women at the heart of its mission..
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VALERIE MESSIKA President of Fondation Valérie Messika CEO & Founder of Messika Paris
OPHELIE MEUNIER Journalist and TV presenter Qualified personality
NICOLAS ZANELLI Chief Financial Officer at Messika Manager of the Fondation Valérie Messika
LISA POUPAUD Head of the Vulnerabilities
and Inclusion Department at the Fondation de France
AURELIE DARMON Management Assistant at Messika Manager of the Fondation Valérie Messika
MARIE ROBERT Philosopher & Educational Director at Montessori Esclaibes Paris/Podcast "Philosophy is sexy". Speaker Qualified personality
AMELIE PIOT Management Assistant at Messika Manager of the Fondation Valérie Messika