Helping Hands is a non-profit association managed by Amadeus staff located in Main Site, Bel Air, and Paris (pilot). Today, we are represented by strongly motivated Project Sponsors, active members, and hundreds of followers and supporters.

We are always looking for more to join our cause!  We welcome new faces and are open to new ideas. We organize many events throughout the year, and we need volunteers to make them come true and achieve our fundraising goals.

• • If you are an Amadeus employee including contractors, trainees, and apprentices of the Sophia-Antipolis, Bel Air or Paris campus and would like to join us, we would love to hear from you! We welcome new faces and are open to new ideas!
  • If you are not part of the Amadeus family but are still interested in what we do, check our Events page or follow us on our Helping Hands Facebook page. You can also make a donation to support our projects!

Become a member! The fee you pay is used towards our fundraising goal. Use this link to pay the 25 € membership fee

Our concept is simple.

Each calendar year, we select solidarity projects (associations) to sponsor. These can be existing projects or newly submitted. The new projects must fit within our four pillars to be accepted: Basic needs, Health, Education and Technology. The association’s board and members must approve the request. We raise funds via events (raffles, 2nd hand furniture sales, karaoke, sporting events, music nights, etc.) and organize food and clothes collections which are donated to other non-profit charity actions such as The Red Cross, Secours Catholique, MJC L’Escale, and more …).

Get involved!

Become part of the team, help us make a bigger impact in the community! 

As a member or volunteer, you have the freedom to propose any activities that can help us raise funds. Since each event usually relies on a team of Helping Hands members, you won’t be alone! The effort to organize events depend on the type of event… and on the size of the team! The definition and re-partition of tasks is totally up to the team, but it can be estimated at one hour per week at lunch time for 3-4 weeks.

You can be involved in Helping Hands at different levels:

1. 1. Member or volunteer: If you don’t have time to get fully involved in our activities, you can just promote our activities with your friends, attend our events or just give us a hand on occasions when needed. You can invest as much time as you can, whenever you can. We love if you participate to our monthly meetings so you can voice your ideas! It is also important to be an active participant of our monthly meetings, where we discuss financial status and events status, new ideas, etc.
   2. Project Sponsor: At the beginning of the year, you submit a project — association of preference — for which you would like to raise money. You must organize and be active participant of meetings and events throughout the year. 
   3. Board member: The board is selected at the beginning of the fiscal year. You must be an existing member to join the board as President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Delegate, Webmaster, or Communication Manager. The board members meet on a monthly basis – or as needed – to discuss a wide range of topics. The Board member is often overseeing and helping in the organization of events. Whenever necessary, the board takes “executive” decisions without prior consulting the members. The effort for a board member can be estimated to one hour per week of various activities, including meetings, all along the year.

Become a member! The fee you pay is used towards our fundraising goal. Use this link to pay the 25 € membership fee

If you would like to just join us as a volunteer or to submit a project for next year, we would love to hear from you! Contact us at info@helpinghands-sophia.org