«For Clarins, Beauty only makes sense if it is
accompanied by generousity, benevolence and humanity.»
Christian and Olivier Courtin-Clarins
For more than twenty years the PRIX CLARINS AWARD
has honoured inspirational women who are improving the lives
of the next generation and beyond through an innovative charity or initiative
Created in 1997 to mark the
10th anniversary of Eau Dynamisante,
this award has been presented in 14 countries,
to over 75 exceptional women.
Meet our current winner, Claire Reid - Reel Gardening
Clarins cultivates beauty through the science of nature while respecting the planet.
And when we protect nature, we protect the future. The future is our children.”
Christian Courtin-Clarins
A prestigious award for inspirational women lending a helping hand to the younger generation today to help change the futures of tomorrow.
"Our objective is as clear and simple today as it was when we created this award 20 years ago in France and that is to honour women who are making a difference to children, teenagers and young adults in serious distress. To date, this award has allowed us to help these exceptional women change the lives of over 35,000 children in France and we are proud to have been able to help a further 88 incredible women in 14 countries, to develop and progress their life changing work. We want to inspire many more women around the world to continue this work today to help change the futures of tomorrow."
The women at the heart of the Prix Clarins Award
Claire Reid
Leigh Bristow
Sue Barnes
Grace Ngcongo
Angela Larken
Welekazi Konyana
Claire Reid
2018 Winner
Claire Reid established Reel Gardening in 2002 and provides various communities in need with a pre-fertilised seed strip that encases seeds at the correct depth and distance apart and offers planting instructions in seven languages. Implemented by a youth organisation with assistance from government and social development programmes, the initiative aims to create sustainable subsistence gardens throughout South Africa. Reel Gardening has implemented over 300 gardening projects in school and communities
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Leigh Bristow
2016 Winner
Leigh Bristow is the founder of the Sumbandila Scholarship Trust. which mentors and supports studetns selected from top acedemic achievers in the Vhembe district of Limpopo. They are given financial, acedemic and emotional support, culminating in assistance applying for bursaries and jobs when they near the end of their school years.
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Sue Barnes
2016 Winner
Sue Barnes, founded Project Dignity after she learned how many girls in poor communities skip school while they menstruate. Many South African girls do not have money to buy sanitary products. Sue Barnes realised that donations of sanitary products would not provide a sustainable solution so she created a pair of panties with a clip-on, reusuable pad that is fully washable. Project Dignity allows girls and young women in townships and rural areas to keep attending school while they're menstruating.
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Grace Ngcongo
2010 Winner
Grace Ngcongo started the Silindokuhle Creche and Care Center in order to help her entire community just outside Amanzimtoti. In 2003, Grace opened a daycare in her two-roomed house. She started sewing, gardening, beading groups and set aside food, facilitating the process of getting government housing for the homeless and providing HIV/Aids Rape and Trauma Counseling to those who needed it. In 2005, Grace obtained two containers from AFMARINE and welded them together to create accommodation
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Angela Larken
Winner 2011
Angela Larkan, the founder of non-profit organisation Thanda, which fights the destructive impact of HIV/Aids and poverty on orphans in rural communities. Larkan, based in Hibberdene, KwaZulu-Natal, has pioneered new approaches to fighting HIV/Aids in rural communities and taking care of HIV orphans that could be implemented throughout Africa.
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Welekazi Konyana
2007 Winner
Welekazi Koyana, established a school in the Eastern Cape despite a severe lack of resources.
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Claire Reid
2018 Winner
Claire Reid established Reel Gardening in 2002 and provides various communities in need with a pre-fertilised seed strip that encases seeds at the correct depth and distance apart and offers planting instructions in seven languages. Implemented by a youth organisation with assistance from government and social development programmes, the initiative aims to create sustainable subsistence gardens throughout South Africa. Reel Gardening has implemented over 300 gardening projects in school and communities
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Grace Ngcongo
2010 Winner
Grace Ngcongo started the Silindokuhle Creche and Care Center in order to help her entire community just outside Amanzimtoti. In 2003, Grace opened a daycare in her two-roomed house. She started sewing, gardening, beading groups and set aside food, facilitating the process of getting government housing for the homeless and providing HIV/Aids Rape and Trauma Counseling to those who needed it. In 2005, Grace obtained two containers from AFMARINE and welded them together to create accommodation.
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Welekazi Konyana
2007 Winner
Welekazi Koyana, established a school in the Eastern Cape despite a severe lack of resources.
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Sue Barnes
2015 Winner
Sue Barnes, founded Project Dignity after she learned how many girls in poor communities skip school while they menstruate. Many South African girls do not have money to buy sanitary products. Sue Barnes realised that donations of sanitary products would not provide a sustainable solution so she created a pair of panties with a clip-on, reusuable pad that is fully washable. Project Dignity allows girls and young women in townships and rural areas to keep attending school while they're menstruating
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Leigh Bristow
2016 Winner
Leigh Bristow is the founder of the Sumbandila Scholarship Trust. which mentors and supports studetns selected from top acedemic achievers in the Vhembe district of Limpopo. They are given financial, acedemic and emotional support, culminating in assistance applying for bursaries and jobs when they near the end of their school years.
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Angela Larken
2011 Winner
Angela Larkan, the founder of non-profit organisation Thanda, which fights the destructive impact of HIV/Aids and poverty on orphans in rural communities. Larkan, based in Hibberdene, KwaZulu-Natal, has pioneered new approaches to fighting HIV/Aids in rural communities and taking care of HIV orphans that could be implemented throughout Africa.
