Support to prevent vulnerable young people from turning to the streets

While September is well and truly here, and we may have already been swept up in the back-to-school whirlwind, we're still taking a step back to savor the success that was Chapter 2's summer releases! 🌼

For yes, the creation of social ties didn't take a vacation during this period when isolation can be all the more keenly felt by those who aren't lucky enough to get away. 

The young people accompanied by our various programs thus had the opportunity to share beautiful moments of sharing and discovery, for the time of a day or an evening. 

Between a visit to the Château de Fontainebleau and its gardens, a great treasure hunt in the Montreuil forest, sharing a picnic on the Buttes Chaumont under the setting sun or a race through the streets of the capital in search of the best photo, there was plenty to keep them busy! 🤸

A big thank you to all our captains for their difts, which enable us to continue our work with young people in highly vulnerable situations. 🙏 

Now off to the new school year, with the ambition of extending our actions into new territories... 👀 

Forty or so young people are currently being supported by volunteers in their projects for professional integration (looking for internships, work-study schemes, jobs, etc.). Great successes are already to be celebrated, as around ten of them have already managed to achieve their goal since January! 🥳

Collective meetings have been very busy since the start of the school year, with some thirty activities on offer. With (among others) a painting activity, a visit to the Centre Pompidou and a cinema outing to the Grand Rex, the creation of links between young people was on the agenda 🧡
There are currently 80 pairs involved in the Côte à Côte social link program... and requests from young people to participate are still coming in!

So too is social support: 40 young people are currently being supported in their efforts to achieve autonomy (accommodation, civil status and access to residency procedures, mobility, health, daily life, well-being and social ties) by Victoire and Juliette, our two social workers. We continue to offer financial support to destitute young people, and toaccommodate around ten young people in wandering situations in the two houses made available to us while they stabilize their situation.

So business is in full swing, and we're continuing to do everything we can to support vulnerable young people as best we can towards independence!

Another big thank you to you for your invaluable support, which enables us to fund our various actions on behalf of young people 🧡