AFEV: Securing the Educational Trajectory

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION
NGO Name: AFEV  -  Location: France (Brest, Bordeaux, Reims and Rennes)

THE CHALLENGE

Education is a right that must be accessible to all but is difficult to access in underserved urban neighborhoods suffering from inequality and exclusion. 

ABOUT THE PROJECT

Development of volunteering programs for university students, who contribute to the improvement of education in the neighborhood through one-to-one mentoring: student volunteer gives 2-hour weekly sessions to a child or youngster identified to be at risk of educational failure in 4 cities: Brest, Bordeaux, Reims, Rennes. 

IN THEIR OWN WORDS

It's really useful for me, for my tongue and my happiness, because I have no brother or sister at home.

Shamsur, 11 years old

It helps, it's encouraging.

Ibtisam, 12 years old.

I'm happy to learn a lot of things, Adele gave me some key words, everything was good, we played outside every time and homework was going well.

Rayan, 9 years old.

I have more courage to say things, I'm less shy

Ines, 8 years old.