EDUCATION

Mouvement Social (MS) has been involved since its first active years in the education process of underprivileged children. It all started with homework support in the 1960s and 1970s. A group of volunteers, students themselves in secondary classes in high-level schools, used to dedicate their after-class time to help younger pupils from nearby public schools accomplish their homework. These teen volunteers (16-18 years old) were probably not aware that this activity is just an element in MS commitment that every human, especially the neediest, should have proper attention and care. And that education is an essential part of the human development process. The objectives have not changed since. That’s because a significant number of young boys and girls still are not pursuing proper education. Some are brought out of school and forced to start working at a very young age. Other cases are even more dramatic: children with disability, refugees, displaced… For each category, MS has come up with adapted programs so that we do not end up with a ‘lost generation’.