This action foreruns the other actions of Development Partnership. The work with development partners will allow us to prepare our public to entering other establishments.

The experimentation of these new devices is not integrated into customary methods at the moment. We hope that its results will contribute to the recognition of new pedagogical methods that are centred on a person and on the break of his/her isolation. Due to its specificity this action should enrich the means of battle against exclusion. Consequently, the action is a trampoline for other institutes, that are more specific and adapted, and differs from usual follow-up.

Because of particular situation of these two types of population the aim of the project is to help these people to use their time in a more efficient way and to organize it through participation at different workshops. Moreover, we simply believe that the project will help these people to feel themselves better and to reduce their fears.

To attend this aim here are the objectives chosen for this project:

1) For asylum seekers:
To establish regular activity
The establishment of regular activity would permit these people to situate themselves in the period of time. Moreover, the planning of activities will help them to make plans for the future.

To create a friendly place.
As far as we are concerned, a warm and friendly atmosphere during our workshops is the most essential objective. It should allow the participants to spend a pleasant moment, to feel themselves better and to diminish their psychological suffering.

To be a place where people are listened.
People who seek asylum live in a very difficult situation from psychological point of view. That is why through these workshops we wish to create a place where people can express themselves and speak about their distress. May be we’ll also use some meditation devices (exhibitions, writing, photos etc…).

To encourage the learning of French.
Speaking French is the first factor of the integration of asylum seekers. That is why we suggest workshops where French should be a major mean of expression.

The access to the information about the native country.
For asylum seekers a geographical distance from their native country is increased by the lack of information. We offer them a possibility to use computers and especially Internet to communicate with people from their country and to get the information about it. Then they can share this information with other asylum seekers.

To help these people to get acquainted to new social and geographic environment.
The workshops should help people to know better the new environment (shops, local government, etc…) of their neighbourhood.

To develop involvement
It seems us important that people who participate at our workshops feel themselves useful. The workshops should aim to permit the people to contribute to the running of the workshop through sharing their knowledge and abilities

2) For people over 26 year old, who are not welfare receipts:

To organise various activities, that are regular and adapted, in order to stimulate dynamism.
To enable exchange, conviviality, and meeting of the other people, to be a place were people are listened in a group or individually.
To facilitate the discovering of external structures and organisations
To encourage personal development
To multiply experiences in order to find the points of interest.
Public concerned by experiment

2.1/ Asylum seekers, lodged by Promojeunes 49

These people are waiting for either entering the residence centre or for the answer from OFPRA (immigration service) about their refugee status.
Asylum seekers are lodged temporarily and they are not allowed to work as employees.
They have a lot of difficulties in their everyday life and they are negatives. During the visits of their residence by social workers they were able to share their feelings.

2.2/ For people over 26 year old, who are not welfare receipts:

People that live in isolation or have got little connection with outside world (organisations of their neighbourhood, family, friends) and who have difficulties to meet other people.

Inactive people: too old, with difficulties to find job or disabled.

Fragile people with health problems, especially psychological ones (depression), or addicts

People with low scholarship and with difficulties in conversation and writing

People who performed little activities and who didn’t develop any centres of interest.

People who had difficulties with law (under police control or sentenced).

People with low revenues and difficulties to manage it.

We evaluate the frequenting. As far as asylum seekers are concerned, 35 people have enrolled during the first meeting, then there were several new members, 8 people left the centre of accommodation, 3-4 people are present at every workshop, 8 people have enrolled for picnic in June, 8 people are regularly present. We’ll see later the results for over 26 year olds.

The schedule for next month is sent every month to all the registered members. A shuttle helps people to get to workshops at the hours noticed in the schedule. Nevertheless some people don’t come either because they have forgotten it (the day when workshops take place is not the same every time) or because they’ve got some other appointments. They don’t give us a call to inform about their absence neither prevent their roommate that goes to the same workshop.

The workshops last for 2 hours. At the beginning an organizer explains what will be done during the workshop. A break with a time for friendly exchanges takes place in the middle of the workshop.
People give their demands for computer workshop: Internet, games, PowerPoint. But during the workshop of exchange and conversation people, especially retiring ones, are usually waiting for organizer to suggest topics. During the workshops the members help each other.
At the end of every workshop we draw a conclusion, participants can make their suggestions for the next workshop (questions to discuss, exercises, etc.).