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July 19th, 2011

BlogTV : Bamboo Schools, a shelter for education

Karuna-Shechen was founded by Matthieu Ricard in order to initiate humanitarian projects in Asia.
The projects of this association deal with Health & Social Services as well as Education, mainly in Tibet and Nepal.
Interview of Karuna-Shechen members to present us in detail the Bamboo Schools programme: building inexpensive bamboo schools to provide education to children living [...]

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Isabelle Palsky

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July 11th, 2011

BlogTV: A meeting of two people dedicated to education

Since the 80s, fewer and fewer children are getting an elementary education in Madagascar. It’s a serious problem with a simple cause: for residents in rural areas, finding and paying for food takes precedent over getting an education.
This week, we meet with Isabelle Langlais and Christophe Dakotonirina, both deeply involved in the Mada Gasy Tsara [...]

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Isabelle Palsky

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June 6th, 2011

BlogTV: Overcoming the obstacles of riding

The Club Hippique de Meaux, a horseback riding centre in the Seine-et-Marne region close to Paris, is an unusual place to ride. What makes it different? Its members will tell you its the warm and friendly atmosphere.
In such an environment, the association was able to put into place a riding programme for disabled members of [...]

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Lily Dionne

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May 25th, 2011

Two interviews with the AJAHM association

The AJAHM association (Association of Young Adults with Motor Disabilities) is attached to the Centre d’Hérauritz in Ustaritz in Spain’s Basque Country. It welcomes people with motor disabilities, both with and without associated disorders, and brings together the parents of the residents. [...]

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Sophie Bonnaud-Le Roux

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May 23rd, 2011

BlogTV: Mediterranean culture takes centre stage

The ALZHAR theatre troupe, based in Marseille, is interested in understanding the culture and identity of the Mediterranean region. Their approach? The actors of the ensemble lead acting workshops in a wide variety of settings: middle schools, prisons, hospitals, shelters and more. The content collected from these often out-of-the-ordinary encounters is then used as inspiration [...]

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Lily Dionne

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May 17th, 2011

Interview with Karima Rais: Volunteering for the ISSIL Association

The association was established 15 years ago, with the aim of setting up a project in Southern Morocco to irrigate the farmland in the village of Aguelz and the surrounding area. The association got its name from the region of ISSIL in which it helped to build a reservoir designed to store spring water. [...]

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Sophie Bonnaud-Le Roux

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April 11th, 2011

BlogTV: Education and support for the intellectually disabled

How can support be given to families with an intellectually handicapped child? In the region of Sarreguemines, France a few years ago, a number of these families realized the best way to help themselves was to reach out to one another. They banded together to find common solutions.
Their solidarity took the form of the organization [...]

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Isabelle Palsky

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April 7th, 2011

Reporters for a Day with “Planète Equitable”

Join 6 Belgian medical students from the University of Hasselt as they voyage to Nalou, Mali, with the Planete Equitable organization.
We can’t really say that they’re volunteers; it is more appropriate to describe them as participants in a “Sustainable Tourism” mission. Over their visit, they brought medicine as well as their medical skills to the [...]

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Lily Dionne

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March 28th, 2011

BlogTV: Fighting Rare Diseases

Have you ever heard of Choroideremia?
Also known as CHM, it’s a rare hereditary disorder that causes progressive loss of vision, due to the degeneration of the choroid and the retina.
As rare disease, Choroideremia currently has no treatment, though research is being conducted and progress is being made. Marie-Catherine, whose young son Victorien has been diagnosed [...]

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Lily Dionne

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