Association "La Rue" Maisons de Quartier "Kid Club 12-15" Centre de Loisirs 6-12 ans (Vanves) Centre Didier Broussais, 14e La Vie Continue, 13e

Community Service work is at the core of the Program. For the entire month, students explore the everyday aspects of contemporary French culture through direct participation in it; offer assistance to a specific community outside their own; and consider carefully what the offering and receipt of such assistance can mean.

During the month in Paris, students work about three hours a day, usually five afternoons a week. Assignments with established organizations are made with regard for the student's interest and experience, the skills required by the organization, and the student's ability in French. Specific activities vary according to the needs of the organization.

Projects
Over the past several summers, students have worked with the following:

Aires 10 (multicultural, multigenerational neighborhood recreation center)
 
Amnesty International
 
Association "La Rue," 10e (recreation center for underprivileged children)
 
Association des Paralysés, 14e (residence for severely handicapped adults)
 
Association Secours
   Populaire de France
 
The Bilingual Montessori School
 
Centre Didier Broussais, 14e (recreation center in multi-ethnic neighborhood)
 
Centre de Loisirs, Abbé Derry (children's recreation program)
 
Centre de Loisirs, Charles Hermitte (children's recreation program)
 
Centre de Loisirs, Joliot Curie, Chatillon (children's recreation program)
 
Centre de Loisirs 6-12 Ans (Vanves)
 
Centre de Loisirs du Parc
 
Centre de Loisirs Primaire de l'Abbé Derry (Issy)
 
CLAVIM, Issy (recreation center for young children)
 
Centre Social (CAF) (immigrants)
 
Centre Social AssoFac (children of immigrants)
 
Centre St. Jean Baptiste
 
Club Loisir (a meeting place for retired persons)
 
Crèche de Crocos
 
Crèche Le Moulin Bleu (parent-run day care facility)
 
Ecole de Sport, Cité Universitaire (children's sports)
 
Ecole du Centre, Vanves (municipal recreation center)
 
Emmanus/AGORA (drop-in center)
 
Enfants de la Goutte d'Or (a recreation center for ages 6 to 16 in a neighborhood of mostly African immigrants)
 
Entr'aide, 15e (organization that provides home health care and aid to the elderly)
 
Espace Plein-Ciel (recreation center inside the Hôpital Necker children's hospital)
 
Espace Ricquet
 
Fondation Paul Parquet, Neuilly (medical facility and orphanage for children aged 1 to 6)
 
GRAJAR, 10e (neighborhood program for recreation and jobs)
 
Halte Coeur des Femmes (for women in difficulty)
 
La Halle Femme (a day shelter for homeless women)
 
l'Hôpital de Jour "l'étincelle"
   Psychiatrie Infanto-Juvenile (psychiatric clinic for children and adolescents)
 
l'Hôpital Ste. Perine, 16e (residential hospital for the elderly)
 
l'Hôpital Vaugirard (hospital providing long-term care for the elderly)
 
Hotelia Champs de Mars, 15e (private retirement home)
 
Industriel de Carrières (monument and ancient site restoration)
 
l'Institut des Jeunes Aveugles (school for the blind)
 
l'Institut de Sauvegarde et Réhabilitation du Patrimonie (historic restoration)
 
l'Institut Louis Braille (a school for the blind)
 
Kid-Club, Chatillon (recreation center for children in public housing complex)
 
Maison des Copains de la Villette 19e, (recreation center in subsidized housing complex)
 
Maison du Quartier, Kid Club and Mini-Club, Chatillon (recreation centers within a public housing complex)
 
Maison de Retraite, Clamart (private retirement home)
 
Mini Club Le Chat, Chatillon (recreation center for children in public housing)
 
Notre Village (social center for neighborhood senior citizens)
 
Pari's des Faubourgs (neighborhood recreation center in a multi-ethnic arrondissement)
 
PICAR, Chatillon (archeological restoration)
 
La Porte Entr'ouverte (day care)
 
Les Petits Frères des Pauvres (social service agency)
 
Les Quatre Horizons, 12e (recreation center for young children in the Bastille area)
 
Les Quatre Saisons, AEPS St. Antoine
 
Régie de Quartier
Samu Sociale (homeless shelter)
 
Sisters of Charity Soup Kitchen
 
Tour 2000 par Invacare (Special Olympics for the handicapped)
 
La Vie Continue, 13e (private retirement home)
 

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