What is patronage?

Thanks to patronage, a child from a developing country can eat every day.
Thanks to patronage, a child can stay in his/her community ; he/she can keep on living with his/her mother – nor with a close relative if she is deceased.
Thanks to patronage, a child can go to school, where he/she’ll learn how to read, write and count.
Thanks to patronage, a child can get steady medical care.
Patronage is accompanying a child on the path of life.
Patronage is also a long-term financial commitment.

The patronage is also a means of creating a bond between you and a child.
You’ll receive his/her picture, a photo of the people around him/her, you’ll know about his/her life, where and how he/she lives, his/her culture.
You’ll be able to exchange mails (translated by the local French-speaking volunteers).
Thanks to the pictures and the video (shot once a year), you’ll be able to see him/her grow, learn, and finally become an autonomous and respectable teenager.

For more informations of the french legal way of patronage, see the french government website

How to become a patron ?

Patronage is a financial engagement of 21 € per month.
This amount is totally put back to the patroned child family.

New book in English : Pearls of Light (nov. 2010)

 

 

 

The book "Pearls of light" is now available in English !

 

 

 

 

http://www.enfants-dailleurs.org//en/les-editions-enfants-dailleurs.html

 

 

 

 

[ 01 décembre 2010 ]

Autumn 2010 : Reading Operation in Brazil

The last autumn, Enfants d'Ailleurs took part into a "reading operation" in Brazil. A Sao Paulo high school helped to organise Operation 'A Child, a Book".

What did this operation consist in ? Each high school student gave a book he/she has loved. These books were handed to the children of the favela Vila Prudente this term, and they have accompanied them in their learning process.

[ 05 janvier 2011 ]

April 2010 : Disaster in Brazil

Owing to the torrential rain, the situation in Brazil - and especially in shanty towns-  has become disastrous. There are many casualties (dead, injured people, people missing under the mudslides.)

We cannot get much information from our families. Indeed the local authorities have told people to stay indoors and many roads are closed.

Once again, the poor and the youngest are the first victims in these areas first because of their high number, and also because of the lack of proper building, road equipment and drainage system. Disaster keeps recurring.

[ 12 avril 2010 ]


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