the paid choice of young volunteers who are committed to a good cause

“I had done two years of an English degree at university and didn't know where to turn. I told myself that a Civic Service would be a way to accumulate experience and get paid while giving me time to think about what's next.explains Camille, the 800,000th Civic Service volunteer who carried out her mission in the library of a nursery and primary school. Created in 2010, this program from the Ministry of Sports, Youth and Community Life has a simple objective: to enable young people to carry out a mission of general interest, which promotes both the learning of citizenship and integration into the labor market.

On paper, the Civic Service has something to appeal to. A mission of six to twelve months, in which all young people between 16 and 25 years old can participate. What do the approximately 50,000 missions offered have in common? Contribution to the common good through actions working for access to education, culture, etc.