About ten children placed at the Arc-en-Ciel home in Chartres took part in a painting workshop on Saturday, June 29, followed by a picnic and an outing to the La Tanière zoo-refuge. A day that was offered to them by four students from the Silvia-Monfort high school in Luisant.
Andy carefully finishes the last strip of paint on his mask, while his comrades are already busy tidying up and cleaning the tables.
Saturday June 29 in the morning, around ten children from the Arc-en-ciel home, in Chartres, participated in a painting workshop initiated by four students from the Silvia-Montfort high school in Luisant.
Everywhere in the small room, other masks and paintings in a thousand colors, decorated or not with pompoms, witnesses to the creativity of the children. Originally, the workshop focused on the theme of animals, but everyone was able to give free rein to their imagination.
After a picnic in André-Gagnon Park, the little group will continue their day at La Tanière. While Andy has already visited the zoo-refuge, Sheïma has never been there. And even if she is “a little scared”, she really wants to “see lions”.
Jackie and Jimmie, two little monkeys, come out of their den at the zoo-refuge, this Wednesday, May 8
In the first year of BTS SAM (support for managerial action), Marouane, Lisa, Océane and Anaïs, from the start, wanted to orient their project around children. “Basically, we wanted to raise awareness about TCA (eating disorders, Editor’s note), but the subject was too delicate for the colleges to let us intervene,” explains Lisa.
“We want children to get out of the home a little, to have fun outside.”
Oceane (first year BTS SAM student at Silvia-Monfort high school in Luisant)
The valiant team then turned towards the Rainbow home. “We want the children to get out of the home a little, to have fun outside,” confides Océane.
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“It’s always interesting for young people to leave the center for a bit”
To finance their project, she contacted La Tanière and the Leclerc hypermarket in Barjouville, who respectively offered them the tickets and the equipment necessary for the painting workshop. The rainbow center, for its part, took care of the picnic and the transport.
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For the home, this unexpected help is welcome. “It’s rare that we have this kind of project, and it’s always interesting for young people to leave the center for a while, it brings them a lot,” confides Léna Caron, educator at the Arc-en-ciel home.
This home, which depends on the Apprentis d’Auteuil, accommodates around twenty children in care, aged 6 to 12. Young people who can stay there “from a few months to a few years depending on the placement that has been chosen”, explains the educator.
Myriam Arnaud
