ANIMATIONS SOCIO-EDUCATIVES AVEC LES ENFANTS HANDICAPES DE L’INSTITUT MEDICO-PSYCHO-PEDAGOGIQUE

This center, located in Kpalimé, welcomes young people aged 7 to 15 with mental disabilities (trisomy 21) or cerebral palsy. Disabled children are often marginalized and rejected by society,
considered a burden or a curse for their families. L'envol therefore offers these children a school education to enable them to lead as independent a life as possible. The volunteer's mission will be twofold:
1. to make up for the lack of teaching staff
2.to bring the children and their supervisory staff into contact with another culture. In fact, intercultural exchanges are a source of richness that benefits everyone.
THE VOLUNTEER WILL (AMONG OTHER THINGS):
✔ help the educators supervise the children during the various activities ;
✔ work with the children in the various workshops: modeling and making various objects, collage and drawing, games, chatting, music and dance, storytelling and singing ;
✔ engage in cultural and artistic activities;
✔ assisting teachers in their daily work with children; It is also possible to
develop a joint program with teachers.
✔ Volunteers are also invited to present cultural aspects typical of their country:
songs, dances, games, etc. Activities last six hours (6) a day.