Education for citizenship and international solidarity

Education
  • ContinuouslySince 2000-
  • France

ECSI is an educational approach that aims to provide keys to understanding certain phenomena in their entirety. Its aim is to change people's attitudes and behaviour so that they can contribute individually and collectively to building a fairer, more caring world.

Places of intervention

France
  • Région Hauts de France

ESSOR carries out a variety of projects in the field, adapting to the economic, social and cultural context of each country. The ECSI is therefore an opportunity to become aware of the different realities in different countries and to examine specific issues such as education, training, agro-ecological practices and access to fundamental rights.

Our engagements

  • Stimulate curiosity and interest in other cultures and ways of life around the world

  • Offering fun, participative events and awareness-raising activities in which everyone plays a part

  • Helping you to manage information better by developing a critical mind and giving you the desire to take action

The project in action

  • Raising awareness among 12-25 year-olds on themes such as interculturality and living together, the Sustainable Development Goals, international solidarity and children's rights.
  • Working locally with a wide range of young people in a variety of settings, including schools, leisure centres, local missions and universities.
  • Engage young people as ambassadors for international solidarity at a local level and develop their active citizenship skills.
  • Coordinating a programme of activities as part of the Festival des Solidarités, including a theatrical improvisation show and raising awareness of a Sustainable Development Goal.
  • Training volunteers, ESSOR team members and partners in ECSI tools
The nugget !

Catch'Impro, raising awareness while having fun! Every year, during the Festival des Solidarités, ESSOR organises a theatrical improvisation show with the Ligue Professionnelle de Marcq-en-Baroeul. The actors improvise on the annual Festival des Solidarités theme, linked to the Sustainable Development Goals. While having fun, the 400 spectators are made aware of a global issue! This is an event that enables ESSOR to reach a different and wider audience than its usual interventions with children and young people throughout the year.

One of the things that makes me saddest is to see that some people have given up and no longer even try to change things. criticising each other", "Helping those without access to education", "Giving to people so that everyone is equal", "Volunteering, sharing ».
A young person on a civic service mission.
I realise that I'm often hard on my parents. But I wasn't aware that some children were growing up in such conditions on the other side of the world. It makes me want to put things into perspective with them.
A 6th grader on the issue of unequal access to rights.

Some data...

  • IN 2023...
  • 1800 people made aware of international solidarity issues
  • 58 presentations on a variety of topics
  • 60% of the people we met benefited from a cycle of several interventions
  • 2 solidarity thrift shops organised by the Marcq Youth Council for the benefit of ESSOR, after having been made aware of the importance of this project.
  • 1 Solidarity Festival organised with 5 partner organisations on the theme of food sovereignty

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