Our Team

Members:

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Jeanne TALLON

Head of communications

19 year old

Literary Prep School, Lycée Lakanal, Sceaux

« This project means a lot to me, because it would take me out of my comfort zone, and make me go explore the world, while meeting people different from me. I think this kind of experience will make me grow up as a person.»

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Kent SILLY

Head of transports

19 year old

Scientific Prep School, Lycée Saint Hilaire, Paris

« My main motivation is the idea of travelling, of going on a adventure halfway around the globe, and also the idea of meeting people very different, and experiencing a culture which is completely opposed to ours. I'm very curious of the experiences that await us in Madagascar. »

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Laura G’SELL

In charge of the budget

18 year old

Senior year (economic section), Lycée Sainte-Geneviève, Paris

« I am motivated by the discovery of a new country, a new culture, the sharing and the exchange with the Malagasy boy scouts, and the people of the villages. Let's say that I'm ready to receive as much as I am to give, and I think I'll discover and learn many things with this project, wether thanks to its preparation, or thanks to its realization.»

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Lucile DRESS

In charge of the health

18 year old

Senior year (scientific section), Lycée Paul Bert, Paris

« What motivates me in this project, is the idea of bringing my little grist to a huge mill. Since I joined the scouts, I see Compagnons's project as a sort of outcome, a thing not to be missed. Today I too can bring my help, however modest it is, to an international project of solidarity."

Our action

The project

« But the real way to get happiness is by giving out happiness to other people » (Baden Powell)

This quote from the founder of scouting summarizes perfectly the state of mind in which we were during the creation of this project.

What can we bring to people who live so differently from us? Weren't we taking the risk of contention, or worse, of doing more wrong than good, even with our best intentions?

Thus we looked for a project which would ensure a sort of continuity, in which our passage would maybe not leave any material track, but where we would really be able of going to meet those who are different from us, of sharing, of exchanging with this people.

This project is thus a project of itinierant cinema : we're planning on showing several movies and/or cartoons in every village we shall visit.

We also plan on organizing several activities like sketches, songs, and dances to help the youngest in their French learning. We're thinking of asking theater, music and dance teachers's help for the preparation of the activities.

Besides opening a window on a world which is unknow to them through the simple and intercultural tool of cinema (the images allowing to go beyond the words, and thus beyond the barrier of the language), our purpose is thus to help also the children to practise French during their holidays, in a playful manner.

Why teach them French? Because if the common language is the Malagasy, French is still the official language, which it is necessary to master to be able to apply for some important posts.

Certainly the children of these villages will not become all ambassadors, but it will give them the necessary tools for the possibility of a life outside their village.

La pratique

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We will leavin in partnership with the French association : Écoles du Monde (Schools of the World).

This association arose from an alarming report : the inhabitants of isolated vilages, attracted by the mirage that cities are, migrate there massively to meet, most of the time, even more difficult living conditions and multiple dangers.

To fight against this plague, a team constitued itself over the years, in France and in the region of Mahajanga, around Charles Gassot founder and current president of the association.

Écoles du Monde is nowedays one of the rare NGO which work in the Northwest of the "Big Island".

In parallel of our meetings with the association, we also got in touch with boy scouts of Antananarivo (the capital of Madagascar). Indeed, in case of a travel in a foreign country, the scout tradition wants that we meet the national scout movement from this country.

They answered at once our demand, and our collaboration is based on a continuous exchange since we decided to make this project together.

Their participation isn't only a logistic matter: they will be present throughout our stay to assure us a guide in front of locol habits and customs (and the possible linguistic difficulties), and also to share with us thus experiment.

Cinéma Itinérant à Madagascar

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