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3.   Projects and testimonies

 
 
Junior Associations usually get involved in sports, cultural activities, environmental and solidarity projects, and organizing local events...
 
A database in French is accessible on the website; it inventories the existing Junior Associations by themes and regions. You can explore it by clicking here.
 
 
Teens testimonies
 
« Last year, we got involved in different community projects and activities in the city, and that was really cool, because we were seen as other regular organizations. For them, we weren’t just a couple of teens trying to help out: we were respected for our work. »
Abdou, president of the JA « Hip hop company »
 
« Personnally, I feel like all of the sudden I’m 10 years older. I fill out paper work by myself, I do the accounting… Although I hate math! But when it’s for the association, it’s  different… »
Mickaël, treasurer of the JA « Montanimation »
 
« What I really appreciate is that, for the first time in our lives, it’s our project, our responsability, our decisions to make. For once, adults don’t tell us what to do. It’s our Junior Association, not theirs.»
Layla, vice president of the JA  « Tous ensemble »
 
« We live in a troubled neighborhood, where most of the time teenagers are seen as a threat, as punks who can’t do any good within their community. When we created a Junior Association, we started to clean up the neighborood and organize activities for kids. That’s when people started to respect us.. They understood we could be useful! And it also really opened our minds, because we got the opportunity to meet other Junior Associations during different events... »
Nidhal, President of the JA « Ci-T de demain »
 
 
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