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Marjorie Dominquez, 18yo, Management Step - Rachelle Cayangan, 18yo, Management Step Joeny Credo,17yo, Management Step - Ryben Cambal, 18yo, Management Step Stephanie Deladia, 20yo, Responsibility Step - Mark Sameniada, 17yo, Autonomy Step Jashen Mae Cartagena, 22 yo, Responisibility Step Deco'Me Program, Green Village Calauan, Philippines. What is for you Mutual Aid ? Mutual aid is a voluntary reciprocal exchange of resources and services for mutual benefit. It is one of the characteristics of social group work. Ryben This mutual aid is a kind of concern that make people proud of it. Jashen Mae For me this mutual aid is arrangement made between nations to assist each other Marjorie It is helping others without waiting for something in exchange. Mark Can you describe how you can see mutual aid between people during this crisis around you? Mutual aid between people is very important but it is not easy for some people because they are lacking of supplies. So some of the people who has a lot of supplies can help them also and so as the government. Helping each other can boost people to trust each other. Ryben We see that the government are planning a way and working to distribute the relief goods and help for the people. Marjorie Mutual aid is concretely sharing alcohol or sanitizer to make sure that droplet transmission is dis infected. Joeny As an example, my auntie is sharing some canned foods to our neighbor. Rachelle Think of something you can do to help prevent the crisis around you Helping each other and sharing. Rachelle Be far from anything or any people you are talking to. And stay at home also. Joeny Wear a mask and wash our hands all the time. Stephanie Don't ignore the rules,it is for us to our body health and stay doing a social distancing and cover a mouth and nose if you are cough and sneezing. Marjorie

Cheri Mulos - 20yo - Responsibility Step - Hear Us Cafe Program Life Project Center Cagayan de Oro, Philippines

Swathi Sheela muthu, 17 years old, Management Step - Vinitha Ganessa, 17 years old, Management Step - Divya Lingam, 19 years old, Management Step - Bharathi Manikandan, 18 years old, Management Step - Nitharna Balasubramani,18 years old, Management Step Life Project Center Chennai, India The situation in Kannagi Nagar is very complicated for everybody. Even if there is no case of Covid-19 (that we know of) here, most people have lost their job and they don’t have money to buy food or water. The shops are closed after 1pm. People who have a ration card received 1000INR but a lot of families don’t have one. We have decided to help the community : every morning, we go to the rationshops to help the police with the security. We make sure people respect the distance and we arrange the line. In the afternoon, we work on a survey: We go to meet people in their buildings to know if they have ration cards and where the most vulnerable people are. For us, it is important to help because Kannagi Nagar is a very poor area. The people who are suffering the most (disable people, widows, senior citizens, mothers) are our neighbors and we know them! For us, it is impossible to not do something for them! Some of us want to become nurses or want to be doctor assistants because helping others is the most important ! Also, if we make sure that people respect the rules, the crisis will be over soon! Swathi, Nitharna, Vinitha, Bharathi, Divya

Madelyn Bolon, 22 yo, Management step, PayataSport program, Life Project Center Payatas, Manila, Philippines Madelyn knows her family is quite worried about this coronavirus crisis. She decided to interview her sister.

Laxmi SAHU (Growth makers company) found a job during her first week of job search (she became computer teacher in an NGO, Badhte Kadam), and is super grateful about her experience. (completely on the right) She is 21 years old and works as a Computer Trainer in BARTHE KADAM (NGO) in Pandri Before LP4Y I am Laxmi Sahu, I am 21-year-old, I was living in Dongargarh (C.G.) a simple student life. Lanivie from LP4Y visited once the place of my vocational training and gave us information about the LP4Y Green Village Saragaon in Raipur. Then I became very motivated to join this 3 months residential program. Because it is a great opportunity to change my life and achieve my target and dream job. I want to become a computer teacher because I really like it and there is a higher demand for this subject for this generation. Experience in LP4Y My personal experience is that LP4Y is a big step for Youth development and that it is a best platform for your knowledge development. I get job experience in this place, I worked there in different departments. I had wonderful experience in that place to increase my knowledge, self-confidence, friendship with other Youth in different villages, states and my communication with the foreign coaches in english. How to manage the company's critical situation and manage the employee. How to grow our company values. Learn in LP4Y I learn there many things : personality development, time management, Good communication, how to present ourselves, explain our ideas. Increase self-knowledge, computer work in drive. How to plan events, how to work together, in different micro companies, in different departments. How to manage our expenses and money. I thought I learned there the most important thing: we respect every person and animal. We learn about save the nature and save the earth. Personal development Self-motivation, self-independence, confidence, communication to different people. Manage all critical situations in our life. My company during the Green Village training My company name during the Green Village training is Growth makers. My post was in HR and finance manager and I had many responsibilities in each department and created our company values, motto, logo, rules of our company, daily report, weekly report, monthly report, presentation of our company. Different departments in our company: - Team manager, human resources, communication manager, purchase manager, production manager, finance manager. GV pedagogy I like GV pedagogy because I had different tasks and coaches and trainers encourage to achieve to my target job and suggested and helped me during job search, helped me prepare my resume. This is most important document in your job interview… See the testimony of Sagar SAHU, Batch 1, Green Village Raipur >>here

[English version below] Romain Maillu, Coach Source of Life Life Project Center Cilincing, Jakarta, Indonesia Le 12 avril 2020 Kusniawaty, jeune femme du programme en management step (Avril 2020) - © Romain Mailliu Pas de réveil programmé ce dimanche matin. C’est peu habituel car les premières heures du jour sont pour moi les plus belles. Pas question de les manquer. Quand la ville se met en route, pas à pas. Que les visages endormis s’offrent aux premiers rayons de soleil. Seuls les oiseaux chantent, et c’est assez. La température est agréable : 22 C° et un courant d’air marin vient caresser ma peau qui frissonne de plaisir. Mes yeux s’ouvrent naturellement à 8h30. C’est suffisamment tôt pour décréter que la journée reste exploitable. Je casse deux œufs dans une poêle. Jean-Marc, ou plutôt John – les Asiatiques n’arrivent pas à articuler et retenir son prénom administratif – frictionne nerveusement la pâte à pain faite aux premières lueurs du jour. « Ce matin, j’ai reçu une photo d’une jeune des Philippines. Une cuillère remplie d’une eau blanchâtre. C’est l’eau salée dans laquelle elle fait cuire le riz. Il ne lui reste plus que ça pour nourrir son bébé. Elle a vingt-deux ans et trois enfants. Son aîné a sept ans… Avec le confinement, elle n’arrive pas à quitter son bidonville pour rejoindre notre centre. L’équipe de Manille est sur le coup, nous allons trouver une solution. » La misère ne prend pas de week-ends. Des réveils comme celui-ci, John doit en connaître plusieurs fois par an. Depuis 10 ans, son ONG LP4Y a accompagné 2 662 jeunes vers le monde professionnel décent. Pourtant, aujourd’hui la situation est exceptionnelle. Les Jeunes et leur famille sont les plus affectés par les conséquences de cette crise sanitaire et économique mondiale. Et derrière ces chiffres il y a des visages, des noms, et des messages qui exhument le poids de nos responsabilités. L’équipe de Source Of Life, notre programme de vente d’eau potable (Janvier 2020) - © Romain Mailliu « Être adulte, c’est être seul », disait Jean Rostand. Au contraire, je pense qu’être adulte c’est prendre conscience de l’importance des autres. L’idée n’est pas toujours séduisante. Elle a même terrifié Jean-Paul Sartre avec sa célèbre phrase : « L’enfer, c’est les autres ». Il ajoute dans son essai l’Être et le Néant : « S’il y a un Autre, quel qu’il soit, où qu’il soit, quels que soient ses rapports avec moi… J’ai un dehors, j’ai une nature ; ma chute originelle c’est l’existence de l’autre ». Conclusion : Nous prenons conscience de la triste existence qui sera la nôtre quand nous découvrons que nous ne sommes pas seuls sur terre. C’est ça, l’âge adulte. Il va falloir apprendre à vivre ensemble : quel enfer ! Quand on observe les inégalités qui sont les mêmes partout dans le monde, on devine que nous n’avons pas tous adopté les mêmes règles de jeu. L’étudiant assidu que vous étiez en terminale – second rang : place idéale pour suivre la prestation de votre professeur de philosophie dépressif tout en évitant les postillons propulsés par l’effluve de son haleine caféine Marlboro – ajouterait que la liberté des uns s'arrête là où commence celle des autres #Rousseau. Décidément, pas facile de vivre ensemble. Pourtant, soyons honnêtes, les meilleurs moments que nous vivons sont ceux que nous partageons avec les autres. N’allez pas me dire que vous avez vécu l’extase un mercredi soir devant une série B avec votre Heineken dans la main droite et votre ordinateur portable Lenovo - PowerPoint ouvert sur la dernière slide de votre Comex du lendemain - dans la main gauche. On peut connaître certains moments d’émerveillement seul : lors d’une balade matinale un dimanche matin à travers le marché Boulevard Vincent Auriol, en découvrant un nouveau clip de PLN le vendredi soir… Mais la joie ? je fixe mon ordinateur, le regard vide, mon reflet apparaît à l’écran. La matinée est déjà bien avancée. Excepté l’écriture de mes états d’âme et l’écoute léonine du nouvel album des Strokes, je n’ai pas fait grand-chose. À ma gauche Fanette somnole sur la terrasse, à ma droite la panthère des neiges de Tesson bronze au soleil. La brise gonfle notre hamac qui prend l’allure d’un spi et je me surprends à rêver de croisières en voilier dans le Golfe du Morbihan. Fin de l’album des Strokes, Spotify déclenche la lecture aléatoire : Belle & Sebastien - Another Sunny Day. Vue de notre terrasse au lever du soleil - © Romain Mailliu Another Sunny Day. April 12nd 2020 No alarm scheduled this Sunday morning. It's unusual, the first hours of the day are for me the most beautiful ones. I wouldn't miss them. When the city wakes up, little by little. Let the sleeping faces give themselves up to the first rays of sunshine. Only the birds are singing, and that's enough. The temperature is pleasant: 22 C° and a sea breeze comes to caress my skin which shivers with pleasure. My eyes open naturally at 8:30 am. That's early enough to say that the day is still usable. I break two eggs in a frying pan. Jean-Marc, or rather John - the Asians can't manage to articulate and retain his administrative first name - nervously rubs the bread dough made at first light. "This morning, I received a photo of a young woman from the Philippines. A spoon full of whitish water. This is the salt water in which she cooks the rice. This is all she has left to feed her baby. She is twenty-two years old and has three children. Her eldest is seven years old... With the confinement, she can't manage to leave her slum to come to our centre. The Manila team is on it, we'll find a solution. » Misery doesn't take weekends. A waking like this, John must know it several times a year. Over the past 10 years, his NGO LP4Y has accompanied 2,662 young people to the decent professional world. Yet today the situation is exceptional. Youths and their families are the most affected by the consequences of this global health and economic crisis. And behind these figures there are faces, names, and messages that exude the weight of our responsibilities. "To be an adult is to be alone," Jean Rostand used to say. On the contrary, I think that being an adult means being aware of the importance of others. The idea is not always attractive. It even terrified Jean-Paul Sartre with his famous sentence: "Hell is other people". He adds in his essay Being and Nothingness: If there is an Other, whoever he is, wherever he is, whatever his relationship with me ... I have an outside, I have a nature; my original fall is the existence of the other". Conclusion: We become aware of the sad existence that will be ours when we discover that we are not alone on earth. This is what adulthood is all about. We will have to learn to live together: what a hell! When we look at the inequalities that are the same everywhere in the world, we can guess that we have not all adopted the same rules of the game. The assiduous student you were in your senior year - second row: the ideal place to follow the performance of your depressed philosophy teacher while while avoiding the spit propelled by the scent of his caffeine Marlboro breath - would add that the freedom of some ends where the freedom of others begins #Rousseau. Definitely, it's not easy to live together. Yet, let's be honest, the best times we have are the times we share with each other. Don't tell me that you experienced a deep joy on a Wednesday night in front of a Talk-show with your Heineken in your right hand and your Lenovo laptop - PowerPoint opened on the last slide of your Comex the next day - in your left hand. You can experience some moments of wonder on your own: during a morning stroll on a Sunday morning through the market on Boulevard Vincent Auriol, discovering a new PLN clip on Friday evening... But joy? I stare at my computer, with empty eyes, my reflection appears on the screen. The morning is already well advanced. Apart from writing about my moods and listening to the Strokes' new album, I haven't done much. On my left Fanette is dozing on the terrace, on my right the snow panther of Tesson is tanning in the sun. The breeze swells our hammock which looks like a spinnaker and I find myself dreaming of sailing cruises in the Golfe du Morbihan. At the end of the Strokes' album, Spotify triggers random playback: Belle & Sebastien - Another Sunny Day.

Ganita Pariyar, 20, Management Step, Green Village Kathmandu, Nepal There are so many things that I am very grateful for in my life. I am very grateful, To my parents for giving me birth in this beautiful world, rearing me ,caring for me unconditionally. Likewise, I am really grateful, To my parents for their support, their encouragement, strength and undying love. Similarly, I am more grateful, For the opportunities of my life that they had provided me to enhance my qualities and for the betterment of each and every moment of my life. Moreover I am so grateful, To my teachers who guided me in enlightening the wisdom, from darkness towards the brightening light. Again, I feel grateful, Towards all my mentors, advisers who stayed with me during my ups and down and re-energized me to go further with my smile. At last I would be the most grateful person, If I could look after my parents like the way they had always looked after me and would cherish each and every path with happiness.

The Youth and the catalysts from Taguig share with you what makes them happy! Iris Sutter, Coach Healthy Corner 2, 26 years old Patricia Rosales, Autonomy step, 21 years old Léa Boghossian, Project Leader Micro-Economic Initiatives, 25 years old Rarldine Basilan, Autonomy step, 17 years old Alice Besson, Project Leader Organisation & Management, 23 years old Merito Buelta, Autonomy step, 18 years old Claire Brault, Project Leader Partnerships, 25 years old Mary Grace Lagrimas, Management step, 19 years old Pauline Morelon, Country Coordinator Philippines, 29 years old Elmerito Managay, Management step, 19 years old Joy Ambolodto, Autonomy step, 17 years old Charlotte Lazeras, Coach Healthy Corner 1, 22 years old Marifer Ayunting, Autonomy step, 17 years old Lilas Arquilliere, Project Manager Youth Inclusion Network, 25 years old Marcel Frange, Management step, 21 years old Joana Geron, Management step, 19 years old Jhomel Macalalad, Autonomy step, 17 years old

Patricia Rosales, 21yo, Autonomy Step Life Project Center Taguig, Philippines (on the right on the picture) “I helped to distribute the relief goods in my area, it was tiring but I really liked to help people” Can you introduce yourself? My name is Patricia Rosales. I am 21 years old, mom of two: a girl of 6 years old and a little boy of 2 years old. I live in FTI, Taguig, with my children and my husband. What did you feel when you learned the Philippines would be in quarantine? Did you have some questions / fears? I was happy because the people who usually “stand by” outside cannot do it anymore. That means less bad people around my house. How did you know about the lock down? I watched the President's speech on TV at home. How did you feel when you learned that the LP4Y center will close? Sad, because I knew LP4Y activities would stop and I did not want it. Did you have money and food at home when the lockdown was announced? No but the Barangay distributes food once a week. It is not enough for my family for a week but it is already something. Last week I helped to distribute the relief goods in FTI. All the families who need the food bags put chairs in front of their house and put their quarantine card on it. That means they want to receive the food. We distributed a lot of bags during the afternoon and it was very tiring but I liked to help others. Now it is the lockdown, do you ration food? I still eat normally and my children as well. What are you doing at home during quarantine? I do the activities in my notebook (Coach Iris bought notebooks to the Youth and assign them one exercise per day to do at home), I take care of my children, play with them, take the time to cook good breakfasts… My husband is a housekeeper in Makati and stay there at night so I do not see him a lot during the week. What is the atmosphere in your area? Did you notice things that have changed? People stay at home so there are less people in the street. Shops have closed so I have to go to Palanque to buy food. It is a 30 minutes walk from my home and I go there with my two children. It is quite difficult to come back home with all the groceries. Some sari-sari are still open in my area but it is very expensive. What coronavirus changed for you? I see my family more, we spend more time together and I really like this. But some people in my family lost their job because of the lockdown and it is getting difficult for them to buy food. See the testimony of James Cerilo,18yo, Responsibilty Step, Life Project Center Taguig, Philippines >>here

The Stars of the Life Project Center of Pahar Ganj in Delhi, India: Nitin Oliver Malik, 24yo - Kshitij Kumar, 19yo - Subi Khan, 24yo - Akshay Gupta,18yo - Akhilesh Kumar, 20yo - Lokesh Kumar, 22y - Tarun Kumar, 21yo - Amaan Khan, 18yo - Shyamveer Singh, 21yo.

Every week we share with you some content to entertain your weekend and fill your brain with some food for thoughts! This Salad bowl is a mix of different volunteers’ suggestions with a pinch of their personality in it! Get up on your feet and let’s work out! Madfit - Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpQ34afVgk8cRQBjSJ1xuJQ/featured Different kinds of sessions (low impact - HIIT, etc.) and songs workout! EClub Decathlon https://eclub.decathlon.fr/#/ Free video to follow session from a Domyos Gym Club, a pretty famous brand of Decathlon! Be careful you can only benefit from it for free until the end of April! Podcast - Des hommes violents [French content] https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/des-hommes-violents-le-podcast-original Condamnés par le tribunal pour violences conjugales, ces douze hommes sont contraints par la justice de participer à un groupe de parole pendant six mois. Tous viennent d’univers différents : l'un est un homme d’affaires à succès, un autre à la recherche d’emploi, un autre tient un garage... Ils commencent par clamer unanimement leur innocence ou par refuser de reconnaître leurs torts. Puis évoluent, ou pas. Ce podcast s’attache séance après séance à suivre leur avancée, à partir à leur rencontre, à les écouter. Il est nourri des propres interrogations du narrateur, Mathieu Palain, sur le mouvement #metoo et la question des masculinités aujourd’hui. Et mis en perspective par trois récits de victimes. Movie night! Online Movie Festival ! https://fourthree.boilerroom.tv/ Boiler room is launching its online festival to plunge into the around-the-world counter-culture with several short films and movies, available from 16th April to 18th May. Netflix - Sand Storm “Heart Stopper” ♥️ “Sand Storm” mainly takes place behind closed doors in a Bedouin village in the Negev Desert. The drama turns on the ways men in a tradition-bound Arab culture enjoy the benefits of a way of life that oppresses women, who in turn oppress each other. In short, it’s a fairly familiar critique of patriarchy from a humanist and feminist perspective, but one put across with some very impressive filmmaking skills by a first-time director.At the 2016 Sundance Film Festival it won the Grand Jury Prize in the World Cinema Dramatic section.[4] It won the Best Film Award at the Ophir Awards. La Cinémathèque [French Content] https://www.cinematheque.fr/henri/ “Cette mise en ligne d'une infime partie de notre collection, celle dont nous possédons les droits de diffusion, répond bien sûr à un contexte très particulier, l'épidémie de Covid-19 et le confinement, mais aussi à la volonté de diffuser le plus largement possible quelques pépites méconnues du patrimoine cinématographique. Très attachée à la projection et à l'émotion partagée dans une salle, la Cinémathèque poursuit ainsi sa mission de transmission et de découverte. Tous les soirs, à 20h30 et à cette adresse, nous vous proposerons donc un film parmi ceux que la Cinémathèque a restaurés au cours des vingt dernières années. Le site s'enrichit ainsi quotidiennement de merveilles, souvent rares, voire inédites, qui resteront disponibles jusqu'au retour des beaux jours, quand nos salles pourront rouvrir.” https://www.cinematheque.fr/decouvrir.html?type=video Vous pouvez par ailleurs revoir quelques 800 vidéos (leçons de cinéma avec les plus grands cinéastes, acteurs, actrices et technicien.nes au monde ; essais ; conférences...) mais aussi relire plus de 500 articles et sites web développés par nos équipes. Inspiring newsletters and websites The New Humanitarian The New Humanitarian puts quality, independent journalism at the service of the millions of people affected by humanitarian crises around the world. They report from the heart of conflicts and disasters to inform prevention and response with ++ To subscribe to their weekly roundup newsletter !! Convergence http://www.convergences.org/en/ Launched in 2008, Convergences is the first platform for thought in Europe that aims at building new convergences between public, private, and solidarity-based actors to promote the Sustainable Development Goals and the development of a world “Zero Exclusion, Zero Carbon, Zero Poverty.” The scope of interest is wide ranging: sustainable development, international development, solidarity-based and inclusive finance, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), social entrepreneurship, social and solidarity economy, and new technologies for change. ++ Their 3Zero weekly newsletter Reliefweb https://reliefweb.int/ ReliefWeb is a humanitarian information service provided by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). ReliefWeb's editorial team monitors and collects information from more than 4,000 key sources, including humanitarian agencies at the international and local levels, governments, think-tanks and research institutions, and the media. ++ Global geopolitics oriented ! Go back to school! https://online-learning.harvard.edu/catalog?keywords&paid%5B1%5D=1&max_price&start_date_range%5Bmin%5D%5Bdate%5D&start_date_range%5Bmax%5D%5Bdate%5D&fbclid=IwAR2tMLBjyBm5oIAfGeHFrRL-KFAPIfuchJCK1aejBcFR9UDgcIIW9xh5HGQ During the lockdown, Harvard university is suggesting to open some of its courses ONLINE. You can choose between around 50 diversified kinds of courses. I chose to follow “The Health Effects of climate change” and “Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies” It depends on the topic and the teachers, but usually it takes 3 to 5 hours a week, you have some quiz at the end of each session and sometimes assignments also ! Sometimes the course did not start yet, that is why you can only subscribe but not access them yet. All is free, except if you want to get a verified certificate or to keep the course after it expires (2months after the end of the course approximately) RadiooOoOoOoOo Who never dreamt of travelling with a time machine to discover new waves of music ? Have you ever felt you were born the wrong decade or in the wrong country regarding the music style ? Thanks to this radio online, you can choose your country and the decade you want and listen to the music released that time! https://radiooooo.com/ TedX content ! A guerilla gardener in South Central LA | Ron Finley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzZzZ_qpZ4w [English content, French Subtitles] Ron Finley plants vegetable gardens in South Central LA -- in abandoned lots, traffic medians, along the curbs. Why? For fun, for defiance, for beauty and to offer some alternative to fast food in a community where "the drive-thrus are killing more people than the drive-bys." Be the Change in the Messed up World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhKevstJyrc Individual actions can amount to change at a large scale. In his talk, Rob explains how this applies to environmentally friendly living. His extreme activism initiatives, such as the “Trash Me” campaign he ran in New York in 2016, are meant to awaken our consciousness on the impact our actions have on the planet. Rob invites us to commit to small daily changes to become the change we wish to see in the world.

[English version below] Life Project 4 Youth construit depuis 2009, dans les 14 pays de l’Alliance (réseau international d’organisations locales) un écosystème entièrement dédié à l’intégration sociale & professionnelle de Jeunes adultes en situation de grande précarité et frappés d’exclusion. Afin d’être au plus près de ces Jeunes, LP4Y a développé au cœur ou à proximité des bidonvilles, des incubateurs de projets entrepreneuriaux, les Life Project Centers (LPC) en milieu urbain et les Green Villages (GV) en milieu rural, où les Jeunes suivent un parcours pédagogique, accompagnés par un coach. Depuis près d’un mois maintenant, les Centres LP4Y ont dû cesser leurs activités, et nos équipes, restées sur le terrain, doivent inventer de nouveaux modes d’accompagnement pour ces Jeunes qui sont les premiers touchés par les conséquences de cette crise sanitaire et économique mondiale. Continuons de nous émerveiller Lorsque nous avons pris la décision de cesser les activités en présentiel au sein des Centres, nous connaissions le défi qu’il nous faudrait relever : conserver le lien avec les Jeunes et maintenir la détermination de tous. Un défi de taille puisque nous avons dû demander aux Jeunes de rentrer chez eux afin de respecter les mesures de confinement. Ils nous ont paru bien vides les Life Project Centers et les Greens Villages une fois les Jeunes partis… C’est alors que nous avons eu l’idée de cette gazette interne : un espace de partage où nous pourrions publier, chaque semaine, des témoignages, des tranches de vie et des portraits. Et ainsi, grâce à ces Paroles de Jeunes et de Catalystes, cette énergie prodigieuse, si caractéristique de notre mouvement, pourrait continuer de se répandre. Mille idées, mille actions, le manège ne s’arrêtera pas de tourner. Car la vie continue toujours, partout, pour tous, même en situation "extrême" - d’extrême pauvreté, d’extrême exclusion, et aujourd’hui on peut le dire, même en situation de "crise-sanitaire-et-économique-d’envergure-mondiale". Aujourd’hui nous réaffirmons notre engagement. Il suffit d’une respiration pour répandre le Coronavirus sur l’ensemble du globe. De même il suffit de jeter un regard, oui de le voir, de le faire voir, pour qu’un Jeune s’ouvre et se décide à changer de vie. Et si nous ne pouvons plus partager le même air, cela ne nous empêchera pas de respirer ensemble. Nous continuerons de souffler pour que la Terre ne s’arrête pas de tourner. Protégeons-nous, portons des masques mais ne cessons pas d’aimer, de penser, de découvrir, de faire naître ; ne cessons pas d’oser, ne cessons pas de soutenir et d’écouter. Le covid-19 finira par cesser de s’étendre, pas notre émerveillement. Nous ne finirons jamais d’être étonné par la force et le talent de tous ces Jeunes. A présent c’est avec vous que nous souhaitons partager les plus belles de ces histoires. Plus que jamais les Jeunes ont besoin d’être vus et entendus. Alors, vous qui suivez les actions LP4Y et qui, d’une manière ou d’une autre, êtes attentifs à la question de l’intégration sociale et professionnelle des plus exclus, laissez-vous porter et inspirer par les témoignages de tous ces Jeunes qui continuent à aller de l’avant et à faire des plans pour leur futur ! Des histoires inspirantes pour tous, en ces temps de profonds bouleversements. Pour en savoir plus sur les mesures mises en place sur le terrain afin de répondre à la crise retrouvez ici notre dernier point de situation. Rejoignez-nous aussi pour les traditionnelles réunions LP4Y du mois de mai qui se dérouleront cette année en ligne et seront nourries d’interventions de Catalystes sur le terrain et de retour de mission ou encore de témoignages de Partenaires. Vous recevrez une invitation très prochainement. Le 5 mai avec l’équipe LP4Y Luxembourg, le 7 mai avec l’équipe LP4Y Bruxelles, le 12 mai avec l’équipe LP4Y Londres, le 14 mai avec l’équipe LP4Y Lille, le 19 mai avec l’équipe LP4Y Paris, le 24 mai avec l’équipe LP4Y Côte d’Azur, Et le 28 mai avec l’équipe LP4Y Lyon. Since 2009 and across the 14 countries of the Alliance (an international network of local organizations), Life Project 4 Youth has been building an ecosystem entirely dedicated to the social and professional integration of excluded Youth living in extreme poverty. LP4Y has developed Life Project Centers (LPC) in urban areas and Green Villages (GV) in rural areas. These centers and villages, in or near slums, in close proximity to the Youth, are incubators for entrepreneurial projects, where the Youth follow educational training accompanied by a coach. Almost one month ago, the LP4Y Centers had to cease their activities and our teams, still on the field, have to find new ways of supporting the Youth who are the first to be affected by this global health and economic crisis. Continuing to marvel When we decided to stop face-to-face activities within the Centers, we knew the challenge we would face: how to keep in touch with the Youth and maintain everyone’s momentum and commitment. This is a major challenge since the Youth were required to return to their homes in order to respect the containment measures. The Life Project Centers and Greens Villages seemed very empty once they had left… And that’s when we had the idea of creating this internal gazette: a weekly space for sharing where we could publish testimonies, accounts of daily life and portraits. And so, thanks to these Words from our Youth and Catalysts, this extraordinary energy, so characteristic of our movement, can continue to spread. Thousands of ideas, thousands of acts, the ride keeps spinning. Because life doesn’t stop, it keeps going, everywhere, for everyone, even in an "extreme" situation - extreme poverty, extreme exclusion, and today we can say it, even in an extreme global health and economic crisis. Today we reaffirm our commitment. One breath is enough to spread the Coronavirus all over the world. And in the same way, one look is enough to see the excluded Youth, to make them see, so that they open themselves to opportunity and decide to change their life. And even if we can no longer share the same air, that doesn’t stop us from breathing together. We will continue to blow so that the Earth keeps spinning. We must protect ourselves and wear masks but we must not stop loving, thinking, discovering, having children; we mustn’t stop daring, supporting and listening. Covid-19 will eventually stop spreading, but our wonder will continue to spread. We will never stop being amazed by the strength and talent of all these young people. We now wish to share the best of these stories. More than ever, the Youth need to be seen and heard. So, those of you who follow LP4Y’s actions and who, in one way or another, are alert to the issue of social and professional integration of the most excluded, let yourself be carried away and inspired by the testimonies of all the Youth who continue their progress, making plans for their future! These are inspirational stories for all, at a time of profound upheaval. To find out more about responses to the crisis in the field, find our last update here. Join us for the traditional LP4Y meetings in May which this year will take place online and will be enriched by contributions from Catalysts in the field or returning from mission and by testimonials from Partners. Invitations will be sent out shortly. May 5 with the LP4Y Luxembourg team, May 7 with the LP4Y Brussels team, May 12 with the LP4Y London team, May 14 with the LP4Y Lille team, May 19 with the LP4Y Paris team, May 24 with the LP4Y Côte d'Azur team, And on May 28 with the LP4Y Lyon team.