Culture for all

Give children the means to take action!

Creativity, autonomy, taking initiative – these are skills one needs to practice from earliest childhood to become a responsible citizen, able to take on the world in all its complexity. What better training tool than culture to open minds, stimulate dialogue, inspire ideas and explore other values and traditions?

As illustrated by the Covid 19 pandemic, children and young people are being asked to grow up in a transforming world. They are already confronting major issues that will determine the evolution of our society.

Among those issues, two stand out:

how to live together in harmony and construct a culture where everyone has their place, and at the same time acknowledge that diversity is a source of vitality and renewal in our society;
Fondation de France wishes to give young people the means to become independent, responsible citizens who will know how to face these issues and build a more harmonious society.

Fondation de France supports projects that propose a plan of action in four steps:

• developing the imagination and creativity, to cultivate awareness and sensitivity;
• learn collaborative skills, techniques and methods through participation in a collective project;
• practice thinking and analytical skills to address and debate questions raised during the process;
• increase one’s capacity for action. Depending on the situation, the young people will be involved in the project’s conception, organization, execution and follow-up or evaluation.

The supported project can focus on the arts, handicrafts, natural or human sciences, or combinations thereof.