NewsParent’s Day - A Time for Reconciliation
On June 8th 2012 a ceremony dedicated exclusively to “The Family” will take place at Village Pilote Lake Rose. This is an essential step on the path towards peace and reconciliation in families that have sometimes been torn apart.
S'en Fout le Score-Baobabs Annual Gala
To end the 2011/2012 season rugby style, our friends at S’en Fout le Score-Baobabs (We Don’t Care About the Score) invite you to join them for their 19th annual Gala event at the Pullman Teranga in Dakar on the 12th of May.
Village Pilote Port of Dakar work placement comes to an end
In December 2011, four of our students from Springboard (Tremplin) completed a two month training programme at the Port of Dakar.
Benefit Concert in Barcelona
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If you're in Barcelona this weekend, why not come along to a benefit concert in aid of Dakar's Street Children? |
New beginning for students at the end of their training
On the 2nd of April our manager responsible for professional integration accompanied two of our students starting a 6 month placement on a building site in Saly.
Wind turbine maintenance at VPLR
Things are beginning to come together in terms of clean energy at Springboard (Tremplin).
Acts of torture against Street Children
Last Wednesday in the Hann district of Dakar a 12 year old boy, nicknamed Kirikou by his peers, was tortured by a security guard who alleged he had stolen some clothes.
The 2011 Christmas Tree at Springboard (Tremplin)
For most people February the 7th was just an ordinary day, but at Village Pilote it was party time! Lots of activities transporting the children back in time to a Christmassy atmosphere. Football matches, carnival, fancy dress, a bouncy castle and presents illuminated the day. Even the weather conspired with us and was chilly.
The US Ambassador visits Village Pilote, Lake Rose
On February 6th the US Ambassador, Lewis Lukens, visited our site at Lake Rose. He was accompanied by his wife Mrs Lukens, Mr Patrick Henderson the director of USAID and some officials from the Embassy.
GDF Suez joins Village Pilote
GDF SUEZ has just joined our team of financial partners. Under this new agreement, GDF Suez intends to follow and develop projects designed to help Senegalese children at risk.
The 2012 calendar's here!
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TOTAL Senegal plants trees at Deni Biram Ndao North
To celebrate the end of another successful year sponsoring community projects, on the 10th of December 2011 our partners from TOTAL Senegal S.A came to Village Pilote at Lake Rose to discover for themselves our reintegration programme, but above all to plant some trees.
Gala Benefit Evening - we did it again!!!
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In order to celebrate the end of 2011 in style, we chose to spend an evening with our partners and friends in a relaxed atmosphere in the open air. On the 9th of December, the “Le Jardin” restaurant, which has been entirely redecorated, provided the setting for an event which lasted well into the night.
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EMIRATES AIRLINES DUBAI RUGBY SEVENS
Something which hasn’t been talked about much, so you probably haven’t heard about it, is the rugby sevens which kicked off in Dubai on December the 1st.
Why is this of interest to Village Pilote? Loic, and some friends of our association flew out last weekend to take part in this global event to test their metal against teams from all over the world.
Reintegrating children in difficulty worldwide - on RFI (Radio France International)
During her programme “7 billion neighbours”, Emmanuelle Bastide discussed with her guests, innovative projects from all over the world whose vocation is the reintegration of children who have had a difficult past. Testimonials illustrate how associations who fight for this cause manage to give these children a second chance.
Village Pilote partner Kirène
Village Pilote is very happy to be able to count Kirene among its new partners. In fact, Senegalese companies such as Kirène, Batimat et Batiplus support our work by making both financial and material gifts. Other types of collaboration are envisaged; in particular work experience programmes at Kirene and Batiplus for the young residents of Springboard.
Meet and greet visit by students from Lycée Jean Mermoz
On October the 10th a Year 11 class from Lycee Français Jean Mermoz arrived at our residential centre Springboard for a meet and greet day to swap ideas and experiences. The visit was a follow up to the showing of a film about Village Pilote 10 days earlier in the Lycee’s amphitheatre.
Volunteer's Day France
To celebrate the French France Volontaires day, Village Pilote, and other associations who are partners of France Volunteers, met on Saturday October 1st 2011, from 10am, at the French Institute Léoplod Sédar Senghor.
Going home to Touba
Since the beginning of the year, around 50 children have been reunited with their families, in the Dakar region and in the interior of Senegal. Our objective, to reintegrate them into society and into school. These children are former delinquents who have been cared by us at The Refuge after a period of living precariously, surviving on the streets of the capital and its suburbs. By joining the centre, they have chosen to follow the process of stabilisation and psychosocial monitoring designed to prepare them for a new life with their families, far from the streets.
OVS supports Village Pilote
The association "on va s'marrer" (we will have fun) organised their 3rd Electronic Pic Nic, at Guidel-Beach to support Village pilote.
Parent's Day
Parent’s Day took place on the 11th of June 2011 at Village Pilote, Lac Rose.
On this very emotional day, the children were able to reconnect with their parents’. In a very solemn atmosphere everyone was able to share their experiences; the children, new and longer term residents, but also the counsellors and the parents.
Dakar'elles 2011
On June the 4th the agency EXP Momentum organised the fifth Dakar’elles, the most anticipated women's race in the capital. Over and above the love of the sport, this event has a humanitarian goal.
Inter Company Challenge Dakar
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More at ease dressed in suits negotiating, how would managers behave on a football field? Surely they're happier in front of the TV? Preconceived ideas the sports meet on June 4th on the fields of AS Dakar Sacré Cœur attempted to dispel… in the company of, Village Pilote. |
Gala Benefit Evening Village Pilote
On May 7th, Village Pilote organised its first Gala Benefit Evening in a private garden in Fann Residence
125 people came and supported this special event.
A 3 course dinner, tombola and a dance floor ingredients for a relaxed and festive ambience.
The evening enabled Village Pilote to riase a little over one million CFA francs.
Let’s do it again!
