Passerelles Info
3, rue Jean Varenne
75018 Paris
France
- Youth and education
Passerelles Info develops environmental, health and citizenship education programs in France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Canada. It is managed by a board of directors of 10 members from the world of education and a 4 members team. Its annual resources are around 200 to 400 k€ per year, 3 to 4 equivalent FTJ...
We mobilize tens of thousands of teachers and their pupils around three programs: “Living with the Sun” (prevention of risks related to sun exposure), “Eating Well for My Health” (nutrition education) and “Reducing My Waste, Feeding the Earth” (promotion of waste sorting, biowaste composting). On a voluntary basis, teachers and trainers benefit from free and turnkey educational resources and training.
Our methodology places the student at the heart of the learning process. Several scientific studies demonstrated the development of the beneficiaries' knowledge and skills and even behavioral improvements.
Our partners are institutional (Ministries of Education, regional directorates, regional health agencies, public institutes...) or from civil society (professional associations, WHO collaborating centers…).
- Educating for sustainable development :
Passerelles.info contributes to ESD in the field of environmental, health and citizenship education.
- Linking knowledge and skills :
Passerelles's programs are transdisciplinary. They reinforce the acquisition and combination of knowledge and skills. This contribute to the emergence of an alternative model of education, where the student builds his/her knowledge with the teacher, is involved in an active role, and is made aware of the scientific approach from an early age.
- Fostering Intersectorality :
Our programs promote intersectoral cooperation between experts, actors from institutions, local authorities and associations, the world of education, etc.
- Strengthening social ties :
The Bridges program approach helps reduce educational inequalities, strengthen the links between generations, populations, etc. In order to reach as many children as possible, we favor projects with state schools in the countries where we are present.
To date, 75,000 teachers around the world, mainly in France and in the Euro-Mediterranean countries, are enrolled in one or more of our three programs:
- "Reduce my waste, feed the Earth", which focuses on sorting and reduction and composting at source of biowaste, allowing students to study soils and some of their inhabitants such as earthworms.
- "Living with the sun": this program is devoted to solar prevention, which is crucial during childhood. By explaining the effects of the sun on health and the environment, its benefits and harms, it shows how to prevent diseases related to sun exposure (cancers, cataracts) and how to protect oneself in daily life and in risk situations.
- "Eating and moving for my health": this program aims to strengthen children's nutritional education. They discover, session after session, how to prevent obesity and overweight through physical activity, and how to maintain good body and oral hygiene.
As a member of the Clubs for UNESCO, we will contribute to promoting the humanistic values of the Anna Lindh Foundation in our field of intervention, school education, where we occupy a prominent place forged by our experience and the excellent feedback from teachers and educational authorities on our programs. Since 2007, we have forged strong links with the different actors in health education in France, particularly with the Ministry of Education, but also with regional health agencies, local authorities... In this way, Passerelles Info will strengthen the national network in the educational and health field.
Through its name and activities, Passerelles ("Gateway" in French) fully embodies the idea of building bridges between cultures and countries. We do this in our field, the educational sector, through the projects we develop with French public schools (metropolitan France and overseas departments), but also those in many countries where we have teachers enrolled. We also do it through the values that we help to transmit to thousands of pupils: health education, sustainable development and citizenship, which are issues that transcend borders and are capable of fostering solidarity and unity. By joining the Network, we will be able to multiply the impact of our action in favor of these ideals.
Indeed, Passerelles Info is currently studying the possibility of transferring its programs to countries in the southern Mediterranean, North Africa and Egypt. Health education is more than necessary, and it is even more effective if it is done early; but we cannot forget that health concerns all countries of the world, as the coronavirus pandemic has shown us. We believe that, due to the historical, cultural and human ties that bind us to these countries, North Africa and Egypt are the most appropriate countries to add our stone to the edifice. And as a member of the Clubs for UNESCO, joining the Anna Lindh Foundation Networks allows us an additional opening, while strengthening the national and global networks, especially in the educational sector.