Mission accomplished for Chloé Belz and Zoé Herrou, from Belz youth center. For three weeks, “Indépendantes” were able to carry out, in central India, a project they had been preparing for a year with fifteen young girls attending an admissions center run by the association Ja-Viz-Ta. , managed by Belzoise expat Pauline Charriot. “We are still struggling to realize the magnitude of this project and all this adventure. These three weeks have been emotionally filled, especially as we feel like we’re living four days in one! “, they began, welcoming this support homework which enables young girls to “develop and build themselves”.

Live Indian daily life

Despite the language barrier, as many do not speak English, the contacts are strong. The two Bretons offer them a six-day stay at sea, allowing them to discover environments and activities they didn’t know about: kayaking, beaches, beach fishing, tree climbing, etc. “For us, this trip allowed us to experience the daily life of Indian villagers, particularly in Yelghol. We slept on the floor, in ordinary houses where access to water remained complicated and where the shower was a bucket of water heated over a wood fire. We had the opportunity to grow rice and hike barefoot. Last week we returned home and went to school with the girls. An artist joined us there and he helped the girls to create self-portraits, accompanied by symbols that represented them and their future.”

Chloé and Zoé have already expressed a desire to find their Indian friends in a year, five or ten years.