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Solidarity: disabled and able-bodied children fly together thanks to the “Rêves de gosses” association
Solidarity: disabled and able-bodied children fly together thanks to the “Rêves de gosses” association
(France 2)
As part of the “An idea for France” section, head to the city of Toulouse. For almost 30 years, the “Rêves de gosses” association has been fighting to create friendships between able-bodied children and others with disabilities.
The idea of the “Rêves de gosses” association is as follows: “reunite [d]ordinary and extraordinary children, put them on a plane and have a baptism”so that they “leave on the ground the fetters that they have on earth”explains its founder, Jean-Yves Glémée.
That morning, there was a scent of adventure in the air. At Toulouse airport (Haute-Garonne), 180 young people, both able-bodied and disabled, will share their first flight. Around twenty planes are waiting for them on the tarmac. Sébastien Roquette, a seasoned professional pilot, is happy to take them for a ride. “The words of children, when they discover by saying [que] It’s so cool, it moves, I think it’s great. It puts us back in the situation of discovery ourselves.”, he confides. Each year, 1,500 children benefit from the program.
Every year in May, the association organizes an aerial tour of France with nine stopover towns and baptisms in each town, explains journalist Valérie Heurtel, on the 13 Heures set. This year, the last one should take place in October in New Caledonia.
Other associations are mobilizing to enable some people to realize their dreams. This is particularly the case for “Part’ages ton rêve”, an association based in Normandy aimed at seniors: Monique thus discovered New York (United States), and Michel and Françoise were treated to a cruise on the Rhine. As for Gwenola and Jacky, a couple of retired Norman educators, they opened a bistro at home, to create links with their neighbors and “may their house always be full”.
