Since 2021, the Snowleader Foundation has been pursuing its activities to promote young people’s access to the mountains through associative projects of general interest. Our intention is to actively engage in the supported projects, which is why we have also established skills sponsorship to be alongside project leaders.
LOCALISATION
Northern Alps – Savoie
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
15 000 € (2023)
The Battery Fort is located in the municipality of Marthod, in Savoie, at an altitude of 1,400 meters, not far from the Dent de Cons. It was built between 1886 and 1888 as part of France’s military defense strategy. It is therefore part of the series of forts known as the “Albertville strongholds” along with the Lestal Fort (Marthod), the Tamié and Villard Forts (Mercury), and the Mont Fort (Albertville) being the most significant. In 1958, the State proposed the Fort to the municipality, which took it over without having a specific project for its future. It gradually deteriorated as a result. In 1998, due to the danger posed by the ruined building, the city hall considered demolishing it to secure the site. A municipal councilor at the time, assisted by several residents of the municipality, decided to create the association “Pour que Vive le Fort de la Batterie” (To Keep the Battery Fort Alive).
Since 1998, volunteers from the association have been restoring this Fort. Several tens of thousands of hours have been dedicated to enhancing the site, which is frequented by numerous visitors. The volunteers are committed to bringing this place to life by offering sports, educational, cultural, and tourist activities.
Today, the volunteers of the association aim to transform this place into a shared refuge, akin to a high-altitude living space, in proximity to Albertville, allowing the local population to enjoy the mountains. Compliance work began in November 2023 and will continue in 2024. This refuge will be accredited to welcome a young audience. The overnight accommodation options (26 to 30 beds) will meet the demands of local stakeholders for discovery: 6th-grade classes seeking a refuge suitable for their integration stay, end-of-year outings with the first night in a refuge and introduction to hiking for children, and more.
The goal is to limit their travel by enabling access to a mountain reception site through eco-friendly means of transportation (walking, cycling, public transportation, etc.). And most importantly, to make it accessible, especially for young people distanced from the mountains, via a network of trails with minimal elevation gain, like “a first step towards the mountains!”
It will be a true multi-activity base camp, encompassing sports (climbing, hiking, ski mountaineering, highlining, mountain biking), cultural (concerts, film screenings, artistic residencies), and environmental activities (biodiversity observation, stargazing, geological viewpoints).
LOCALISATION
Northern Alps – Haute-Savoie
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
10 000 € (2023)
The association “En Passant Par la Montagne” aims to introduce the mountain environment to young people and adults facing vulnerabilities, so they can find renewed energy there.
Its missions are:
The “J’M Ma Montagne” program, encompassing numerous initiatives, aims to provide access to the mountain environment for young people living in mountainous areas (Haute Savoie, Savoie, Isère), who have so far been culturally, socially, physically, or professionally distant. To achieve this, the association will offer initiatives in the region allowing for a gentle introduction to the mountain environment and access to the surrounding nature.
In 2023, “La Montagne prend ses quartiers” (The Mountain Takes Up Residence) took place from the neighborhood of Les Ewues in Cluses (74) up to high altitudes, with young people discovering outdoor activities in the valley before heading to higher ground. “Une montagne de Vacances” (A Mountain of Holidays) allowed young people from Cluses and Sallanches (74) to travel to the Baronnies (26) in October for climbing. Finally, “Bonne arrivée” (Good Arrival) benefited unaccompanied migrant minors taken care of at the Plateau d’Assy. They experienced hiking, itinerancy, climbing, etc.
The association also aims to provide structured and professional support to medical-social, educational, and integration structures in the region, which work daily with vulnerable minors, to jointly imagine tailor-made and constructive adventures. Each year, EPPLM supports the implementation of 10 mountain projects for young people. It’s no less than 120 young mountaineers who immerse themselves in the mountains to appreciate it, confront it, and, we hope, thrive in it. Beyond that, the program also raises awareness among a wider audience through actions targeting inhabitants and families in popular neighborhoods.
The OVE (Œuvre des Villages d’Enfants) association was founded during the Second World War in 1944, thanks to the actions of a resistance figure and Commissioner of the Republic, Yves Farge, to shelter children affected by the war. Gradually, the association shifted towards adapted education and then the accommodation of children, adolescents, and adults affected by various forms of disabilities or vulnerabilities. The OVE association became a Recognized Public Utility Foundation in 2013.
For over 75 years, the foundation has supported the promotion of individuals with disabilities, their freedom of choice in life linked to their environment. It is committed to citizen solidarity, secularism, and non-partisanship.
The inclusion of people with disabilities in sports activities is at the heart of the OVE Foundation’s associative program. That’s why it is committed to promoting accessibility for people with disabilities to sports activities: unified sports, mountain activities, Tour du Mont Blanc, and more.
To make the mountain accessible to 16 young people with disabilities and 12 able-bodied youth (so to speak) living in the city (Lyon region), the OVE Foundation, in partnership with the Esprit Montagne association, has launched a great adventure titled “À l’assaut de nos différences” (Storming Our Differences), through a mountain stay from July 3rd to July 7th, 2023, between the Col de l’Arpettaz and Crest-Voland (73), for various mountain activities.
The concept of “unified” is to bring together everyone’s talents, with their differences, by training, sharing, discovering, and having fun together. It’s simply about sharing the joy of sports, forming new friendships, developing sports and citizenship skills, and breaking down barriers.
Check out the teaser for this week in the mountains!
LOCALISATION
Alpes du Nord – Savoie
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
8 000 € (2023)
LOCALISATION
Northern Alps- Savoie
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
7 800 € (2023)
3 000 € (2022)
“The Locked Outdoors” association targets the younger generations, mainly settled in the territory around Albertville, especially focusing on priority groups who are “distant” from mountain activities. “The Locked Outdoors” enables young people to understand their environment, to awaken and become aware of the local and global challenges of our time, to transform their practices, and to take direct action, on the ground, through concrete actions.
For this purpose, it offers sports, human, and collective activities to young people and families from all backgrounds around a project: experiencing the mountains differently for everyone.
Their guiding principle: elsewhere begins here, just steps away from home!
The objective of the actions implemented by “The Locked Outdoors” is to offer young people a path of experiences that allow them to immerse themselves in the mountain ecosystems surrounding them, which they see every day from their place of residence, without having explored them. This immersion, guided by passionate and committed professionals, will involve the activities practiced, the knowledge of the environment acquired during mountain stays, and the reflections that can arise through exchanges.
“As was the case for their supervisors, we hope to instill in these young people a vocation for environmental preservation so that, ultimately, we can imagine together how to continue practicing and encouraging these mountain activities while preserving this exceptional environment,” summarizes a member of the association.
The association offers an Academy with mountain outings every Wednesday afternoon during the school year, for ages 6-9 and 10-16, as well as immersive 4-day camps during school holidays. In addition to this, occasional events are organized.
LOCALISATION
Southern Alps
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
7 440 € (2023)
The association based in Apt (84) aims to promote the empowerment of individuals in difficulty, particularly by combining social action with knowledge and protection of the natural environment; to offer solutions based on nature, social connection, and the health of humans and living beings; and finally, to provide access for all to knowledge and protection of the natural environment. “In this perspective, we offer them a temporary distance from their usual living environment to integrate into a small collective where they can experience immersion in nature, outdoor activities, and biodiversity protection actions.”
“A Step Aside” welcomes young people aged 11 to 18 (in groups of 3 to promote group cohesion, mutual aid, and kindness), subject to prevention or child protection measures, who adhere to the project as a whole. These are pre-adolescents and adolescents facing difficulties in their usual environment. Their ability to project into the future may be minimal and undermined by feelings of being trapped in a spiral of failure (family, social, academic…) and/or stigma. Their personal situation temporarily requires a different approach from those offered by traditional structures.
The association aims to enrich its initial project by spending more time in the mountains. Firstly, to engage in activities that promote a spirit of adventure and a sense of risk, and secondly, by staying in mountain refuges to experience solidarity and respect among mountaineers. “We have observed that the mountain refuge has been a place of freedom, shared responsibility, storytelling, and sharing for the accompanied young people, which has proven to be very positive. The refuge keepers also seemed to appreciate welcoming this unfamiliar audience…”
In July 2023, they experienced a glacier hike on the Glacier Blanc (Écrins), followed by hiking in the Monges massif in September. Other outings with overnight stays in refuges are planned for 2024.
LOCALISATION
Alpes Maritimes
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
6 000 € (2023)
This association, based in Nice, aims to make access to mountain environments accessible and sustainable for people who are socially or geographically distant from this specific environment. It is therefore in collaboration with establishments in Priority Education Network.
The second edition of “From Neighborhoods to Summits” took place along one of France’s most beautiful hiking routes: the Grande Traversée du Mercantour. Spanning from sky to sea, it offers a unique connection between the peaks of the Mercantour National Park and the Mediterranean coast, where the 23 students (aged 12-13) from the 5th grade class of “Les Muriers” middle school in Cannes La Bocca currently reside. The adolescents embarked on a journey by train and then by bus to Entraunes, from where they walked to Menton, covering over 200 km and 12,000 meters of positive elevation gain over 17 stages.
After 17 days of walking, they reached the ground of Menton (06) on July 14, 2023. With a lot of courage, dedication, and mutual support, they managed to complete their epic journey. The students all progressed through various learning experiences and encounters with nature. Once again, this demonstrates that mountain hiking is a fantastic way to discover and emancipate oneself, regardless of one’s background.
The students had been preparing throughout the school year for this traverse. The idea was for each of them to realize that investing themselves and opening up to different environments allows for experiencing great moments. It’s an additional step in their lives as future citizens, promoting respect for natural spaces and outdoor sports practices.
LOCALISATION
Hautes Alpes
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
6 000 € (2023)
Lead The Climb is an FFCAM club created by women to prioritize women in mountain sports. The association offers training courses for autonomy in the mountains exclusively for women, allowing them to come together in the mountains and form future climbing teams. Lead The Climb provides a space for women to gain self-confidence, develop leadership skills, and dare to go further.
Their “Ride & Climb” project enabled 6 teenage girls facing social rupture to prepare for and experience a bike-climbing expedition. This sustainable mobility sports expedition, combining biking and climbing, was a culmination, but the entire journey to reach it was an integral part of the adventure. From October 23 to 27, 2023, they all set out by bike from Gap (05) to Orpierre (05), for four days on the rocks. A film will be made and screened at the “Women in the Mountains” festival in 2024.
LOCALISATION
Northern Alps – Haute-Savoie, Savoie
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
5 000 € (2023)
10 000 € (2022)
5 000 € (2021)
For several years, the association “Ma Chance Moi Aussi” has been supporting the most vulnerable children (aged 5 to 15) from families facing educational challenges. This support takes place every evening after school, every Wednesday, and during 50% of school holidays. It includes homework assistance, stimulating activities, sports, and outings to explore the local area. Their actions aim to restore equal opportunities. They care for approximately 200 children across 9 establishments, spanning between Île-de-France and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
For the past three years, the Snowleader Foundation has been accompanying the children from Ma Chance Moi Aussi on mountain outings to introduce them to this unique environment, often close to their homes yet still unfamiliar to them. Snowleader employees are involved in the project to organize these outings from A to Z. The children, supervised by the Ma Chance Moi Aussi association, discover the mountains through sports such as hiking (winter and summer) and climbing. We work hand in hand with the branches in Albertville and Chambéry. In 2023, it was the Annemasse branch that benefited from our support for their project ‘Mountain at Heart.'”
This project focused on the mountains – and more broadly on the environment and sustainable development – took place over the course of a school year. Following workshops within the association, the children spent a few days in Arâches-La-Frasse (74) during the Easter holidays and will spend three days in Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval (74) in April 2024 for hiking, map reading, climbing, and more.
Ocean Peak, based in La Rochelle, is an association born from the desire of sailors, mountaineers, and educators to share their passion with young people facing social, educational, or familial challenges.
Through various formats, they offer young people from all backgrounds the opportunity to experience unforgettable moments at sea and/or in the mountains, confronting the realities of the elements, the discipline, and the mutual support they require. Their goal is to provide them with an adventure and life experience that allows them to value themselves, regain confidence in themselves and their future. In essence, they aim to create a break in their lives to envision a fresh start.
The association, with several sea expeditions under its belt, now aims to further develop its mountain activities. To achieve this, trips are offered to young people referred by Child Welfare Services (the association is accredited).
Following what are known as “break” trips, they embarked on a 7-day trek from October 9th to 15th, 2022, in the Pyrenees (in the Néouvielle massif), followed by a second trip from June 9th to 16th, 2023, towards Arrens-Marsous. The program included climbing, via ferrata, nights in mountain refuges, and more. It was an incredible human adventure!
LOCALISATION
Pyrénées
FIANCIAL SUPPORT
11 800 € (2022)
The practices in the great outdoors are full of meaning and benefits for everyone: gaining self-confidence, pushing one’s limits in a new environment, forging strong relationships with others, (re)connecting with nature… However, people with disabilities and/or vulnerability are still very distant from these spaces and the adventures that take place there, due to lack of accessibility, means, and opportunities to get there.
The inclusion of people with disabilities in sports activities is at the heart of the OVE Foundation’s associative program. That’s why it is committed to promoting the accessibility of sports for people with disabilities: unified sports, mountain activities, the Tour du Mont Blanc… Concurrently, the association En Passant Par la Montagne is committed every day to making the mountains accessible to vulnerable populations, particularly young people. The inclusion of people with disabilities and vulnerable individuals is a cornerstone value of the association.
Therefore, in 2022, the OVE Foundation and the association En Passant Par la Montagne are jointly embarking on a new challenge: the Medical-Social Relay of the Great Alpine Crossing
From June 12th to July 12th, 2022, 56 walkers, aged 8 to 67 (including 39 minors and 5 under 25), with disabilities (motor, sensory, psychological…) or vulnerability (youth from Child Welfare Services), took turns to travel from Servoz (74) to Menton (06).
The route was divided into 10 sections of varying difficulty levels. Each stage (ranging from 2 to 5 days) was completed by a relay group of 4 to 8 people, along with 2 or 3 accompanying professionals, 2 mountain guides, and volunteers (family members, employees, individuals supported by the OVE Foundation…). The crossing concluded in Nice with a final hike all together and a collective evening to reunite and share their experiences in a youth hostel.
These teams overcame no less than 500 km, with a cumulative ascent of 17,450 meters and a cumulative descent of 18,130 meters, facing several challenges: pushing themselves in often unfamiliar environments, walking as a team, building new relationships, and helping each other. This collective achievement demonstrated that the mountains are accessible to everyone.
I was delighted to be able to participate in this project by accompanying the children on part of the journey. These children were kind and supportive, and they exceeded themselves before my eyes; it was a beautiful day of sharing in the mountains.
LOCALISATION
Northern Alps – Alpes Maritimes
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
8 400 € (2022)
The array of programs implemented by Sport dans la Ville aims to promote the social and professional integration of 7,000 young people enrolled in the association, actively contributing to their progress and personal development. Their objective: using sports as a pathway to employment
If Sport dans la Ville accompanies young people from sports to employment, the idea behind the ‘Vers le Haut’ project is to use the mountains to promote their integration.
‘Vers le Haut’ represents an open window to an unknown and/or distant world for them. The impact of outings in this natural environment is felt in the long term. These shared moments of joy become reference memories that give them the energy and motivation to rediscover feelings of fulfillment, presence, and belonging. Far from the often enclosed and violent daily life in the neighborhood, young people can reveal themselves to themselves and others. This is the strength of the ‘Vers le Haut’ actions.
LOCALISATION
Northern Alps
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
8 000 € (2022)
Open to all stakeholders, Educ’alpes aims to develop and promote mountain education in all its diversity throughout the French Alpine region, with a focus on sustainable development.
Educ’alpes has the missions of networking Alpine actors around mountain education, facilitating the circulation of information, access to resources, exchanges, and meetings, and being a hub for experiences and consultation for actors in Alpine mountain education.
“1001 Nuits Alpines” (Alpine nights) is an event in the Alpine region that allows as many young people as possible to have their first experience in the mountains through an outing, a stay, or a night spent up there, in a refuge or bivouac. The operation takes place every year from June 21st to September 21st.
“Youth” operators (leisure centers, vacation centers, social centers, schools, sports clubs, etc.) from the Alpine region and its surroundings are invited to develop a local project to take groups of young people to discover and practice mountain activities. The keywords are discovery, night, encounters with the environment, its wildlife, its flora, with its characters, experience, awareness, respect, eco-citizenship… An immersion that allows young people to develop a connection to the mountains and an awareness of its preservation.
Educ’alpes coordinates the collective operation and supports each project leader according to their needs: assistance in trip preparation, pedagogical resources, connection with professional supervisors, financial assistance for the trip, promotion, etc.
LOCALISATION
Massif Alpins
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
6 000 € (2022)
Mountain Riders is an association for educating about ecological transition founded in 2001. Its goal is to encourage children and youth to become agents of change, to invite practitioners to engage in responsible practices, to support tourism stakeholders, and to involve citizens and elected officials in preserving the mountain, which is as essential as it is fragile.
“Montagnez-Nous!” is a program integrated into the youth policy of the city of Chambéry and the department of Savoie, and carried out at the scale of Greater Chambéry through the city’s youth policy service. This project is part of what is called “rupture stays,” which offer a different response from the traditional or institutional care of young people. It aims to re-engage participants around activities that become the basis for educational, re-engagement, or insertion projects.
“Montagnez-Nous!” took nearly 200 young people from Greater Chambéry to the mountains during the school year to provide them with both outdoor and group experiences through at least one night of mountain immersion, while contributing to their personal development and fostering their civic awareness.
This project aims to address observations made on the ground during educational interventions by Mountain Riders in schools and extracurricular settings. “We encounter many young people from Chambéry who are unfamiliar with or know very little about the mountain environment that surrounds them. Their perception of the mountains is mainly associated with effort, boredom, difficulty, physical exertion, and disconnection. Yet, at the same time, they seek adventure, a confrontation with reality, autonomy, and individual and collective challenges.
LOCALISATION
Northern Alps- Savoie
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
3 000 € (2022)
The teachers of the CM1 and CM1-CM2 classes at the public elementary school Gustave Rivet in Domène (38) decided to take their students out of the classroom! Thus, during the 2021-2022 school year, they introduced the mountain to their 50 students (aged 9 to 11) through a series of hikes, culminating in the final ascent to the Etendard refuge (in the Grandes Rousses massif on the commune of Saint Sorlin d’Arves), at an altitude of 2,430 meters, where some of them spent their first night in a refuge.
In parallel, the mountain was also integrated into other subjects: calculating elevation gains in mathematics, reading mountain stories in French, studying alpine geography… The issue of climate change was discussed in class, as well as the water cycle and the analysis of old and recent photos to observe glacier retreat.
LOCALISATION
Northern Alps – Isère
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
2 000 € (2022)
The “Les Cartables du Soleil” association was created in 2004 to address the lack of resources necessary for the education and development of children with disabilities. Today, this lack of resources remains real and prevents access to many activities for these children. The association is therefore a response to the material as well as social difficulties faced by these children. To address this, volunteers organize a winter trip to the mountains for them to learn about adaptive skiing.
Les Cartables du Soleil, in collaboration with the Handisport Committee 05, organized a snow class from March 21st to 25th, 2022, for its Ulis class (special needs) from Le Pradet (Var), comprising 12 children with motor disabilities and associated cognitive impairments. Most of them had never been to the mountains and had never tried adaptive skiing.
They were able to enjoy two full days of adaptive skiing, as well as a day of skiing for those who were able to stand, or sledging for others. The rest of the week was dedicated to exploring the mountain environment.
LOCALISATION
Hautes Alpes
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
1 700 € (2022)
Since 2011, CAF Jeunes, supported by the Mountain Mission of the city of Grenoble, has been enabling young people from Grenoble, living in popular neighborhoods and often distant from mountain activities, to discover all the richness and values that the nearby mountains offer. It also provides them with an experience of “collectivity” and an opportunity to experience sporting progress through a discovery program consisting of 5 to 7 outings (including one night in a mountain hut).
Committed alongside them, the Snowleader Foundation covers all the overnight stays in mountain huts for the young participants, as well as the services of mountain guides and accompanying professionals during the outings.
LOCALISATION
Northern Alps – Isère
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
7 000 € (2022)
7 000 € (2021)
The association 82-4000 (named after the 82 Alpine peaks over 4,000 meters) has been dedicated since 2012 to making leisure activities accessible to all. It offers an immersion in the high mountains to people who have no previous experience with them, such as disadvantaged youth or those living in poverty, through a discovery program lasting 5 to 7 days, led by volunteer guides. Special attention is given to fostering trust, solidarity, and teamwork among participants, with the guiding principle being that the mountains serve as educators but not the association itself.
In partnership with organizations committed to ending extreme poverty and building a fairer society, such as ATD Fourth World, Pluriels 94, Le Refuge, or L’École de la 2e chance, 82-4000 organizes around fifteen courses each year to provide moments of adventure in the mountains to those most in need, with a team of about sixty volunteer mountaineers, guides, climbers, and hikers.
Today, 82-4000 is expanding to Haute-Savoie by establishing its new branch in Annecy. We have decided to support them in this initiative by accompanying them on a high mountain training course with the “Second Chance Schools” network (Paris), which aims to combat exclusion for young people who leave the education system without employment or qualifications. The training took place in September 2022 in the heights of Chamonix, with 10 young people aged 16 to 26.
LOCALISATION
Northern Alps – Haute-Savoie
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
5 000 € (2021)
The association, based in Tremblay-en-France (93), promotes the social and professional integration of young people from Seine-Saint-Denis using sports as a means of integration. They organize “Fraternité Expeditions” abroad, aiming to achieve both a professional and sporting challenge.
In 2021, they went to Peru, in 2015 to Nepal, and in 2018 to Africa. Each time, expedition members, aged 18 to 25, had to reach a summit. To do this, they must prepare physically and mentally for many months before the trip. In parallel, the ambition is also professional, as these young people must pursue their project by obtaining long-term training or employment. At every step, the association is by their side to support them.
The Snowleader Foundation supported them for their 2021 challenge: Bolivia, with the ascent of Huayna Potosi, at an altitude of 6,088 meters, in March.
LOCALISATION
South America
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
7 000 € (2021)
LOCALISATION
Northern Alps – Haute-Savoie
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
15 000 € (for 4 years)
This association, founded in the 1920s, works to preserve and evolve alpine techniques and culture in harmony with urban centers. Their work focuses on sustainable management of high-altitude pastures in Haute-Savoie, maintaining a dynamic agro-pastoral activity, conserving the quality of landscapes and the mountain environment, and preserving mountain social life and alpine cultures.
The project “A Shepherd in my School,” led by the Alpine Economy Society of Haute-Savoie, is an environmental education initiative in partnership with the National Education system. The objective is to raise awareness among children about pastoralism, mountain agriculture, and the natural environments around them.
To bring a physical and sensory experience into this initiative, they offer field trips to mountain pastures at the end of the program (around the month of June) following classroom educational workshops. However, this field trip has become a financial obstacle for schools due to insufficient funds, as the cost falls on them.
To ensure that this mountain excursion is no longer a financial barrier for schools, and because it is essential for children to visit the mountains, our board of directors has decided to support the association in this project for four years. This represents more than 700 schoolchildren aged 3 to 10 years old each year.
LOCALISATION
Alpes du Nord – Hautes-Alpes
SOUTIEN FINANCIER
9 000 € (2021)
15 000 € (pendant 3 ans)
Created in 1969, this association, based in Marseille, operates in the nonprofit sector of holidays for all and educational trips for schools.
Observing the disengagement of local authorities in this area, the association Loisirs Provence Méditerranée has aimed to revive discovery classes for schools in Priority Education Network, offering a very low out-of-pocket cost for these families.
During the winter of 2021, 20 students (CM1-CM2) from the National Elementary School in the 3rd arrondissement of Marseille went on a snow class from January 24th to 28th at the Loisirs Provence Méditerranée center “Le Val Saint-Paul”, located in the high alpine village of Baratier, in the Hautes-Alpes department. The program included skiing lessons with the ESF of the Réallon ski resort (between Chorges and Orcières), snowshoe outings, mountain-themed games, and a ski medal at the end of the stay!
Next, it was the turn of Édouard Vaillant school in Marseille, which organized a trip from May 2nd to 6th with its 21 students. Then, it was the turn of Busserade-Masséna Elementary School, also located in the 3rd arrondissement of Marseille, to go to Baratier. There, 53 students attended a nature and sustainable development class from May 9th to 13th. For them, it was the discovery of the mountain environment, hiking to meet marmots, nature days focusing on the water cycle, etc.
Our financial support significantly reduced the out-of-pocket expenses for families as the Snowleader Foundation covered an average of €80 per child.
What a pleasure it is to share with these children their first discovery of the mountains: from simply seeing peaks for the first time, to observing marmots up close in their natural habitat; their wonder is genuine, touching, and contagious.
LOCALISATION
France
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
10 000 € (for 3 years)
“Baskets Aux Pieds” (BAP) is a non-profit organization that supports and relieves the daily lives of children hospitalized in hematology-oncology (cancer care) units, thanks to nature viewed from the sky and outdoor sports experiences in virtual reality goggles.
Its mission: to accompany hospitalized children affected by cancer, by alleviating painful treatments and attempting to break the isolation in their rooms. BAP’s action is to create a window of calm, immersion, and unique inspiration beyond the hospital walls.
Making the mountains accessible to everyone is possible… what if we moved the mountains to where they can also express themselves, inspire, help, relieve, and accompany? At the Snowleader Foundation, we have decided to push the boundaries and support this organization and the children so that they can access the mountains, even virtually.
BAP aims to be present in the 21 French hospitals with pediatric oncology services: six remain to be opened. Their new project is titled “From Virtual to Reality” for children in remission.
