{"id":1533,"date":"2026-03-17T11:15:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T10:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fondationdonbosco.org\/?post_type=project&p=1533"},"modified":"2026-08-27T09:54:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T07:54:21","slug":"soutenir-la-jeunesse-daujourdhui-construire-la-guadeloupe-de-demain","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/www.fondationdonbosco.org\/en\/projet\/soutenir-la-jeunesse-daujourdhui-construire-la-guadeloupe-de-demain\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporting today's youth - Building tomorrow's Guadeloupe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to Lakou Bosco Village!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\u00abIt takes a village to raise a child\u00bb<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Guadeloupe, an overseas department, is one of France\u2019s most vulnerable territories. It has a particularly large youth population, with nearly one-third of the population under the age of 20. This overseas territory faces significant inequalities: school dropout rates are extremely high, with 20% of young people leaving the school system without a diploma; the truancy rate is the highest of any French department.
This situation is even more acute in working-class neighborhoods, where more than 65 % of mothers are raising their children alone under precarious socioeconomic conditions.
True to its missions of education and the prevention of academic and social drop-out among children and youth aged 4 to 25 and their families, primarily from priority neighborhoods, this meeting between the educational approach of Don Bosco and Creole culture thus gave birth in 2020 to a pedagogy of connection and trust sheltered by the LAKOU BOSCO association!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who are we?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Launched in September 2020, Lakou Bosco was created with the ambition of reaching out to the most vulnerable youth and families, providing them with a fraternal and educational experience, and guiding them toward new opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our priority objective is as follows: to reach out to local residents, particularly young people and families in the area, to offer them a welcoming space for meeting and support. Through this place, we seek to develop self-esteem, dignity, and a sense of belonging directed toward others at the heart of an educational approach.
Located in the heart of Les Abymes, between the working-class neighborhoods of Dugazon and Baimbridge\u2014designated as priority urban areas under Active Watch\u2014the Lakou Bosco center currently hosts numerous initiatives for youth and families, including educational support, street animation, parenting workshops, cultural and sports projects, and school mediation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A comprehensive educational approach: Don Bosco's pedagogy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The educational project of Lakou Bosco is based on a global approach, inspired by the pedagogy of Don Bosco as well as the values of popular education. This pedagogy explains that to educate a child, you must meet them where they are. Thus, we wish to bring consistency to a child's education. This is why our educational presence extends to their main living environments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n