Near Chartres, La Saussaye as a base camp for a hundred young people committed to the Republic

Through Inès Genetay
Published on 21 June 21 at 19:30

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A first in Eure-et-Loir. More than 140 young people aged 15 to 18 arrived last night, Sunday June 20, 2021, at the Lycée La Saussaye, in Sours, in the agglomeration of Chartres (Eure-et-Loir), to carry out their cohesion stay there, the first stage of the Universal National Service.

Cher, a department of the Center-Val de Loire region, had been one of the SNU’s experimental departments. Available in each region of France, the SNU is intended for young people who wish to get involved in defending the values ​​of the Republic and strengthening national cohesion. This year, 18,000 of them are taking advantage of this adventure.

“It is not the army, nor a colony”

Initially, the volunteers carry out a stay of cohesion, of fifteen days. Like here at La Saussaye high school.

It is not the army, nor a summer camp, nor the school. Education is the role of parents. Here, they are given the keys to the future, the notion of commitment to the benefit of the State.

Coming from all the departments of the Center-Val de Loire region, these girls and boys will learn community life. They are distributed by company, in different households.

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Discovery of the values ​​of the Republic

Various workshops punctuate the days: defense, citizenship, sustainable development, heritage, access to law… The themes addressed during the cohesion stay are numerous and organized with more than 40 partners in Eure-et-Loir.

You are going to meet firefighters, gendarmes, magistrates, who sometimes go so far as to sacrifice their lives, which will perhaps develop vocations in you.

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The opportunity also, at the SNU, “to forge lasting friendships”, according to the prefect. In particular thanks to the evenings organized throughout the stay. For example, a pop rock concert awaits the volunteers this evening of Fête de la Musique.

In the year which follows this stay, the volunteers must carry out a mission of general interest of their choice, of a minimum duration of 84 hours.

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