Brave the adventure…. Get on board with L'Arche!
(EXTRA)ORDINARY ENCOUNTERS
Sharing daily life with people with an intellectual disability is a challenge. However, the relationships forged with them in the homes are so rich that the adventure is worth having!
STOPPING TO BUILD YOUR FUTURE
Committing to being a volunteer (for 6 to 24 months) offers you time to reflect on your choices and expectations for life.
CONFRONTING DIFFERENCE
L'Arche communities are based on relationships of mutual support and friendship between people of different social, religious and cultural backgrounds.
90% of volunteers testify that this experience prepared them to engage in society and in the voluntary sector.
L'ARCHE IN FIGURES
In France
32
communities
125 modest-sized homes
32 day activity centres
11 ESAT workshops
575 workers with a disability in ESAT
accommodates more than 1,200 people with an intellectual disability
850 FTE employees
In the world
151
communities in the 5 continents
in 38 countries around the world
accommodates more than 4,000 people with an intellectual disability
A volunteering culture
350
The L'Arche in France communities host 350 volunteers per year, as part of the national Civic Service programme.