ATELIER BOSCO
Paris, France
DESCRIPTION
ATELIER BOSCO
L’Atelier Bosco is a project developed by « Aux Captifs, la Libération », an association set up in 1981 by Father Patrick Giros to help excluded people living on or off the streets of Paris: the homeless, prostitutes, migrants, young vagrants, victims of substance abuse.
In 2015, the association obtained approval from the authorities to run social and professional integration workshops for people in precarious situations undocumented or not. This is how Atelier Bosco was set up in 2022, with the aim of welcoming, training in interior painting and opening up professional horizons for people living on the margins of society. The people welcomed into the workshop work and receive vocational training. At the same time, they are supported by social workers in the Captifs offices. Thanks to their work, they receive a stipend as the Atelier sets up worksites for both professional and private customers.
The « crewmates » also take part in French as a Foreign Language courses, job search preparation workshops (CV writing, online procedures etc.) and cultural activities.
The Comgest Foundation supports the work of Atelier Bosco and its crewmates.
IMPACT / MAIN INDICATORS
Main objectives:
• 9 beneficiaries in 2024 / 10 beneficiaries in 2025
• 100 working days per beneficiaries per year
LOCAL
PARTNER
Selection
Duration
Project selected in September 2023
Duration: 1 year
Financed
by
The Comgest Foundation
COMMENT FROM THE AMBASSADOR
Daniel Marroquin
The Atelier Bosco is constantly expanding its activities and strives to grow the self-financing capacity of the workshop, the number of worksites carried out and the number of “crewmates” participating in the workshop.
In 2023, Atelier Bosco posted annual sales of €47 000 and paid back in stipends €35 000 to the 7 crewmates in the workshop. There were 4 arrivals and 5 departures in the crew, of which 2 were in a journey of getting out of prostitution and 2 were regularizing their migration status. A woman was welcomed into the workshop.
Other activities complement the workshop: classes of French as a foreign language and a shared meal on Fridays. Also occupational integration activities such as training and CV writing workshops are organized.
Atelier Bosco remains focused on its objective to integrate excluded people back into society through work and vocational training.