Children and young people who live on the street, alone or without family; those who live in underprivileged environments like slums and impoverished neighborhoods; but also children whose parents are themselves in distress… all have a greater need than others for a helping hand. For these children, homelessness, isolation or precarious economic conditions can be the first step toward begging, prostitution and even violence at the hands of adults.

In these environments where a child is easily left behind, activities which bring them out of their isolation represent hope for the future.

To make that hope a reality, the Air France Foundation supports projects which provide a framework and an encouragement for activities which help them to shape their lives. Here again, education, leisure and cultural activities are priorities. All the projects we contribute to attempt to give them the space to grow and the attention they need on a daily basis.

We are therefore committed to giving these children and adolescents in distress what their environment has deprived them of: the right to be kids.