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A Solidarity FabLab in Le Puy en Velay!
In the Haute-Loire region, we support the Solidarity FabLab at the 2nd Chance School in Le Puy en Velay, which teaches students about 3D printing.
The training manager encourages students to build small objects.
“It’s different from your average training session. The students all get to take something home with them,” explains the school’s director. -
A Solidarity FabLab opening in Montreuil!
La Verrière Solidarity FabLab in Montreuil is a place for exchanging and digital creation open to all.
Young people learn how to use digital manufacturing tools, allowing them to design objects for people with disabilities. -
Inauguration of a Solidarity FabLab for and by young disabled people
A unique Solidarity FabLab is being opened at the Institution JB Thierry in a former chapel. At the “Mac Gyver” FabLab, young people with autism can learn to make spare parts for wheelchairs used by children with various disabilities. The FabLab will serve as a training centre for residents giving them skills in new technology. The Solidarity FabLab team in Champagnole, Jura, will train and support those who run the centre.
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Meeting with the Digital Centre at Cité Vélane in Toulouse
We met with the women volunteers and team from the Digital Centre at Cité Vélane in Toulouse with Christine Albanel. The team explained, “They feel free, independent, and integrated [...] They help one another, and it forges bonds!”
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Digital workshops for female prisoners in Mulhouse
We support the Digit’elles project by Face Alsace in Mulhouse, providing female prisoners with IT training. In September 2019, twenty-four women received training to break the digital divide and encourage rehabilitation.