‘Do you want to live in happiness? Travel with two bags, one for giving and the other for receiving’ Goethe
A famous quotation confirms that ‘travelling cultivates the youth’. And it’s still up-to-date.
In order to learn, the ‘Tour d’ Europe’ of Renaissance’s students and the ‘Tour de France’ of the 19th century’s fellows are the classic study tours on the path to be followed.
Laurent Bastard, conservator in the Museum of Compagnonnage de Tours, notes that the departure wasn’t solely given up for the fortune of the path. The fellows knew where to go, conscious of fraternal initiation and employment.
We, Initiative Chrétienne pour l’Europe – Réseau Francophone, will organize and accompany your path to be followed if you are confident about leaving your familiar surroundings in order to learn, to discover, to exchange, to share, to connect, to work and to improve your inner self.
Based on the gospel’s message of humanity and on the recognition of equal dignity for every human being, ICE – RF is a welcoming and encouraging platform for young volunteers of every kind.
Spending a year away from your home country you will take the daring initiative of leaving your family’s frame or taking a break in your professional or educational career. From the bottom of your heart you’re deciding to turn to unknown horizons.
Rather than an initial journey, the voluntary service is a service. You make yourself – voluntarily – available to participate in a social, educational, cultural or environmental project. You bring along your enthusiasm, your ideas, your being different into an association’s or establishment’s service.
The volunteer service implicates confidence in being human.
If you did recognize yourself in this belief and if you have the conviction that serving would make you grow: Don’t hesitate to contact us!
‘Full hand I received — Full hand I give’ The Corbusier
