Description of organisation

The MJC of Fismes (Houses for culture and youth of Fismes) is an association / nonprofit organization under the French law of 1901, its aims are to offer sports and cultural activities.
Its actions heart are humanist values: listening, respect, liberty to think and act, tolerance and solidarity. Its activities are open to everyone. Place of meeting, space of social connection with its territory, the MJC respects the value of laicity, it is a place of experimentations for cultural meetings and social inclusion.
Those values are supported by popular education, citizen and democratic practices, development of autonomy and personal growth support.

The MJC of Fismes organize several activities:
-sports, artistical and cultural activities for children, adults and seniors of the territory of Fismes and surrounding villages,
- after school and extra school activities for children from 3 to 16 years,
- organizations of local events: books fair, African culture feast, book market, musical events…,
-broadcast of a local radio station (live and timed emissions),
- exhibitions, cinema.

Inclusion topics

This organisation is willing to involve volunteers who face situations which make their participation in activities more difficult, from the following categories for different types of project:

• Cultural differences
• Economic obstacles
• Geographical obstacles