AFaLaC

Founded in 2013, AFaLaC is a non-profit association based in Le Mans, France working on education, children & youth, refugees & migration +1 more.

AFaLaC (Association Famille Langues Cultures) is a French non-profit association based in Le Mans, founded in 2013. It supports families and education, social and care professionals in contexts of linguistic and cultural diversity, aiming for inclusive schools and societies that value languages and cultures. Its activities include parent-child sessions around storybooks in families' home languages in nurseries, maternal and primary schools; multilingual mobile libraries with books in more than 100 languages; hand-subtitled children's books; mother-tongue language certifications for secondary pupils; French classes and sociolinguistic workshops for adults; and training, resources and research in partnership with Le Mans Université and other academic bodies. The association reports operating in several cities in France and is recognised as an organisation of general interest.