CREE asbl

CREE asbl is a non-profit association based in Charleroi, Belgium working on children & youth, disability, education.

CREE asbl (Collectif Recherche et Expression) is a non-profit youth organisation based in Belgium that works for deaf and hard-of-hearing children and young people. It is recognised as a youth organisation by the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles and approved by ONE. Its work includes leisure activities, holiday camps, play days, sign language courses, and training for youth leaders and coordinators, as well as awareness-raising about deafness for the public and businesses. Activities are delivered mainly in French and Belgian sign language (LSFB), and the organisation follows a deaf/hearing partnership model. It also offers a social service to help families with administrative matters and referrals, and it sells bilingual educational materials. Activities are offered in several locations in Wallonia and Brussels, including Charleroi, Mons, Louvain-la-Neuve and the Belgian coast. The organisation is a member of the COJ.