EMANCIPER MAYOTTE

The Association Emanciper Mayotte is a non-profit organisation established in June 2017 and based in Mayotte (French department), in the Indian Ocean. We work in the field of popular education and mobility of young people. The main objectives are to accompany the Mahorais with a mobility project in mainland France and abroad, whether it is in the context of further studies or professional training. The aim is to empower the citizens of Mayotte in order to take their future in hand, to become autonomous and to participate in the sustainable development of Mayotte. We provide activities for young people to promote educational success in mobility, intercultural dialogue and non-formal education opportunities. We work in partnership with high schools and education stakeholders to implement a mobility training course each year during the summer holidays (Mobility forum By Emanciper Mayotte) to help the young people to prepare their mobility in good conditions. During this training course, we work on “how to: choose their vocational counselling, get an accommodation in a new country, take the public transport, understand interculturality, manage a budget, organise their personal agenda to reach their goal. During this event, we also follow the students who have left the school system, who have financial difficulties and who come from low-income families.