Supporting parents

Fondation Joseph Lagesse has initiated since 2014 a project named “Parents efficaces” for parents living in Bois Marchand. It also offered a course for women living in Bois Marchand, called “L’Atelier des Mamans” destined to offer life skills to the community in an aim to bring peace and positive communication within the family household.

Since 2021, the two initiatives are an integral part of HORIZON 2024, so that the teenage pregnancy initiative includes the parents in the endeavour to build their capacity and skills to communicate better with their children and teenagers.

The course is provided under the name Parent Effectiveness Training program, inspired by Thomas Gordon (Gordon Institute, USA) and has reached 20 parents since the beginning of the program.

Atelier des Mamans also reached 29 women living in Bois Marchand. The project has had positive results within the community, in the way that participants enthusiastically share how the topics addressed changed the way they engage in communication and/or relationships with their spouse or their children, bringing more peace in the house.

A residential workshop was also set up in 2024 with an exclusive male audience (22 men from Bois Marchand) to address topics such as Relationships, Violence, Sexuality. It was facilitated by a clinical psychologist, Mr. Vijay Ramanjuloo and an expert in Sexual and Reproductive Health, as well as HIV/aids and other STDs, Mr. Pascal Lamisong.