Awarded prize to the French association Ecole des XV
To mark the 10th anniversary of its Prize, the CMA CGM Foundation has decided to call on an exceptional sponsor: Martine Vassal, President of the Bouches-du-Rhône Departmental Council and President of the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis. Martine Vassal and Naïla Saadé, President of the CMA CGM Foundation, together presented the Foundation's 2018 Prize to the managers of the Ecole des XV association on Thursday 29 November 2018 at the CMA CGM Tower in Marseille. This prize recognizes the work carried out by this association to combat dropping out and academic failure among secondary school students from disadvantaged backgrounds, by offering them an extracurricular program combining homework help, academic support and rugby sessions.
The association Ecole des XV was created in 2014 by the VoyagePrivé Group. It combines academic support and rugby practice to help children from disadvantaged neighbourhoods get out of school failure. The rules, individual physical engagement and collective spirit involved in rugby practice are perfectly adapted to this approach as secondary school students develop a taste for effort and significantly improve their behaviour and concentration.
In concrete terms, the School of the XV welcomes each secondary school student three afternoons a week, during which specialized educators, teachers, sports leaders and many volunteers work to bring each child to success.
