WORKING WITH VOLUNTEERS TO OFFER ENGLISH LESSONS IN PARIS
English Pour Tout Le Monde is an association based in Paris offering English learning opportunities to people in precarious situations that do not have the means to pay for traditional English lessons. The aim is to support economic empowerment, promote community and achieve a more equal society through education.
With the help of our volunteers, we provide group English sessions and extra-curricular activities. We work in partnership with other associations who assist refugees, asylum seekers, migrants and people experiencing difficulties.
WHO WE ARE
Our Story
English Pour Tout Le Monde is based on the belief that everyone (tout le monde) everywhere, no matter their circumstances in life should have access to education.
Our team met and started EPTLM when volunteering with another association in Paris. After being asked frequently about English learning opportunities, we decided to start a trial and in Spring 2019 started informal English lessons in a park. With the help of our volunteers, we were running sessions twice weekly after serving breakfast to refugees, asylum seekers, homeless people and migrants with our partner P’tit Dej Solidaires in the 18th arrondissement.
From there, we were able to grow our sessions and also move them inside with support from other partners in the 19th arrondissement. In August 2020 EPTLM was accepted onto the SINGA incubation programme which allowed us to continue grow and to open up our sessions, reaching more participants and our wonderful volunteer team.
Currently, we are housed within Projets 19 in the 19th arrondissement and are running multiple sessions per week across Paris for lots of different audiences.
MEET THE TEAM
KATIE OGILVIE
Co-founder
In 2016 Katie moved to Paris and has since tutored english and worked for an NGO running a volunteer food distribution programme. Whilst working in the NGO sector in Paris she continually met able and inspiring individuals on the streets who wanted to practice and improve their English language skills, but didn’t have the opportunity to do so. With this in mind, she along with the other co-founders decided to create English Pour Tout Le Monde. She now together with her team, coordinates the growth and day to day activities of English Pour Tout Le Monde.
Katie loves to read, hike and travel to learn about new cultures. She also co-created and runs a successful social action book club at Shakespeare and Co.
Katie believes that there is hope for a positive future for ALL, and intends that English Pour Tout Le Monde will be part of that future.
KATHRYN CHALMERS
Co-founder
Since moving to Paris in 2012, Kathryn has been increasingly concerned by the ever-growing refugee/migrant and homeless crisis. As a result, she started to volunteer with food distribution charities in Paris and really valued the interactions with the people she was meeting on the streets. This then led to her joining the EPTLM team where she has helped develop the association.
Kathryn really believes in the importance of taking time to exchange with people and that even where a common language is limited, very valuable and warming connections can be made.
Outside of English Pour Tout Le Monde, Kathryn continues to work with food distribution charities and link with other associations offering support to the refugee/migrant population. She also enjoys reading, music and Pilates
CELIA LENG
Volunteer & Participant Co-ordinator
Celia moved to Paris in September 2021 and is hoping to stay for the next two years. She is from Scotland and, after graduating university in July 2021, began working as an au pair in order to improve her French.
She started volunteering with EPTLM in October 2021 and now teaches twice a week. She has enjoyed teaching so much that she is looking to gain an English teaching qualification and pursue a career teaching English abroad as well as continuing to volunteer as a way to meet new people and learn new things. She is looking forward to undertaking the role of volunteer coordinator and becoming even more involved in the organisation.
OUR PROGRAMMES
GROUP ENGLISH COURSES
We run two different types of group lessons, either informal or classroom sessions.
In our informal sessions, the approach is more fluid as the audience can change each week and the different levels of English can be huge. Therefore, the style is more one to one and can range from teaching the alphabet to discussing climate change!
In our classroom sessions, a course structure and materials are provided but creativity is welcomed. These sessions are delivered by 2 to 3 volunteers and the audience should be the same each week.
EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
We believe it is important to meet together outside of the classroom to share activities between students and volunteers and to practice English in a different way.
Therefore, each month we will propose different activities in English from yoga to boxing to painting and beyond.
These sessions are either delivered by our volunteers or other partners and we are always open to more ideas if you would like to do something too.
To see our current schedule, please click here.
PARTNER WITH US
We are always searching for new partners who are interested to have English courses available for the people they assist. We can adapt our course structure and content to the needs of your audience.
The partnership works with our volunteers providing the English course at a regular time each week. Our partner would ideally provide a place for the course to take place and would also be responsible for organising the people who would participate.
If you would be interested to meet us and discuss further, please contact us below.
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