SPONSORING ACTIONS

RAID AVENTURE

The Dassault Group sponsors the City Raid Aventure 2005 programme of adventure sport events for young people from the Paris suburbs, through the association Raid Aventure Organisation.

The association Raid Aventure organizes adventure sport events for teenagers from the Paris suburbs, at locations ranging from the Greater Paris region to Corsica and French Guyana. The events promote sports as an instrument for developing social and employment skills, with an emphasis on challenge, team spirit, solidarity, hard work, and appreciation of a job well done.

The association recently decided to extend its concept with an urban orienteering event for young people in the 8-15 age group, and this is the initiative backed by the Dassault Group.
Children in groups of five are issued with transport tickets, a map of Paris, a phonecard, a list of sites to visit and a camera. Their task is to visit a selection of the listed sites and produce a documentary report, with photos and information. For safety reasons, the outings are supervised by qualified youth leaders, and there are two medical teams available.
These events have several educational objectives: use of public transport; map reading; teamwork making the most of individual capacities; history of Paris and its monuments; and civics (traffic rules, courtesy, etc.).
The 2005 schedule featured two events per month, making a total of 24 in all.

For more information, check out www.raid-aventure.org