The training center of SEPR is open to students aged … 15 to 99! The idea is to provide access to very specific teachings: “All arts professions and rare arts professions: feather worker, saddlery, taxidermy …” explains Céline Gervasoni Riedel.
For 160 years, SEPR has been striving to offer maximum opportunities to individuals with specific needs or those looking to change careers.
The organization also provides access to “mobile classes” that combat the digital divide. Initially created during Covid to support individuals without a phone or computer, this offering continues today. “We have young people who are very connected, who are very into social media and know how to do all that very well. But they know much less about setting up in Word, Excel, etc…” specifies the Director of Philanthropy and Partnerships.
To support some of its students, SEPR has implemented telepresence robots: “They allow young people in situations of school dropout to continue their education, either at home, in the hospital, or in situations of disability … to be integrated into the classroom through these robots”
