To value all the languages of the world so that each of us can speak the language of his/her choice
To live in peace and harmony implies that the respect the languages of the others.
We defend the right to use the mother tongue
so that each child can be educated in a language that he/she understands
Our Mission is that every can be educated in his/her language and be allowed to practice it where he/she wishes and as he/she wishes.
The World is multilingual - let's be sure that each language can exist and live and that every person can use the language of his/her choice.
Generally speaking, our mission is to allow people to be bilingual and keep being so, even when changing country.
We are working at the defence of bilingual education of children so that they can discover the language(s) of their parents, as well as the languages of the world through language awareness workshops.
We would like to develop tools so that each person can be educated in his/her mother language and that this was recognized as an asset.
We are working to help discover, spread, exchange, promote and value languages and cultures linked to those languages (see article 2 of our statutes).
"un enfant autochtone ou appartenant à une de ces minorités ne peut être privé du droit d’avoir sa propre vie culturelle, de professer et de pratiquer sa propre religion ou d’employer sa propre langue en commun avec les autres membres de son groupe" -
article 30 de la Convention Internationale des Droits de l'Enfant - 20 novembre 1989 - ratifiée par 195 nations
(https://www.unicef.fr/sites/default/files/convention-des-droits-de-lenfant.pdf )
version pour les enfants : https://www.unicef.org/fr/convention-droits-enfant/convention-droits-version-enfants
Association pour la Promotion et l'Avancement du Multilinguisme - Association sans but lucratif 1901 - 62 120 Aire-sur-la-Lys
courriel : contact@multilingualcafe.com