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Archery, nature... and only 1 hour of telephone time per day: welcome to the offline camp

7/23/2022, 7:42:10 AM


Summer camps are embarking on the niche of disconnection. The one organized by the Pop Education association confiscates smartphones

Maxime had to get used to it.

With his good child's face and his adolescent silhouette, he accepted that the "monos" take his precious mobile phone from him from the first day.

It was the rule to stay here, in this huge park located at the gates of the Gorges du Verdon (Var), devoid of any trade and populated by pines, horses, goats, rabbits.

He had no choice.

"I was a little scared," concedes Maxime, already weaned, who usually admits spending "a lot of time" after his homework "watching videos on YouTube".

The ace.

“Anyway, here, there is not even a network!

The messages take three long hours to arrive, ”grumbles Maxime, who evolves here far from his bases, Essonne, in the southern suburbs of Paris.

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