In Sciecq, in Deux-Sèvres, 9 retirees aged 84 to 94 live together with 15 young people from Asia and Africa. “They are very polite and cute, we play cards and have snacks with them,” assure Roselyne, Gillette and Micheline.
The Les Vignes autonomy residence has welcomed, since January 2015, unaccompanied minors (UMAs), placed under the protection of the Deux Sèvés department. This intergenerational formula was born from a shared observation.