During the “Mets tes baskets” national mobilization week from October 16th to 22th, more than 2,700 schools took part in the twentieth edition of the ELA Dictation. The event was launched across France on Monday October 16th.
A text full of hope
The Dictée d’ELA is the first part of the “Wear your trainers and beat disease” operation organized in schools. Its aim is to raise pupils’ awareness of solidarity, sharing and respect for differences, through an original text written each year by a well-known author. For its twentieth edition, the Dictation was written by Sabyl Ghoussoub, winner of the Prix Goncourt des lycéens 2022 for his novel “Beyrouth-sur-Seine”. Entitled “Un monde sans frontières”, it conveys a message of hope and determination in the face of obstacles.
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For this campaign placed under the sign of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024 and labeled “Generation 2024”, ELA is counting on the mobilization of as many people as possible!
That’s what it’s going to take to reach the goal set by team captain Zinédine Zidane: one million students on the starting line, taking a billion steps to help sick children.
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Two highlights
Starting on Monday October 16, the Dictation marks the launch of the “Wear your trainers and beat disease” campaign with a large number of readers.
October 16th in Paris
Brigitte Macron and Sabyl Ghoussoub read the ELA Dictation to pupils at the Lemercier school in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, in the presence of Crystelle Cottart, President of ELA France. After this studious moment, the pupils were able to discuss with their readers for a day the values conveyed by the text and their support for the fight against leukodystrophies.
October 17th in Marseille
Soprano was back in Marseille to read the Dictation to pupils for the second year running! He played teacher for a day to a class of 5th graders at Pont-de-Vivaux secondary school, accompanied by Nono from Les Déguns. Guy Alba, President of ELA International, Jean-Marc Di Rado, representative delegate for the Southern region, and Maelle, who suffers from leukodystrophy, and her mother Pascale, were also there to talk about ELA’s missions and the support provided to families since 1992.
Thanks to our readers!
All over France, ELA’s sponsors, as well as celebrities from the worlds of sport and entertainment, visited schools to read the Dictation. These were wonderful memories that will remain engraved in the pupils’ minds, and gave them tenfold energy to put on their sneakers!
