Baby boxes given to victims of domestic violence.
One of Lake Aid’s Baby Boxes last week went to a centre for women who are victims of domestic violence. The centre contacted Lake Aid today to say thank you, …
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Developing resilience during a pandemic: Grassroots charity learnings from Annecy, by Felicity Fallon Chair of Lake Aid
Most of us would agree that 2020 has been a pretty awful year, but not for this grassroots charity in Annecy…What can we learn from pandemic year to make us …
Lake Aid launches Christmas Box Appeal
Lake Aid plans to provide over 100 surprise Christmas Boxes to children and unaccompanied minors living in emergency shelters and temporary accommodation in Annecy. Each Christmas Box will contain a …
October Holiday Activities for Asylum-Seeking Teens
During the October school holidays, Lake Aid decided to offer activities in and around Annecy for our community of asylum-seeking teens and unaccompanied minors. We reached out to our volunteers …
My family’s reaction to seeing Manuela Fresil’s film about Annecy’s aslyum-seeking children, by Claude Kular
Yesterday we attended the first public projection of “The Good Wheat and the Tares” by Manuela Frésil, as a family. What an amazing projection and message that was! We were …
Lake Aider Suzanne Baltazard talks about her inclusive holiday camps on Lake Annecy.
Interviewed by Máirín Mc Sweeney of Lake Aid. Suzanne, can you tell us a little about how the camps began, and how long they have been running for? Since 2010, …
‘The Good Wheat and Tares’ documentary showing in Talloires cinema on October 3rd at 18.00pm.
Hi everyone, we are very happy to announce a new date for our cinema fundraiser initially planned in April. We will be holding the event on the 3rd October. We …
Fabulous fundraising day at La Montee de la Tournette 2020
A massive thank you to all those who contributed to another successful Lake Aid fundraiser. On Sunday 6th September, twenty brave Lake Aiders rose to the Montee de la Tournette …
Bikes and music around Annecy lake for unaccompanied minors.
A group of Lake Aid volunteers took six unaccompanied minors on June 3rd and eight on June 24th biking around Annecy lake. We left in the morning, had a picnic …
Lake Aid Volunteers make over 1000 masks to raise funds
During the Covid 19 lockdown, the Lake Aid community launched a mask making project to raise funds for our future activities and to provide masks for people in need. The …
Support Team Lake Aid in the Ascent of La Tournette 2020!
Support Team Lake Aid in the Ascent of La Tournette 2020! For the third consecutive year, Lake Aid is taking part in the legendary hike/run race “La Montée de La …
Helping children keep up with their schooling during lockdown
Covid-19 confinement has been particularly challenging for the asylum seeking and homeless children who Lake Aid supports. Providing tablets and computers has been key to helping them continue their schooling. …