The American actor Forest Whitaker is currently visiting Seine-Saint-Denis. This Wednesday, he is expected in Aubervilliers to inaugurate a training center dedicated to youth. The establishment was funded by its own NGO called Whitaker Peace and Development Initiative (WPDI), reports Actu Seine-Saint-Denis.
We exchanged in all simplicity on professional integration and entrepreneurship. The beginning of an ambitious project for the inhabitants and young people of our territory.
Thank you again @ForestWhitaker for your visit. see you soon! https://t.co/gqjddbPzFz
— Karine Franclet (@francletkarine) May 12, 2023
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In 2020, the Hollywood star went to Clichy-sous-Bois and was hit by poverty in some neighborhoods. A year later, at the Paris Peace Forum, Forest Whitaker announced that he wanted to help the young people of the department. A desire that he realized by creating this new center offering training in computer science, entrepreneurship and social mediation. These are free and open to all.
"An ambitious project"
"Through this installation, WPDI France is committed to providing economic and personal development tools to the inhabitants of the city policy districts of Seine-Saint-Denis and Paris," the NGO said. For her part, the mayor of Aubervilliers, Karine Franclet, welcomed "an ambitious project in favor of the inhabitants and young people of our territory".
- Aubervilliers
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