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South of Estonia, in a farm belonging to an Estonian family, within the frame of a volunteering project, the Doumbias, a Franco-Ivorian family, shared two weeks with families from Israel, Russia and Turkey.  With their four children, they shared with these other internationals the daily life of their Estonian host in this small rural community. An alternative way to understand better other cultures, habits, and languages from the inside.

Family camp in Estonia

Afin de garantir le droit au logement, le représentant de l'état peut réquisitionner des locaux vacants. Or ce droit est perçu comme portant atteinte au droit de propriété, il est ainsi très peu utilisé, souvent attaqué et défait devant les tribunaux.

Victimes de ces oppositions de droits, certains mal-logés choisissent de s’en affranchir et squattent ces logements. Ces squatteurs sont sans cesse à l’affût de nouveaux lieux à habiter pour prévenir la prochaine expulsion, car vivre ainsi c’est être expulsable à tout moment. Sur les toits ou sous terre, discrètement, la nuit, ils recherchent et explorent des bâtiments squattables.

En 2012 en Île-de-France, plus de 6% des logements sont vacants (329.000 logements vacants sur 5.309.100 selon l’Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques). En France, en 2010 le poids du loyer dans le revenu des locataires a doublé depuis 1978 (source Conseil Général de l'Environnement et du Développement Durable).

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In France, to ensure the right of housing, the representative of the state may requisition vacant buildings. This right is perceived as affecting the right of property, and it is rarely used, often attacked and defeated in court.

Victims of these oppositions, some poorly housed choose to break free and squat these empty buildings. These squatters are constantly on the lookout for new places to prevent the next eviction. To squat means to an eviction at any time. Rooftop or underground, quietly at night, they look and explore for buildings that can be squatted.

In 2012 in Ile-de-France region in France, more than 6% of housings are vacant (329,000 vacant housings of 5,309,100 according to the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies, INSEE). From 1978 to 2010, in France the part of the rent in income has doubled (source General Council of the Environment and Sustainable Development, CGEDD).

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A villager from Mgwani Kinondo - Kenyan east coast - speaks on education issue in his village:

One day, I woke up in the morning. I decided to go to school, to see what people do, by myself, my mind! And I was young! You see? Me, my father, did not tell me to go to school. Only myself. When I was still young, I looked! Some people went to schools. I go to school, I go there, I hide somewhere. Teacher come: Maths, English and everything. I learn, hmm I can learn. But I don't have money, so I can't do that process.

In Kenya it is very expensive. No money in Kenya my friend, no money, we are poor. Most of the people here are not educated. Most of them, they don't know to speak English, they don't know any language, they know their mother tong only and Kiswahili because Kiswahili is our language, just like our mother tong, you see? So they know Kiswahili, but they don't know English German, French, Dutch, and Italian. They are not educated.

We are happy also because we are still alive. We enjoy, but we are very poor my friend. You see? Because we don't have money to buy! Only food! Only to get food! Many problems. You can die! No money to buy medicine. No education, no education.

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On education in Mgwani Kinondo village, Kenya

Meeting a cameleon in Kenya

Uummannaq is a small town of 1300 inhabitants (and many dogs) in northern Greenland located on an island reachable by helicopter.

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