Key facts
- Organization.logo
- larcheboatname.jpeg
- Organization.founding_location
- Trosly-Breuil, France
- Organization.type
- Non-governmental
- Organization.status
- Non-profit
- Organization.purpose
- To build a world where people with and without intellectual disabilities are friends and equals.
- Organization.headquarters
- Paris, France
- Organization.leader_name
- Sylvain Brabant (interim)
- Organization.key_people
- Jean Vanier/Raphaël Simi/Phillipe Seux, founders
- Organization.region
- 38 countries
- Organization.services
- Faith-based community living, housing, programs, employment, empowerment, and support networks
- Organization.num_members
- 10,000+
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- France
- Founded by
- Jean Vanier
- Official website
- www.larche.org
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- inception
- 1964-00-00
- Commons category
- Communautés de l'Arche
- different from
- Community of the Ark
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- History
- Funding
- Sexual abuse investigation
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
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'''L'Arche''' ("The Ark") is an international federation of non-profit organisations working to create networks of community where people with and without intellectual disabilities live and work together. Founded in 1964 by Jean Vanier, Raphaël Simi, and Philip Seux, L'Arche emerged as a reaction and community-based alternative to the ill-treatment and dismal living conditions in the psychiatric institutions of the 1960s. Initially formed in the French commune of Trosly-Breuil, it subsequently expanded to over 150 communities in 38 countries worldwide.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “L'Arche” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.