The Marine World Discovery Center is a partner of the Sailors of Life expedition, which will take place from July 11th to August 1st, and then from August 2nd to August 23rd.
The MWDC lends scientific equipment to conduct plankton fishing, water turbidity tests, temperature and pH measurements, and cetacean counting.
From July 11th to August 23rd, 2012, 16 young adolescents, recovered or in remission from serious illnesses, will embark on two expeditions, each lasting 3 weeks, in the Mediterranean.
Since 2006, the Sailors of Life association has been taking young former patients on summer sea expeditions. They share their adventures with children in hospitals through a game that takes place online. Every day, children in hospitals solve puzzles about the sea, nature, the environment…
Their answers are illustrated with videos, photos, and texts from the MWDC’s logbooks created on the Sailors of Life’s sailboat. The adventure is shared with around 2,500 hospitalized children in France and Belgium (data from 2010).
The project aims to stimulate recovery, break isolation, and give hope to children fighting illness.
– Sailors of Life, a sailboat in the hospital to help sick children regain hope by involving them in a maritime adventure conducted by young adolescents who have also experienced illness.
- Help a young hospitalized child envision a future beyond their hospital room.
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Help a young person, recovered or on the road to recovery, rebuild their life around an educational project.
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From July 11th to August 1st, 2012: “From the Vermilion Coast to the Golden Islands”
(Departure from Nice, Port-Cros, Les Embiez, La Grande Motte, Le Grau du Roi/Port Camargue, Sète, Cap d’Agde, Port-Vendres, Banyuls-sur-Mer, Les Calanques, the Giens Peninsula, Nice).
- From August 2nd to August 23rd, 2012: “The Hidden Treasures of Corsica”
(Departure from Nice, Cap Corse, St Florent, Calvi, Scandola Reserve, Porto, Propriano, Campomoro, Girolata, Bonifacio, Lavezzi Islands, Nice).
