{"id":424,"date":"2014-04-05T17:45:52","date_gmt":"2014-04-05T16:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fondation-antoine-de-saint-exupery.org\/la-fondation-2\/"},"modified":"2018-10-22T13:46:47","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T12:46:47","slug":"the-foundation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/the-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Speech of Fran\u00e7ois d&#8217;AGAY,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>President of the Antoine de Saint Exup\u00e9ry Youth Foundation (French)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><center><\/center><center><div class=\"lyte-wrapper fourthree\" style=\"width:420px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_YV6fmLocrF4\"><div id=\"lyte_YV6fmLocrF4\" data-src=\"\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/YV6fmLocrF4\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/YV6fmLocrF4\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/YV6fmLocrF4\/0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"295\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:420px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/center>[menu_anchor name=&#8221;introduction&#8221;]<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #e58423;\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);\">True to the spirit of the French author and aviator who defended a society based on respect for humankind, cultural diversity, cooperation, commitment and individual responsibility, the Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry Youth Foundation carries out various projects around the world to improve the everyday lives of youth and to help them attain better futures. <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #e58423;\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);\">This institution, under the aegis of the Fondation de France, was created by the heirs of the author of The Little Prince and his admirers from the worlds of aeronautics and literature, in 2008<\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-452\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fondation-antoine-de-saint-exupery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/baniere-en.png\" alt=\"Antoine de Saint Exup\u00e9ry Youth Foundation\" width=\"258\" height=\"661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/baniere-en.png 400w, https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/baniere-en-117x300.png 117w, https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/baniere-en-399x1024.png 399w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" \/>Too many young people in this world grow up in difficult, often hostile environments, where they are confronted daily with conflicts up and into adulthood.<br \/>\nFaced with our changing society, we believe it is necessary to show young people the need to support each other, have a sense of responsibility to one another, and to engage as committed citizens.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We want to give them practical support by helping them build their own future and encourage them to take an active part in society.<br \/>\nWe believe that any help given to the youth of today is also a service to mankind in general in all its cultural diversity.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #e58423;\"><b>Helping them to become responsible citizens<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The work of the Foundation is based on the humanist values of Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry &#8211; universally shared across the planet.<br \/>\nIt relies on a vast international charity network which already carries out numerous local projects representing these values.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #e58423;\"><b> Our founding values<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry inspires with his words and actions. They are relevant to all generations, particularly to the youth of today who are tomorrow\u2019s citizens. His exemplary values can be seen in his writing and his endeavors: responsibility,hard work,unity,willingness to share and the respect for others.<br \/>\nHumanism constitutes the foundation of his thoughts:man must be at the centre of our focus.<br \/>\nCommitment towards others, through the duties of each, gives a meaning to human existence.\u00a0These values offer guidelines for future adults on their journey to becoming responsible members of society.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #e58423;\"><b>Our Worldwide Action Network<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Saint-Exup\u00e9ry international network regroups hundreds of active members, many of whom are volunteers.They are often connected to the world of education, business and economics.<br \/>\nThey have gathered year after year around the emblematic figure of \u201cSt-Ex\u201d and his humanist beliefs.<br \/>\nFor the most part, they have developed specific concrete projects either through the creation of local charities or working with public institutions.<br \/>\nThis network spans nearly 30 countries across all continents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speech of Fran\u00e7ois d&#8217;AGAY, President of the Antoine de Saint Exup\u00e9ry Youth Foundation (French) [menu_anchor name=&#8221;introduction&#8221;] &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; True to the spirit of the French author and aviator who defended a society based on respect for humankind, cultural diversity, cooperation, commitment and individual responsibility, the Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry Youth Foundation carries out various [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width.php","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/424"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424"}],"version-history":[{"count":43,"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30260,"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/424\/revisions\/30260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}