Play is used as a tool for promoting the ideas of Hemispheres. For each session a team of 20 learn though a rich variety of activities. Here, a game of musical chairs allows the participants to play out the inequality of wealth distribution in the world.

In pictures: Three Years of Human Adventure

Between 2009 and 2011, 180 young people participated in 9 sessions of the Hemispheres programme. The Hemispherians were enabled in a reflection on questions relating to development and inter-dependence between the developed and developing world. Around 100 local events promoting these issues were organised across Europe, allowing young people (...)
From coordinators

“A project not lacking in ambition”

Having been in this position since September 2010, she will deliver for us a review of the Hemispheres training course, for which she was also the coordinator. Can you tell us about your background before joining Frères des Hommes? I had a rather varied route. I initially studied Hispanic Language and Civilization, followed by a Masters in (...)
Seminar

The end of a chapter, but a new book opened!

All good things come to an end, and Hemispheres is no exception to the rule. After 3 years of experimenting, the first page has turned, and it concludes over two days of seminars and a day of symposium; a way to come back and discuss the Hemispheres experience. The objective of the seminar: to review the knowledge and experiences acquired (...)
France

The word carrier in Senegal

In February 2011, three French participants in the Hemispheres programme attended the Dakar World Social Forum. Their objective? Share a new form of debate with Africans in a highly public workshop: the word carrier. The event took place at Cheikh Anta Diop University, where hundreds of students participated and expressed their opinions. For a (...)
Italy

Welcome to the Hemispheres association!

Hemispheres is not only the name of the training action coordinated by Frères des Hommes. It is also the name of an Italian association, created in February 2011 by Donato, Jessica and Ilaria – Italian participants in the 6th session of the programme –in collaboration with other Italian and European friends. For them, it is a way of maintaining (...)
In pictures: Three Years of Human Adventure Between 2009 and 2011, 180 young people participated in 9 sessions of the Hemispheres programme. The Hemispherians were enabled in a reflection on questions relating to development and (...)