Welcome to the Aigues-Vertes Foundation!
Since its creation in 1961, the Aigues-Vertes Foundation has supported adults living with intellectual disabilities so that they can be as autonomous as possible, thrive in their daily lives (education, work, leisure, socialization, civic life) and live a simply "ordinary" life.
The Foundation's unique setting, a village on the banks of the Rhône in the Geneva countryside, the quality of its infrastructure, its educational vision based on kindness and respect, and the excellence of its human skills are the pillars that allow the implementation of the Personal Development Project tailored to each beneficiary.
With its ambition to be a model of social integration, the Foundation also actively stimulates collective reflection on the place and resources allocated to intellectual disability in society.
By placing the excellence of resources at the service of the development of beneficiaries, the Foundation wishes to capitalize on its educational expertise to maintain the dynamic of institutional evolution and to adapt it ever more to the framework of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
Thanks to these constant efforts and this inclusive approach to disability, beautiful, perfectly ordinary stories unfold every day at the Aigues-Vertes Foundation. What could be more extraordinary than these stories!
The Aigues-Vertes Foundation's method is based on
based on 4 complementary pillars that guarantee personalized and cutting-edge support
of kind treatment:
Our commitment
Excellence in the service of personal growth
A pioneer in inclusion, the Foundation
Aigues -Vertes advocates a social and human approach to disability by putting excellent resources at the service of the development of beneficiaries.
Our expertise
educational
Support towards more
daily autonomy
In line with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD),
The unique aspect of our support method is that we have fully integrated the Disability Production Process (DPP) upstream as a lens to adapt the environment in its smallest details in order to make it possible to learn autonomy and exercise self-determination.
A place for experience
and life
The ordinary village of (extra)ordinary people
To stimulate socialization and create social bonds, the Aigues-Vertes Foundation has adopted the structure of a village with its homes, trades, workshops, farm, shops, restaurants, and sports facilities.
its chapel, its "town hall" and its bus stop.
A management
excellence
Well-being as the cornerstone of a quality experience
The Aigues-Vertes Foundation believes there is a clear continuity and reciprocity between the attention given to beneficiaries and the management of teams. It is the kindness shown to everyone, at all levels, that ensures a quality experience.
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You can support us starting today.
A donation is and always will be much more than a donation of money: it is attention offered, it is a message of support, it is a future project that becomes feasible for the daily development of the beneficiaries.
By making a donation, you are helping to provide an (extra)ordinary life for the beneficiaries of the Aigues-Vertes Foundation.
Regular, occasional or one-time, every donation counts because every donation helps to meet the needs of people living with an intellectual disability.
Contact
Aigues-Vertes Foundation
Route de Chèvres 29
CH-1233 BERNEX
Tel. +41 22 555 85 00
Parking at the entrance to the village
TPG line 43 serves
the Aigues-Vertes Foundation with a stop in the heart of the village.