Jean Vanier is from Geneva, Switzerland he was born September 10, 1928, but then moved to Canada with his sisters, What jean Vanier did to bring upon change to us was he educated us on developmental disabilities, this is a big change for us because a lot of family’s live with a disabilities what jean Vanier thought us is they aren’t worth less they can be just like me and you. Jean Vanier provided network of homes called L’Arche these homes where for people with on developmental disabilities so they would all live together with volunteers and a group of specially trained staff, this is a coat from jean Vanier have the power to teach and even to heal us. We are all “broken” in some way, he believes. (…) “When you start living with people with disabilities”, “you begin to discover a whole lot of things about yourself.” He learned that to “be human is to be bonded together, each with our own weaknesses and strengths, because we need each other.” This first started at 1964 it first occurred in L’Arche community in Trosly-Breuil, France.
http://www.larche.org/jean-vanier-founder-of-l-arche.en-gb.23.13.content.htm

