2024-02-21 16:54:25
A para-athletics champion from Team EDF, Angélina Lanza, met students from the Université Haute-Alsace in Mulhouse, to share her experience and her journey as a Paralympic athlete. This operation, named “A Champion Dans Ma Grande Ecole”, is an event to raise awareness of disability and para-sport, which takes place as part of the “enJeux d’avenir 2024” program.
100 students from the Haute Alsace University of Mulhouse, spoke with the double European para athletics champion, and world medalist, in preparation for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, Angélina Lanza, around her career, her experiences and her commitment within Team EDF. The students tested para-sport practice thanks to workshops offered by the French Handisport Federation: wheelchair racing, blind football, wheelchair basketball, boccia and rifle shooting. An inspiring meeting to change young people’s views on disability.
“It’s always a great pleasure to meet young people and share my journey and my experience. This is a fantastic opportunity to introduce them to para-sport and change their outlook on disability. Being part of Team EDF means proudly conveying to young people the idea that with them we can go faster and further in favor of people with disabilities. » Angelina Lanza
EDF has been a historic player in the Paralympic movement for more than 30 years and has been developing this event since 2016 which aims to raise awareness among young people about para-sport, in collaboration with the French Handisport Federation and with the intervention of Paralympic athletes from Team EDF.
A first in the Grand Est. “A Champion In My Grande Ecole” is an operation of the EDF heritage program “enJeux d’avenir 2024” in Grand Est. By creating this program, EDF, Paralympic and Olympic Partner of Paris 2024, wishes to bring sport and the energy of the Paris 2024 Games to life throughout France, particularly among younger generations. For more than 30 years, EDF has been a partner of the French Handisport Federation (FFH) and participates in the media coverage of parasport, the support of high-level athletes and the promotion of sport for all.
“Committed for more than 30 years alongside French sport, the EDF group is convinced that this system is a fantastic tool for changing behaviors and mentalities and the way we view societal and environmental issues, particularly among younger generations. With “enJeux d’avenir 2024” EDF spreads the energy of practicing sport everywhere and for everyone in the regions as in the Grand Est. » Yann Baros, Director of Regional Action Grand Est.
“Making students aware of disabilities through the practice of adapted sporting activities contributes to the development of the values of solidarity, respect, inclusion, diversity and excellence that the University of Haute Alsace defends. One of the strong missions of the student life service is to support students with specific needs, including students with disabilities but also high-level sports students. Thus, for example, the UHA is supporting 28 high-level sports students this year. »
EDF is among the very first large French groups to be involved in the field of professional integration of people with disabilities, signing a first agreement on this subject with trade union organizations in 1989. The disability agreement was renewed in 2023 with the objectives of increasing the employment rate, recruiting/qualifying people with disabilities, implementing the conditions for equal rights and opportunities throughout of the professional career and promote the conditions for successful retention or return to employment. The EDF group employs more than 4,500 employees with disabilities in France. In Grand Est, the various EDF SA entities employ more than 230 employees with disabilities. Furthermore, EDF participates twice a year in the “Hello Handicap” exhibition. In 2023, EDF units in Grand Est have published around fifty job offers to be filled.
Photo credit: EDF
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