ADBL.ca is born
The domain and ADBL’s first Web presence are born.
ADBL.ca, the Association for Happiness and Childhood, is an international project in the making, focused on children, their happiness, their safety and their future.
ADBL was created in Québec, Canada. It is nourished by the world, by personal journeys and international experience; it is not defined by any territory and aims to be without borders. But happiness is for everyone.
The more happiness spreads, the better the conditions in which our children grow.
We move forward simply: listen, prevent, help, create and find practical solutions. Have the courage of our ideas and act humanely whenever we can.
It starts with the person in front of you: a neighbour, a friend, a conversation, a smile, the desire to speak while setting aside fear and hesitation for a moment.
Perhaps the person opposite us also simply wants to be kind. Perhaps human beings have something fundamentally good within them. Why not try?
Our approach is much simpler: a modest association for happiness and childhood, with no lessons to give anyone. Nothing more.
Everyone is welcome, and we want to move forward alongside others rather than beside or against them. To us, real wealth is a happier society, one in which happiness has more room to exist.
That, in turn, gives childhood and all our children better conditions to grow, build their future and perhaps do better than we did.
So why not? Let us try.
Perhaps we are different. It does not matter much. Difference is also part of our strength and shared wealth. Our cultures, our stories and what separates us can also bring us together.
We want to create useful, humane and accessible initiatives that improve the lives of children and those around them, while remembering that happiness concerns society as a whole.
Coming soon…
An initiative centred on comfort, play, smiles and a reassuring presence for children.
The domain and ADBL’s first Web presence are born.
The idea of an association devoted to happiness and childhood takes shape.
adbl.ca goes live: ADBL’s first Web presence.
An inspiration, a memory, a remembrance and a tribute to Madame Louise, to children in general, to the Carpentier family, to Marie-Pierre Gagné, her family and her worthy young heir, and to all the others…