American Friends of
College Cevenol
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We appreciate your interest in the College Cevenol and wish for you to enjoy the French culture experience, interacting with local villagers, and developing friendships with asylum-seeking families.

To begin your adventure simply apply online or download our form and fax in your application. Click Here to Get Started!

The American Friends of College Cevenol (the "AFCC") is a volunteer 501(c)3 organization founded in 1952. Its primary function it to provide general support to le College Cevenol, a school founded by two local pastors, Eduoard Theis and André Trocmé, who during World War 2 inspired the Huguenots in 12 villages to save approximately five thousand refugees, including over 3,000 Jews, during the Holocaust. To remember the courageous actions of the Huguenots, Yad Vashem in Jerusalem planted over 70 trees in the memory of the "Righteous Gentiles" of the plateau.





The College Cevenol is located in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, a small town west of Lyon, in the Massif Central region of France. A multicultural, internationalist boarding school, the College Cevenol also serves as a center for refugee families from around the globe.

Each summer for the past 56 years the AFCC has run a work-study program at Le College Cevenol. For half the day (Monday-Friday ), students work on service-learning projects - i.e., repairing roads, painting walls, fixing up sports facilities, beautifying the campus, etc. The second half of the day is devoted to educational activities - i.e., learning French, studying cuisine, interacting with local villagers, and developing friendships with asylum-seeking families (from Ghana, Kosovo, Armenia, Albania, and Chechnya) who live in the village. Each day work campers experience a special aspect of the French culture. Weekends are devoted to field trips; in 2005 & 2008 students visited St. Etienne to watch the Tour de France. In both 2006 and 2007 students hiked to the apex of an ancient volcano and visited the historic city of Le Puy. The work, refugee friendships and field trips make for the summer of a lifetime.


Over the 60 years our program has been in existence many of our camp visitors and camp directors have taken photos of their stay.  We like to share our memories with you and your families. Please take a moment and view the rich history of le College Cevenol and many of our alumni. View Our Photos Now! 

If you are a camp alumnus/alumnae and would like to post your photos on our website, please contact Chris Young.