• With their company Les Souvenirs solidaires, a couple from Nantes offers seniors the opportunity to confide in their microphone or in front of their camera.

  • Memories, life course… The interview, lasting approximately 1h30, is given in the form of a USB key.

Of their respective grandparents, now deceased, they only kept a few photos and objects.

But like many small children in their circumstances, Loïc and Stella de Chabot would give a lot to see, once again, their ancestors tell anecdotes, even those they have "already heard a thousand times" but which they have perhaps forgotten.

For those who still have this chance, and who celebrate Grandmother's Day this Sunday, this couple from Nantes has launched an original initiative.

With their company Les Souvenirs solidaires, they offer seniors the opportunity to confide in their microphone or in front of their camera.

An interview edited as a report of approximately 1h30, retracing the course of the person's life, punctuated with stories and memories, is then given to the family, in the form of a USB key.

Since the official launch of their activity in 2020, around sixty reports have been produced in the Nantes region.

“It is often the children who approach us, reports Loïc de Chabot, a 42-year-old former radio journalist.

They offer their parents an experience, an opportunity to pass on their memories over generations, to indulge.

Because contrary to what one might think, the intervention of outsiders would free up speech.

"At first, they tell us that they have nothing interesting to say," smiles Stella de Chabot, 33.

We help them with a series of questions, their marriage, the birth of children… then sometimes come up subjects that have never been broached, often out of modesty.

“ “Memories of war, for example, illustrates Loïc.

“Funny moments, others where we cry”

This year, the service will be available in other cities in France, including Paris and Marseille.

At the start of the school year in September, it will be exported to Quebec.

Local correspondents have been trained in this delicate exercise, where emotions play a major role during a long interview, which generally lasts more than two hours.

“There are funny moments, others where we cry, for example when they talk to us about benevolence, perseverance, all the values ​​they want to pass on to their grandchildren, continues Stella.

They are free to say what they want but on the other hand, it must remain friendly.

One refuses to settling accounts and to the will.

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The USB key is put back in a metal box, which also contains photos taken on D-Day, a small card and treats.

The couple have also launched interactive albums and frames, which you can scan with your phone to hear your grandpa or grandma tell the story behind the photo.

“We are not therapists, we just want to do good, reports the couple.

A lady, who unfortunately died during the pandemic, had offered boxes to her 17 grandchildren.

They thank us again.

Hearing the laughter of a missing person again is truly magical.

“A gift that has a price: 490 euros for the video format, 390 for the audio.

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