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| − | Zoé's Ark was formed "by motoring enthusiasts from the French [[four-wheel-drive]] community to aid victims of the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake|December 2004 Asian tsunami]]".<ref name="BBC">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7067374.stm ''Profile: Zoe's Ark'</ref> More specifically, Zoé's Ark was founded in 2005 by volunteer fireman<ref name="BBC"/> Éric Breteau, former president of the French 4x4 Federation,<ref name="BBC"/> who named it after a girl orphaned by the December 2004 Asian tsunami. The group, registered as a non-governmental organization with the French authorities, sought to aid children affected by the tsunami, and brought one boy to France for an operation.<ref>http://www.nbcnews.com/id/21547226</ref> | + | Zoé's Ark was formed "by motoring enthusiasts from the French [[four-wheel-drive]] community to aid victims of the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake|December 2004 Asian tsunami]]".<ref name="BBC">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7067374.stm ''Profile: Zoe's Ark'</ref> More specifically, Zoé's Ark was founded in 2005 by volunteer fireman<ref name="BBC"/> Éric Breteau, former president of the French 4x4 Federation,<ref name="BBC"/> who named it after a girl orphaned by the December 2004 Asian tsunami. The group, registered as a [[non-governmental organization]] with the French authorities, sought to aid children affected by the tsunami, and brought one boy to France for an operation.<ref>http://www.nbcnews.com/id/21547226</ref> |
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| + | Other NGOs determined that the children were not from Darfur, but in fact Chadian and had been lured away from home with candy. Members of the group were sentenced to hard labour in [[Chad]], but were returned to France on condition that they would face trial. | ||
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| + | The group’s founder, [[Eric Breateau]], and his partner, [[Emilie Lelouch]], then absconded to [[South Africa]]. Since they did not show up in court, it allowed the others to put all the blame on them. In the French trial, the lawyer of one of the four accused described Breteau as almost a cult leader: he "had all the attributes of a guru, faced with people who were completely devoted to him. And unfortunately they found themselves involved with an operation that ended in disaster. In my opinion, this was a [[sect]]".<ref>https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20121213-chad-kidnap-ngo-was-cult-lawyers-argue-end-paris-trial</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 12:03, 23 December 2021
 Zoé's Ark  (NGO, France/VIPedophile?)   | |
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| Formation | 2004 |
| Headquarters | France |
Zoé's Ark (L'Arche de Zoé) is a French charity organization with the aim of increasing awareness of the crisis in Darfur and providing aid for children affected by the conflict. The organization was brought into the public's awareness in 2007 with the arrest of six members and 11 others in Abéché, Chad for abducting 103 African children.
Official narrative
Zoé's Ark was formed "by motoring enthusiasts from the French four-wheel-drive community to aid victims of the December 2004 Asian tsunami".[1] More specifically, Zoé's Ark was founded in 2005 by volunteer fireman[1] Éric Breteau, former president of the French 4x4 Federation,[1] who named it after a girl orphaned by the December 2004 Asian tsunami. The group, registered as a non-governmental organization with the French authorities, sought to aid children affected by the tsunami, and brought one boy to France for an operation.[2]
Trial
Other NGOs determined that the children were not from Darfur, but in fact Chadian and had been lured away from home with candy. Members of the group were sentenced to hard labour in Chad, but were returned to France on condition that they would face trial.
The group’s founder, Eric Breateau, and his partner, Emilie Lelouch, then absconded to South Africa. Since they did not show up in court, it allowed the others to put all the blame on them. In the French trial, the lawyer of one of the four accused described Breteau as almost a cult leader: he "had all the attributes of a guru, faced with people who were completely devoted to him. And unfortunately they found themselves involved with an operation that ended in disaster. In my opinion, this was a sect".[3]
