L'Arche is an international federation of family-like homes and communities in which individuals with intellectual disabilities share life with their live-in assistants in environments that nurture the emotional, social, and spiritual well-being of each individual.

The L'Arche movement began in 1964, when Canadian philosopher Jean Vanier invited two men with intellectual disabilities to live with him in Trosly-Breuil, France. Vanier's simple, yet profound, act of Christian love has touched men and women everywhere. Today, there are more than 120 L'Arche communities in 30 countries.

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