The 12 French founders of the SYB project had all been living in Shanghai for many years, when they got together to discuss how to create a charity program that would empower disadvantaged young Chinese. Having heard about a social bakery in Vietnam, they started looking at the bakery market in China and realized that it was booming, notably thanks to the rapid growth of bakeries and 4/5 stars hotels.

However qualified bakers were still lacking, given that no French bakery training existed in China so far. Shanghai Young Bakers was thus created to equip the underprivileged with a skill that is in great need on the job market, thus ensuring that they would find a qualified job upon graduation.

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