A blue-white-red flag representing homeless people was deployed late Wednesday morning on the Pont d'Iéna in Paris by the Salvation Army foundation, to "
sound the alarm
" on the situation of people in great precariousness.
The flag, which features three people lying in blue, white and red sleeping bags, was designed by Erik Ravelo, a Cuban artist who had already completed a photographic project in 2013 to denounce violence against children around the world.
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This event coincides with the end of the second confinement, transformed since Tuesday evening into a curfew from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.
"
This has changed absolutely nothing in the lives of tens of thousands of people who remain confined outside
", laments Colonel Daniel Naud, President of the Salvation Army.
"
This health crisis is truly a humanitarian crisis
", underlined Samuel Coppens, spokesperson for the Salvation Army, which intends to fight against the invisible side of homeless people.
In 2019, the foundation claimed in its activity report, a capacity of reception and support of more than 9,100 people within its 201 structures and social services.
The action carried out on the Jena Bridge is also a way of launching the Salvation Army's winter campaign.
A decisive period since "
30% of donations
" are traditionally recorded in December, according to David Germain, the director of communications.
The “
revisited
”
French flag
will be displayed on the ground in various places in Paris, such as the places of the Republic and the Bastille or near the Saint-Lazare station.