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In Nantes, the Secours populaire reopens these registrations for food aid in a limited way

2023-02-28T15:52:26.192Z


Suspended since the beginning of the year, requests for food parcels can resume. But, there will only be 90 places open for now. Beyond that, the structure “navigates on sight”.


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The problem is far from being solved.

Especially since it could still increase given the expected rise of around 10% in prices on the food shelves by this summer.

But at least the Secours Populaire volunteers in Nantes can benefit

from "a little breath of fresh air"

as Danielle Alexandre, the general secretary of the association in Loire-Atlantique, says.

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Since the beginning of 2023, it has been impossible to register for the food aid offered by the Nantes branch.

The fault of a double phenomenon: on the one hand, an explosion of requests and on the other a

"drastic"

reduction in the products available.

Two months later, things change.

Not as much as the volunteers would like, however.

Pressure on volunteers

“We have decided to reopen registrations.

We will be able to accommodate 90 new beneficiaries

,” Danielle Alexandre has to content herself with.

They have been open at the rate of 30 places per day since Monday.

They leave quickly.

Very quickly even:

"This Monday, we had fifteen requests in the morning and fifteen in the afternoon."

All places have therefore been allocated.

The manager expects the same to happen on Tuesday and Wednesday.

“We will review in March if we can accommodate other people but for the moment, we are sailing on sight”

, she explains to

Figaro

.

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To prevent people from going to the premises for nothing, the head of the association in the department asks

“people to call to find out if there are places left”

.

A way also to protect the volunteers:

“There have sometimes been very violent reactions towards them in the event of refusal of aid.

It's the kind of situation that breaks their hearts."

During the two months of "suspension" of new registrations, the structure still provided

"80 emergency packages"

to help those in great precariousness.

Crisis meeting

Faced with a

“situation that panics”

the associations, Danielle Alexandre does not want to give up.

This Tuesday, she must participate in a

“crisis meeting”

with the City of Nantes to discuss possible solutions.

For her part, the structure she chairs has already adapted to the lack of products collected:

"We have reduced the baskets and set up a permanence for students on Saturday mornings."

The purpose of this last provision is to make it possible to continue to welcome the beneficiaries in good conditions and to relieve

“exhausted volunteers”

.

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In Nantes, the Secours Populaire branch has about

“1,450 beneficiaries”

in February, while it is sized to accommodate around 1,300. Elsewhere in the department, the situation is not much better.

“In the Ancenis

branch

, requests for food aid have increased by 32%.

The Solidaribus which travels in rural areas is also taken by storm

,” adds Danielle Alexandre.

In Saint-Nazaire, the Secours populaire

“still manages to hold out”

but the situation is described as

“fragile”

.

An observation that saddens the volunteer:

“Not eating is tragic.

While we want to help, we are walking on eggshells and have to consider many outside factors.”

Make a donation

For those who wish to make a food donation to the Secours populaire in Nantes, collection takes place at 16 rue du Maine.

Source: lefigaro

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