The jerky noise of sewing machines and the steam coming from irons cease. Hawa Sangaré steps into the heart of her garment workshop, on the edge of the 13th arrondissement of Paris. "I have an announcement to make," said the boss. Last night, I got a call to tell me that I was going to carry the Olympic flame... The sudden applause of her employees stops the entrepreneur in her tracks, encouraging a laugh that is both embarrassed and proud on her part.
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On Thursday 11 January, the founder of the Hawa au féminin association, which focuses on the professional integration of women, learned that she would be taking part in the Olympic torch relay along with 43 other Parisians out of a total of 11,000 torchbearers. This is "immense pride" for this native of Drancy (Seine-Saint-Denis), who arrived in the capital in 2018 and is now at the head of a structure that promotes "upcycling", a trend that consists of recovering used products by giving them a new, more qualitative life. In this case, the transformation of fabric scraps into clothes, bags and other pouches.
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