Beds, food, soap, baby diapers or phone packages with internet “to stay connected with the men at the front”. The accompaniment of refugees who have arrived in the region frankly, according to Benjamin Blanc, secretary general of the Secours populaire de Colomiers, is also done at the administrative or legal level, “soon we will also think about outings so that families can get a change of scenery”
Aid also crosses borders
If some associations send trucks filled to the brim in Poland, the Secours Populaire takes the side of making the purchases directly on the spot “The idea is to bring the financial power on the spot, to meet the needs of the people on the spot.”
It is because the department is used to working with these associations that they were chosen. “Very serious organizations that allow us to have an action there and an action here” explains Georges Méric, the president of the Departmental Council.
On March 8, the elected representatives of the County Council voted emergency aid of 100,000 euros to support the Ukrainian people. If the conflict lasts, Georges Méric promises to review these associations.