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Tuesday November 1st marks the beginning of five months of winter break, synonymous with respite for all those threatened with eviction from their homes. In the Somme, charities such as the Secours populaire support the most precarious.
In Amiens (Sum), Cathy Hard is an RSA recipient. She lives in her mother’s house, which has just been sold. Fortunately, the winter break begins on Tuesday, November 1, because she cannot find social housing. “It relieves me, because I know that I will not be outside with my children“, she explains. Like Cathy, many of them come to Secours Populaire to ask for advice and food.
Lorenzo, 37, has always lived in poverty. So this five-month winter break calms him down. He says that some of his acquaintances were able to avoid being expelled in the middle of winter thanks to this truce. Francoise Simoneta Secours Populaire volunteer for ten years, thinks that poverty will worsen during the winter. “Here is the disaster. Anyway, we receive 850 families a month”she explains.