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Restos du coeur: a complicated 39th campaign
The 39th Restos du coeur winter campaign kicked off on Tuesday, November 21 throughout France, with this year a sad observation: the association is no longer able to satisfy demand. – (franceinfo)
The 39th Restos du coeur winter campaign kicked off on Tuesday, November 21 throughout France, with this year a sad observation: the association is no longer able to satisfy demand.
First day of opening and first disappointment. This winter, there will be fewer beneficiaries, and the baskets will be less full: four meals instead of six per week for a family. In Colombes (Hauts-de-Seine), around twenty families have already been refused. Here, 900 families were helped last winter. It will be 30% less this year. Volunteers interview families. Only households with the lowest incomes are admitted.
A heartbreak for the volunteers
Stopping helping people in need is truly heartbreaking for all volunteers. “These people, those who are refused, where will they go?“, asks Thérèse Demay, volunteer at Restos du coeur. Winter therefore promises to be complicated for the association. Only donations can still improve daily life a little.
