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The crisis in Ukraine has triggered an immense outpouring of solidarity in France. Everywhere in our country, the municipalities are mobilizing, launching appeals for donations, organizing collections and even offering accommodation to accommodate refugees.
Since Monday, February 28, the inhabitants of Montpellier (Herault) are mobilizing to help Ukrainian refugees. Food, products of hygiene and medical equipment, trucks will leave, direction Poland. But before departure, you have to make sure that the contents of the boxes will be well understood. Mutual aid is also organized in the smallest towns. In a village near Besançon (Doubs)it’s a mountain of donations that has formed in barely an hour.
A surge of solidarity that touches a volunteer: “Lots of people are generous though.she says. The French are also numerous to give money. At the Fondation de France, it’s a donation every 10 seconds. “The average donation is almost double the donations for ordinary programs (…) there, the average donation is 150 euros“, emphasizes Frederic Theretdevelopment director of the Fondation de France. Since Monday, February 28, the Fondation de France has collected nearly 1.5 million euros.
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