Faced with inflation, the government is preparing aid, paid directly, at the start of the school year, to some of the households. But for Henriette Steinberg, the secretary general of the Secours populaire, the state should first rely on associations.
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Faced with inflation, how can we effectively help those who are most in difficulty? The government is preparing aid which will be paid at the start of the school year. Details will be determined this summer. Eco guest of franceinfo, Wednesday June 8, Henriette Steinberg, general secretary of the Secours populaire, asks the State to start by supporting the associations which accompany the most precarious.
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“If a fraction of the means of the State is brought to associations whose daily battle is to seek the best conditions and the best products for people who cannot meet their needs, then there will be something more sensitive“, believes the official. For Henriette Steinberg, the government should rely on the work already done by these structures, including in the field of food aid.
“As long as we have sufficient means, we can also negotiate prices. Each person who receives individual aid does not negotiate anything at all. They go to supermarkets and buy what is cheapest and on the bottom of the spokes.
Henriette Steinberg, General Secretary of Secours Populaireon franceinfo
Secours Populaire has thus developed “pop’solidarity markets”, where beneficiaries can “acquire, for a small contribution that respects their dignity, the products they will need“, develop the general secretary.
For the association, the fight for purchasing power must go hand in hand with better food: “All families must feed their own, and the goal is for them to be able to feed them with quality products. It’s not between quantity and quality that you have to choose“.
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