2023-09-04 20:57:04
Among the new audiences identified by food aid associations, students and the elderly are on the rise. CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT / AFP
DECRYPTION – Behind the call for help launched on Sunday by the Resto du Coeur, it is the whole associative sector of aid to the most deprived which is going through an unprecedented crisis.
«We are not heard enough or taken seriously enough (…) but the dikes are breaking“. Once is not custom, the alarm does not come from a political leader, but from an association manager. President of the Restos du Cœur, Patrice Douret alerted this Sunday to the unprecedented difficulties that the charitable organization founded by Coluche is going through. “Today we are not strong enough to absorb the flow of people who need food aid“, he lamented in the TF1 television news, before mentioning a restriction on the number of beneficiaries in the coming months.
The intervention caused an electric shock. Quickly, the Ministry of Solidarity announced an exceptional envelope of 15 million euros for the Restos du Cœur. Several distribution players, including Carrefour or the Les Mousquetaires group, have promised collections as well as specific financial aid. This Monday, Bernard Arnault and his relatives decided to help the association, via a “outstanding contribution” of 10 million euros, to help the association “to finalize its annual budget».
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