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Associations and solidarity for all

Solidarity associations and all those who wish to do so will be able to meet from Friday 12 November to Sunday 28 November. Indeed, the Festival des Solidarités organizes its 2021 edition to promote and celebrate solidarity in the world. This meeting is an opportunity for associations, communities, schools and socio-cultural structures to organize activities. They aim to make all citizens want to act to make the world better and fairer. Taking place throughout the country, the solidarity festival also spends on borders. Indeed it also takes place Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Congo, Guinea, Central African Republic, Togo …

Not all families can go on vacation,most often for budgetary reasons. In France, UNAT is an association of solidarity tourism. According to a 2018 report, nearly 3 million children do not go on vacation. More concretely, this represents more than one in 3 children. The summer period is a special time for children and families. It is an opportunity to meet again by leaving the usual places and share good times. Initiatives aim to allow these families and children to also be able to relax and enjoy a moment to recharge their batteries. Thus, many reference companies in the tourism sector have gathered around the foundation Je pars, tu pars, il part. It has been worn by Germain Lelarge since its creation in October 2014.

Solidarity holidays supported by tourism leaders

Germain Lelarge’s foundation has, since its creation, the ambition to help families living below the poverty line. In particular, they live on incomes of less than €964 per month. This represents nearly 9 million people, who do not have the means to go on holiday during the summer period.

In the summer of 2015, an endowment fund was set up. Thus, the foundation has allowed 50 families to be able to afford a few days of family vacation. A success that allowed I go, you leave, it leaves to continue its development. Indeed there has been the gradual arrival of new partners who support this project. On the other hand, many private patrons, companies and other foundations have joined the movement. Today, more than 500 families have benefited from this program. A program whose future already seems to be as promising if not more so.

In the summer of 2018, the foundation received the support of major players in the tourism market in France. The latter make it easier to access holidays. Among them, there is the Pierre et Vacances Center Parcs group, the National Agency for Holiday Vouchers (ANCV), the AirBnB platform, Madame Vacances and Odalys Vacances. These partners for the year 2018 made it possible to offer about fifty housing units free of charge to the beneficiary families. They took holidays at the sea, in the mountains or in the countryside, all over France. Travel is included to allow these families to travel to their destination. On the other hand, solidarity associations help people in need with concrete actions.

Germain Lelarge’s foundation helps families in need to go on holiday

Bordeaux, a metropolis rich in its solidarity associations

In Bordeaux, many initiatives and associations also help the most needy. Apart from the inability to go on holiday, some people are unable to find a stable job and have a comfortable enough situation to live normally. Thus, the association Alternative Urbaine offers alternative tourist walks to tourists. Walks provided by people in professional reintegration, thus giving them a job. This initiative allows tourists to discover areas of Bordeaux that are not accessible with the usual tourist buses. As a bonus, they can benefit from the eyes of locals who know unique places. It also allows these walking guides to find a job and have income.

There are also other associations in Bordeaux such as Graines de Solidarité Bordeaux. It works with people in need. To help homeless people, marauders are organized. Thus, the association comes to bring them hot meals and blankets. The association also offers language courses in French. The objective is to help people who want and need to learn and improve in particular to better integrate into working life later.

Finally, in Bordeaux and even throughout the country, some associations help people who are victims of isolation, by (re)creating a social link between the inhabitants and the merchants, thanks for example to the concept of suspended coffee, a phenomenon originating in Italy. Some coffee shops or solidarity bars allow customers to pay for a “suspended coffee” that will be paid for but not consumed, so that if a person in need comes and asks for a coffee, he can benefit from this coffee.

All over the world, and at all times, solidarity helps those in need. Whether it’s helping families go on holiday to offer a break and allow children to enjoy moments away from their habits, giving a hot meal to people who do not have the means to live decently or helping others to integrate into professional life, associations and foundations offer a real hand extended throughout the year.

Audrey KOZACZKA – BORDEAUX BUSINESS

Sources:

I’m going, you’re leaving, he’s leaving

Association UNAT

EluesLocales.fr

Solidarity Seeds Association

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