Two months after the fire, “we are going to do the ostalada without the ostalada”

Supports from all sides

The team, in any case, does not give up and retains its humor. Proof of this is the banner unfolded in front of the Ostalada: “We were trying to light the flame of solidarity, it is successful … a little too much! A message that a resident absolutely wanted to show her daughter. She follows the project on social networks, “I put hearts and likes with each publication. I would like to do more. What you do is beautiful, humanly speaking, ”she says to the two Pascal, visibly touched. “It’s terrible but the fire highlighted the Ostalada. We received dozens and dozens of supporting messages from people we did not know. This proves that the Ostalada is expected by the inhabitants. This gives hearts to the heart. It is to thank all these people that we installed this banner, ”explains Pascal Lelblond.

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Office 64 has already been researching, with other local donors, housing for those who had already placed their notice and made their boxes. They are 4 seniors and an intellectual deficient person. Via the town hall, he made available to the association La Salle des Hauts de la Banière, located 400 m from the burned site. “We have no control of anything. The lessor launches diagnostics and we have to wait. But we did not want to lose this beautiful dynamic created by this project, says Pascal Rupert. This room allows us to remain anchored in the territory, in the neighborhood. »»

As it was planned, the Ostalada will therefore recruit a host to coordinate all the actions, which cannot take place on site but which will be relocated while the site ends. “We will work in diffuse mode,” sums up this co -president. This speaker should arrive at the end of May, early June to organize activities, outings … “We also hoped to be able to work with a psychotherapist so that future residents meet. Our young people often know each other, if only through the association. But they do not know who are the seniors and vice versa. They will have time to get to know each other better, ”recalls Pascal Rupert.

Delochered activities

The Ostalada also had to accommodate a farm with mini-animals. All were born from the fire. “We did as we would have done if we had been there, we asked the future residents to find them names. We do the ostalada without the ostalada, ”synthesizes Pascal Lelblond. Thus, the mouton of Ouessant was baptized licorice, the four small Oreo, caramel, prince and socks. All that remains is to name the three rabbits. Exotic Park, the Lescar zoo will welcome them from September on a dedicated space where residents can go feed them, maintain their habitat …

The gardening activity was also able to start thanks to a couple of retired Bordes which made available to the association a 500 m plot^². The minibus loaned by the EHPAD The squirrel can facilitate the transport of people on site.

All this was made possible because the department “exceptionally” unlocked the aid to shared life which was to be concomitant at the opening of the residence. “What is more complex are the funds that our partners had given us to equip the buildings. We had collected 450,000 euros. Office 64 built but then it was up to us to equip. Except that here we can do nothing anymore and that some need returns for their accounts ”, does not hide Pascal Rupert.

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To cheer up, nothing beats a party. So as for three years, the association will organize the neighbors’ festival at the Lescourre valley on June 14. “Last year, we were 80. This year, after what happened, there should be even more people,” imagines Pascal Leblond.