With the blue and white scarf of the children’s municipal council proudly worn on her shoulder, Lola, 10 years old, questions the adults around her about the possibility of trying again next year the political experience for which she has since acquired a taste. two years. A CM2 student at the Rouet school (8th grade), the little girl ends her year with a feeling of accomplishment, with the inauguration of the solidarity fridge that she and her friends from the children’s district council had imagined ago a year. “It makes me happy, it means that our ideas work“, Lola smiled.
The installation of the fridge in front of the entrance to the Rouet municipal entertainment center was the subject of an official ceremony this Saturday, June 29, in the presence in particular of the sector mayor PM Olivia Fortin, of the fifteen elected officials district advisors for children in grades 6-8 and the district assistant in charge of schools, Juliette Masson.
This refrigerated cabinet, the third of its kind in Marseille, built in partnership with the Frigos solidaires association and Identités Mutuelle, will be accessible to everyone from Monday to Friday, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and will be returned to the premises at night and on weekends. Everyone, individuals, associations, and traders, will be able to deposit food there, with the exception of home-cooked meals, products that have already been started, and alcohol. Fresh meat and fish should be avoided so as not to break the cold chain. Laurent Daoui, manager of the center, will be responsible for ensuring that these instructions are respected.Admiring this project imagined by the children“, he had sounded out the intentions of the residents and shopkeepers of Rouet before welcoming the fridge.”It’s an intergenerational project that we wanted to implement here, in a working-class neighborhood and on a quiet street, adds Juliette Masson. Many seniors frequent the center and we want everyone, regardless of their situation, to be able to use it for free if they need it..”
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