The mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, received members of the Mahorese community last night at the town hall for a ceremony in support of Mayotte. The opportunity to announce not only the vote, planned this morning in the municipal council, of an aid envelope of 100,000 euros. But also, the proposal for twinning with Mamoudzou, capital of this French department hit hard by Cyclone Chido, Saturday December 14.
“I wanted to address the residents of Mayotte with whom I shared wonderful things when I was minister. It is an incredible archipelago and our emotion is strong today, even though we do not yet know precisely the human tollunderlines the elected official. The City will commit a subsidy of 100,000 euros to support the disaster victims and for this, we are working together with the Red Cross. Now is the time for the first initiatives and we will then see how to structure our actions effectively.”
As such, the CCAS can receive donations, for the benefit of Mayotte, either by dropping them off on site at 4 rue Pierre-Gautier, or online via the City website nice.fr (the module must be posted online by this Wednesday noon at the latest).
A proposal for twinning with “a sister city”
Furthermore, Christian Estrosi spoke more particularly of the capital of Mayotte, Mamoudzou: “Nice’s sister city”. He proposed to seal a twinning with Nice “to build this strong bond of fraternity.”
In the audience, the faces of those close to Mahorais are tense. “We are all very worried because we have no news from our families”whisper Madi Fatima, 28 years old, her baby in her arms, and Attoumanizahara, 53 years old. The two women are not from the same family but share the same fears. “It’s very difficult”confides the young mother.
“The means of communication are still cut off. We all come from different villages so we try to find out if anyone in Nice has information on the situation there and we talk to each other about it. It’s good that France is releasing resources even if She should have done it a while agoremarks Halima, 31 years old. Many of the homes that were swept away were those made of sheet metal. We hope that after this disaster, we will rebuild permanent, permanent housing…”
The mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, received, on the evening of Tuesday December 17, 2024, members of the Mahorese community at the town hall for a ceremony in support of Mayotte. The opportunity to not only announce the vote, scheduled for this Wednesday, December 18 in the municipal council, of an aid envelope of 100,000 euros. But also, the proposal for twinning with Mamoudzou, capital of this French department hit hard by Cyclone Chido, Saturday December 14.
“I wanted to address the residents of Mayotte with whom I shared wonderful things when I was minister. It is an incredible archipelago and our emotion is strong today, even though we do not yet know precisely the human tollunderlines the elected official. The City will commit a subsidy of 100,000 euros to support the disaster victims and for this, we are working together with the Red Cross. Now is the time for the first initiatives and we will then see how to structure our actions effectively.”
As such, the CCAS can receive donations, for the benefit of Mayotte, either by dropping them off on site at 4 rue Pierre-Gautier, or online via the City website nice.fr (the module must be posted online by this Wednesday noon at the latest).
A proposal for twinning with “a sister city”
Furthermore, Christian Estrosi spoke more particularly of the capital of Mayotte, Mamoudzou: “a sister city of Nice”. He proposed to seal a twinning with Nice “to build this strong bond of fraternity.”
In the audience, the faces of those close to Mahorais are tense. “We are all very worried because we have no news from our families”whisper Madi Fatima, 28 years old, her babybaby in arms, and Attoumanizahara, 53 years old. The two women are not from the same family but share the same fears. “It’s very difficult”confides the young mother.
“The means of communication are still cut off. We all come from different villages so we try to find out if anyone in Nice has information on the situation there and we talk to each other about it. It’s good that France is releasing resources even if She should have done it a while agoremarks Halima, 31 years old. Many of the homes that were swept away were those made of sheet metal. We hope that after this disaster, we will rebuild permanent, permanent housing…”
