In Provins, a surge of solidarity allows clothes and hygiene products to be sent to Mayotte

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The December 14, 2024a tropical cyclone violently hit Mayotte, devastating homes on the island and leaving several thousand people to their own fate.

This Sunday January 5, 2025a solidarity chain was created in the east of the Seine-et-Marnein Provins, with the aim of collecting different products for victims of the cyclone. “This collection is the initiative of one of our biker members,” explains Muriel Pouchinpresident of the Top Moto 77 association. He quickly offered it to us and we did everything we could to have the largest possible collection.”

Dry groceries and hygiene products

And it must be said that the famous collection quickly bore fruit. Dry groceries, hygiene products for adults and children, games and books were collected in Provins. An exceptional collection in which volunteers from the Red Cross and the'Intermarché of Longueville. “This collection was the only one of such magnitude in our commune, even if certain communities such as the community of communes of Provinois or individuals made donations,” he also specified. Olivier Lavenka, mayor of Provins.

Charter on January 15

All products collected this Sunday, January 5 will be repatriated to Choisy-le-Roi (Val-de-Marne) in a platform ofAPAJH (Association for adults and young people with disabilities). “I work for the APAJH federation and I am responsible for the commercial development of Île-de-France and Mayotte, present Fouad Bellakhdar. It was completely natural for me to propose a collection here, in Provins. Especially since the members and their networks responded to the request.”

The load now stored in Choisy-le-Roi will very soon be dispatched for chartering on Wednesday January 15. To date, the Mahorais are mainly in demand for food products, medicine and financial donations.

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