The Mahorese community of Vienne, associations and communities are mobilizing to help the French department of the Indian Ocean ravaged by Cyclone Chido.
This Wednesday, December 18, 2024, Place de Provence, in Poitiers, a first collection point was organized at the initiative of Amina, currently in Poitiers, for medical follow-up in mainland France. This Mahoraise leaves on December 27 for the martyr archipelago, where she will bring back all the basic necessities gathered this Wednesday and on the Couronneries market near the U Express, Sunday December 22 from 10:30 a.m.
The diversity of needs is commensurate with the deprivation of the victims, who lack everything: dressings, painkillers for adults and children, antiseptics, flashlights, batteries, canned fish, canned vegetables (peas, peas, lentils, corn, etc.). ), pasta, powdered milk, etc. A fund has been set up for surcharge costs linked to the weight of donations on the plane. It will close on December 26.
At the Association of Mahorais Students (AEM) in Poitiers, manager Loutfia Brahim is looking for a collection point and method, while many potential donors have already spontaneously made themselves known.
Emergency aid from the departmental council
Via her Mahorais partner, a student from the Regional Institute for Training in Health Professions (IRFPS) initiated an internal appeal for donations (non-perishable food, hygiene kits, clothing for all ages, etc.).
The Vienne departmental council meeting this Thursday, December 19 will vote on emergency aid in the presence of a representative of the Mahorese community.
On Wednesday December 18, the regional council of Nouvelle-Aquitaine approved an envelope of €300,000 for the victims of Mayotte.
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