Strasbourg. New homeless children identified in a school

In a press release released Thursday, December 19, parents and teachers mobilized against homelessness at the Saint-Jean school in Strasbourg indicate that “two parents and their 4 children aged 10, 8, 6 and 3 have been sleeping since Friday the 13th. December in their car. According to their count, “there are therefore 12 children from the school who are on the street”.

For these parents, “these situations are only the visible part of a human emergency which concerns, every evening in Strasbourg, nearly 200 homeless children”. The City of Strasbourg was able to find an accommodation solution for a mother and her two children aged 6 and 3, evicted from their hotel on November 29.

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But parents are continuing a mobilization that began on December 5 to help all these families. This solidarity has already made it possible to collect clothing and provide temporary shelter. A fundraiser has been put online to meet the most urgent needs.

In their press release, the parents of students indicate that “as the school holidays approach, leaving families without a solution is unthinkable and undignified. Temperatures are dropping, the holiday season is approaching, and inaction cannot be the answer. » They call for concrete and lasting responses
the part of the public authorities.

They also warn: “Because every child deserves to sleep under a roof and live with dignity, we will continue our mobilization until all the families of Saint-Jean school are no longer on the street.”

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