“We are approaching 15 million euros collected” for Mayotte, announces the Fondation de France

The president of the foundation predicts “a very good mobilization of businesses” in particular.

“We launched this appeal last Sunday, and today we are approaching 15 million euros collected” for Mayotte, indicated Friday December 20 on franceinfo Karine Meaux, emergency manager at the Fondation de France, while the archipelago needs donations to rebuild after the passage of Cyclone Chido.

Karine Meaux predicts “a very good mobilization of businesses, local authorities and our sheltered foundations”she specifies. The Fondation de France is home to just over 900 foundations which “participate very regularly in our emergency operations as well”. Furthermore, she does not judge “absolutely not” relevant the comparison with the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral made by Prime Minister François Bayrou. The Fondation de France managed the collection of donations after the cathedral fire.

Prime Minister François Bayrou said he hoped that the reconstruction of Mayotte, devastated by a cyclone, could be done within a timely manner. “brief”, “maybe two years”a task that will be “superhuman”. “I think we need to set a much shorter deadline than five years” of the reconstruction of Notre-Dame, he added on France 2.