Three young people from the Chemin Bas district of Avignon are leading a solidarity action. With a team of volunteers, they maintain the graves of the Pont de Justice cemetery in Nîmes. One way to restore the image of disadvantaged neighborhoods, tarnished in recent months by drug trafficking.
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Three young men, from Chemin Bas d’Avignon in Nîmes, have been leading a solidarity action since mid-January. With a team of volunteers, they maintain the graves of the Pont de Justice cemetery in Nîmes. That morning, in the alleys of the cemetery, they are at work. Here they feel proud.
Fouad, Sofiane, or Megdi, there are around 50 young people in total – all volunteers – to take turns on damaged graves, sometimes even erased by bad weather and time. They clean, restore according to requests and authorizations.
We have a WhatsApp group, with all the volunteers. As and when I send the requests that I receive. We had a lot of materials made available, trucks, wheelbarrows, shovels and rakes. And we were given 20 tons of earth!
All faiths combined
The idea was born last summer. By going to put earth back on the graves of their loved ones. “And why not offer this to people who don’t have the physical or financial capabilities?” asked Sofiane. A personal boost, which is not suggested by any framing association. It echoes on social media, and requests “start to rain,” as they like to say.
We have a total of 352 rehabilitated tombs of all faiths. What we want to show is that neighborhood youth can also do great things! If we take a young person by the hand and say “Come on, let’s go to work!”, He won’t hesitate and will come to work. This is what we want to highlight.
Already more than 350 graves rehabilitated
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One way to show a more positive image of young people from disadvantaged neighborhoods. This solidarity initiative, they would like other young people, other cities, to want to reproduce it.
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