Since Sunday, October 31, Red Cross volunteers have been marauding every evening to bring food, masks and certificates to the most vulnerable. With the onset of cold weather, this second confinement promises to be rougher for the beneficiaries.
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Amine, 23, goes through her first confinement in the street. At the announcement of this new period of confinement, the young man feared that the Red Cross marauding would be reduced to two days a week. Since October 31, they become daily in Dijon (Côte-d’Or).
A relief for Amine. Because in addition to eating each day, for him it is above all an opportunity to break loneliness, find some solace. “It’s important because it allows me to eat every day, but it’s more for the social side in the end. When you don’t have outside support, a family, it has a psychological impact. When we meet here we still manage to recreate a social bond, to laugh“, says Amine.
It allows us to come together and be able to discuss
Sébastien, also a beneficiary, also appreciates this convivial moment. “It also allows us to come together and be able to discuss, both with volunteers and our colleagues, the problems that we encounter a little every day and to give us tips precisely to be able to survive in relation to the difficulty that we are experiencing ” .
Like them, between 50 and 60 beneficiaries meet every evening. The volunteers of the Crois-Rouge know it, as the temperatures drop the establishment of a second confinement comes harder to hit the homeless.
“There are fewer people on the street as passers-by. Some beneficiaries are doing the rounds so currently this population is not there to help them so it can get a bit complicated“, explains Christophe, volunteer since the spring.
From 8 p.m., place Darcy, then place Wilson and in the streets of Dijon, they offer soups, sandwiches and coffees. What to eat but also protect yourself in times of health crisis. The volunteers offer disposable or reusable masks, as well as hydroalcoholic gel and travel certificates.
Since the first confinement, around forty people have decided to get involved in the social Samu in Dijon. In total, 80 volunteers, in teams of 6 people, will take turns every evening.
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