FOOD & POEMS
A social initiative for the homeless, featuring food, cultural goods and poems
As of November 14, 2022
In collaboration with Refugee Food, Liberté bakeries and author Josiane Asmane
As of November 14, 2022, the Thanks for Nothing, Refugee Food and Liberté bakeries teams, along with author and journalist Josiane Asmane, organize weekly distributions of meals, hygiene products and cultural goods to homeless and refugee people on the streets of Paris.
The mission of the FOOD & POEMS project is to provide material but also poetic and cultural support to homeless people.
It combines: the food aid campaigns organized by the founders of Thanks for Nothing since 2015, the food aid action carried out by the Refugee Food association since 2020, the will to collect unsold products from Liberté bakeries as well as the “Poetry saves life!” project created in 2021 by Josiane Asmane.
In concrete terms, the teams distribute: meals donated by Refugee Food, unsold products from Liberté bakeries, hygiene products, cultural and creative goods collected from cultural partners as well as poems selected and written by Josiane Asmane.
From the launch of the project to July 2023, 16 food and products distributions were organized.
A total of :
- Over 400 meals distributed
- More than 150 books, cultural goods and hygiene products distributed
- 18 volunteers generously involved
3 WAYS TO SUPPORT FOOD & POEMS :
1º Donate
All proceeds will go to purchasing additional food, sanitary products and cultural goods to be distributed.
2º Donate in kind
All donations are useful: packaged food that can be easily preserved, bottles of water, hygiene products (sanitary napkins, soaps, toothbrushes, toothpaste), socks, blankets, cultural and creative goods (books, notebooks, pencils, markers).
Contact us to find out where to drop off your donations: contact@thanksfornothing.fr.
3º Join our volunteers distribution team
Become a volunteer and take part in the distributions!
To receive practical information on how to take part, please email us at: contact@thanksfornothing.fr.
