FOOD & POEMS
A social initiative for the homeless, featuring food, cultural goods and poems
Since November 2022
République Neighborhood
Since November 2022, the teams at Thanks for Nothing and poet Josiane Asmane have been organizing distributions of meals prepared by chef Manu Solidaire, as well as hygiene products and cultural goods, for homeless people and refugees on the streets of Paris.
The project
FOOD & POEMS aims to provide not only material support but also poetic and cultural support to people experiencing homelessness.
It combines the outreach patrols organized by the founders of Thanks for Nothing since 2015 with the project “Poetry Saves Lives!” created in 2021 by Josiane Asmane.
In practice, the combined teams distribute: meals provided by Manu Solidaire, clothing donated by Kiabi Olympiade, unsold items from the Léa & Gilles bakery, as well as poems selected and written by Josiane Asmane
Long-standing partners:
1 mafé pour tous, Boulangeries Utopie and Liberté, Caran d’Ache, SVR Laboratories, Yvon Lambert Bookstore
Key figures
• More than 1,100 meals distributed
• Nearly 850 books, cultural items, and hygiene products distributed
• 2 sessions per month on Wednesdays
• 30 volunteers generously participating in outreach efforts
3 ways to support FOOD & POEMS :
1 Donate
All proceeds will go to purchasing additional food, sanitary products and cultural goods to be distributed.
2 Donate in kind
All donations are useful : packaged food that can be easily preserved, bottles of water, hygiene proudcts (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.
3 Join our volunteer distribution team
Become a volunteer and take part in the distribution !
To receive practical information on how to take part, please email us at : contact@thanksfornothing.fr.
