Explosion of clothing requests in the social locker room in Lancy

In Geneva, the pandemic causes a significant increase in clothing needs for precarious people.An increase that had not been seen since the Syrian crisis in 2015 in the CSP-Caritas social locker room.He calls on donations.

An unprecedented increase in clothing demand.This is what the social locker room notes in Lancy.1000 more beneficiaries used Donations de Caritas and the Protestant Social Center in 2021.People are sent to the social locker room by social services with a list of clothes essential to spend the winter.An explosion of needs that had not been noted since the humanitarian crisis caused by the war in Syria.A sad record for Typhaine Guihard, head of the SocialcSp-Caritas cloakroom.

The pandemic has left many people on the tile, as Typhaine Guihard, head of the socialclasp-caritas wardrobe explains.

Gloria is a beneficiary.She is accompanied by one of the 70 to 80 volunteers who help her choose clothes for her six children.Listen to Gloria's testimony.

Carina is one of the volunteers.He is close to her heart to help in turn.

The beneficiaries receive their social workers' vouchers with the list of what they need.Details with the manager.

The locker room needs warm clothes, with current frosts.In December, the manager experienced unpublished situations.Thyphaine Guihard.

Sorting

The CSP and Caritas receive an average of a hundred tonnes of clothes per year, via direct donations to the social locker room and through the 13 boxes with Plan-les-Ouates clothes.Sorting is a huge task.Sabine comes three times a week voluntarily.A bunch of toddle clothes is placed on a table in front of it.

The Protestant and Caritas social center also buy certain clothes to compensate for the lack of hygiene.

Lack of men's clothes

What is sorely lacking, clothes and shoes for men and teenagers.The locker room receives it in smaller quantities.

Any donation of money is welcome.Even 20 francs allow the social locker room to buy cups and gloves for small.