Allen & Overy has donated €2,000 worth of Auchan gift cards, sleeping bags and underwear to Stëmm vun der Strooss, a Luxembourg non-profit association which supports homeless people and vulnerable members of society.
"Because we have been supporting the Stëmm vun der Strooss for nearly ten years, this donation represents our desire to continue working together," said Véronique Braunert and Magali Maillot, representatives of Allen & Overy, who presented the donation to the association's director, Alexandra Oxacelay.
In this winter period, sleeping bags and underwear are very much in demand and are thus provided free of charge in Stëmm vun der Strooss' changing rooms in Esch-sur-Alzette and Luxembourg-Hollerich.
Alexandra Oxacelay explained: "Depending on the needs of each person, the underprivileged people working in the Caddy service in Bonnevoie were able, thanks to the donation of gift cards, to freely benefit from hygiene products, telephone top-ups, underwear and clothing. In addition, when certain dry products were missing from the 'dispatching de denrées alimentaires' department's shelves, they were purchased immediately, thus guaranteeing well-filled food parcels for each customer".
In 2020, 84 tonnes of foodstuffs close to their expiration date were recovered by Stëmm vun der Strooss thanks to a partnership with the Auchan hypermarket. The 20 people employed continuously as part of a professional reintegration measure sorted and redistributed them at no cost, not only within the social restaurants of Hollerich and Esch-sur-Alzette, but also to the benefit of ten low-threshold services, active in the territory of the City of Luxembourg. By 2023, the association intends to increase this figure to 500 tonnes of reworked foodstuffs and create 40 additional jobs, thus contributing to the fight against poverty, unemployment and food waste.
Anyone wishing to support this initiative can make a donation at www.gingo.community.
