Already 10 masks produced locally

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As everywhere in France, the seamstresses of Saint-Martin were asked to make masks.

«It was normal to participate… ”, entrust the seamstresses of the Royalty Development association to Quartier d'Orléans. "We were preparing to launch a family TV channel when we heard about this project. We immediately decided to respond to it and put on stand by oursSays the president. "It's normal, it's a way to help, but what I did is nothing compared to the work of caregivers, firefighters, etc.“, Says Ms. Guenno to Rambaud.

«It's an extraordinary solidarity operation“, Comments the prefect Sylvie Feucher. "This operation showed that there is still real solidarity on our territory", Said Vice-President Annick Petrus. In total, 54 women and 2 men volunteered to make masks.

«It is a real project of general interest", Believes Jean-Paul Fischer, the president of the association Initiative Saint Martin Active, designated by the COM and the prefecture to oversee this operation" A mask for all "whose objective is to provide a free mask in washable fabric and to Afnor standards for each inhabitant of the French part.

«The Fondation de France which finances the operation, cannot give the money to a community, this is why we turned to Initiative Saint Martin Active to carry the project", Explains the president of the COM, Daniel Gibbs who thus reworked with Karine Meaux, the emergency manager of the Fondation de France, already intervened in Saint-Martin after Irma.

«The budget for this operation is 96 euros", Specifies the prefect whose services bought the raw material from a merchant in Marigot and in Guadeloupe for the making of 40 masks. "3 meters of cotton, 000 meters of elastic and 29 meters of thread were purchasedAdds Sylvie Feucher.

All the logistics have been designed by Initiative Saint Martin Active. A project manager was appointed in the person of Risje, a professional seamstress. The latter worked in particular to prepare the raw material in order to distribute it between the 54 and 2 men, professionals or amateurs, who volunteered to sew the 40 masks. "Each dressmaker is committed to producing x masks. We deliver the fabric to themExplains Sabrina Rivère, the director of Initiative Saint Martin Active. The masks are collected over time, packed in recycled plastic bags donated by Super U and stored in the prefecture.

To date, after two weeks, 10 masks have been produced. "They will be given as a priority to children returning to school as well as to school staff.Says the prefect, who should ask the teachers for distribution to the children. "We took 2 weeks to make 10 masks because we had to set up the organization. Now we are on the prowl and estimate that we can make 000 masks per week "Says Risje.

The other 30 masks will be intended for the population. "We are thinking about how to distribute them in the neighborhoods with the help of the neighborhood councils, so that each inhabitant has a mask. Moreover, this is one of the conditions of many coutières: they told us they wanted to participate in this project on the condition that each Saint-Martinois has their own mask.», How the prefect. (soualigapost.com)

 

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