“Hello! I am old, have 4 of the 5 risk factors of Coronavirus and I used to eat at the Coop. There I am confined to my home. So, in case you’re making soup, would you be so kind as to make an extra portion of it that I would buy from you, please? Thank you and courage. ”
Christine Hauser swallowed her pride to post this message on Saturday on Facebook. In less than a day, around thirty people, including many complete strangers, had reacted to the post from this connected grandmother from Tour-de-Peilz. To the point that she had to organize a rotation for the next few days, while keeping contacts under the elbow for the long term.
A croissant on the window
“I even found a croissant placed anonymously on my window,” she said. I have infinite gratitude and gratitude for all those people who are ready to help. In addition, so far none have wanted to be paid. By this gesture, they offer the possibility to people who would like to show solidarity to help, which is good for them. ”
In addition to the “Take care of yourself” or other “take care of yourself” that now punctuates conversations, a wave of concrete and civic benevolence is rising against adversity. As directives become more stringent to protect people, a web is woven to help in all kinds of situations.
Volunteer Nanny
So, when the Vaud schools announced their closure, Nathalie Girardet made herself available to parents in the swelling: “I am between two jobs, it seemed pretty clear to me that people who could do it make available. If there is no solidarity now, well we really have to shut down humanity! For the moment, I haven’t been mobilized. But when people contacted me to make sure I was really mobilizable, I felt that it was less out of necessity than to feel supported, to have a solution just in case. “
In Granges-Marnand, Linda Monestier Liniger made her 14-year-old son available for shopping: “I am an occupational therapist at home and many elderly people need daily help. I spoke to my son who accepted. For the moment we have only had one lady for bread. But we have had a lot of positive feedback. ”
School canteen mobilized
Spontaneous solidarity between neighbors is also taking place. Almost everywhere posters are glued to the rental doors, to offer a delivery service, while municipal infrastructure is being redesigned. This is the case for example in Bassins, where the suddenly idle school kitchen offers to broaden its offer.
“Usually a thousand meals are prepared every day for schools but also for the CMS. As we must maintain this offer anyway, the trustee thought that we could offer it to other seniors who do not wish to leave their homes, “said Manuela Bell, in charge of the logistics of the operation. For the time being, no request has reached us, but the team is ready to deliver to deliver to the door.
100 pizzas for caregivers
There are also the beautiful gestures, the impulses of the heart, like that of Linda Tavarone and Massimo Sacco, owners of a pizzeria in Lucens. They delivered a hundred pizzas Monday to the Broye Intercantonal Hospital: “We decided to close the pizzeria on Saturday already when we learned that there were several cases in Lucens. My husband is asthmatic and it was about protecting us and our staff, says Linda. It was heartbreaking to throw out the dough that was left over so we had the idea of offering pizza to those who are involved in health care and who take risks for it. ”
Youth available
Drawn in bulk from the net, initiatives abound. Youth societies make themselves available in the four corners of the canton to offer help, such as picking up a parcel, going to the recycling center, walking a dog, etc.
Ideas are also being developed to keep the children occupied while supporting the elderly: post a card every morning for a lonely person, prepare leisure notebooks (arrow words, memory games) and put them in the box to grandparents’ letters. The suddenly freed time turns into opportunities to keep the social mesh tight, despite the distances imposed.
Filled with food but dreading loneliness, Christine Hauser relies on small thoughts to keep up. “Why not a small bouquet of flowers from time to time. “It would bring a little poetry and replace a chouïa tenderness until we can again take the people we love in our arms.”
Created: 18.03.2020, 12h46
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