The GaSole association develops solidarity initiatives throughout the year, mobilizing engineering students from the Grande Ecole Program: raising environmental awareness, organizing charity events, collecting food, etc.
The association is launching a new project in 2021 by taking over the Bordeaux branch of Action Froid. The latter organizes outreach programs throughout France, with the aim of reaching out to homeless people.
A group of about ten students got together to carry out a three-hour outreach program every week in the streets of Bordeaux at dusk.
These outreach visits provide an opportunity to bring essential items to homeless people: food, clothing, and hygiene products. To this end, GaSole had previously organized a collection drive for these items and now has a large stockpile.
But according to Amélie Charbonnel, president of GaSole, "The most important thing is to spend time with homeless people, over a cup of coffee or a bowl of soup."
