SECOURS POPULAIRE FRANCAIS CALL TO AVOID A FOOD CRISIS OVERLAPPING THE COVID-19

FINANCIAL DONATIONS ARE NEEDED NOW

Responsible Author: Jedi Foster P/O Rahma Sophia Rachdi | Paris, Washington DC, 05/07/2020, 00:54 Time

USPA NEWS - The action of the volunteers of the Secours populaire on the front line for three weeks avoids a food crisis being superimposed on the health crisis The Secours populaire français and "SPF Doctors" have been mobilized since the beginning of the epidemic (which has become the COVID-19 pandemic) to help the victims of poverty and exclusion. Activities carried out by free and voluntary volunteers such as food aid, games for children or hygiene products, preventive actions and social ties with people most in difficulty are maintained throughout France. Families are helped individually in the association's premises or by teams going to isolated individuals or families (solidaribus in rural areas or for students in university residences, marauding after homeless people, distributions in hotels, accommodation centers, etc.).

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FRENCH SENATE ECONOMIC AFFAIRS UNVEIL 30 PROPOSALS FOR REVIVAL OF TOURISM

CONCRETELY FROM THIS SUMMER

Responsible Author: Jedi Foster P/O Rahma Sophia Rachdi | Paris, Washington DC, 05/07/2020, 00:39 Time

USPA NEWS - The monitoring and control unit of the Senate economic affairs committee is proposing a plan of thirty proposals for reviving tourism this summer, the result of dozens of hearings and countless letters sent to senators by local businesses on the territories. For senators, tourism is part of our national landscape, our way of life, our common heritage. It represents between 7 to 8% of the GDP. We owe it to the more than two million French people and the 300,000 companies that support this sector of activity. The state must be by their side. Without a massive solidarity response, thousands of jobs, skills and know-how could be lost.
 

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FOREIGN MINISTERS FROM 13 COUNTRIES AGREE ON KEY PRINCIPLES TO KEEP

TRANSPORTATION LINKS & SUPPLY CHAIN OPEN

Responsible Author: Jedi Foster P/O Rahma Sophia Rachdi | Paris, Zanzibar, 05/07/2020, 00:28 Time

USPA NEWS - The ministers committed to work together to coordinate their countries’ public health, travel, trade, economic and financial measures in order to minimize disruptions. The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and counterparts from Brazil, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Peru, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Turkey and the United Kingdom, today took part in the sixth call of the Ministerial Coordination Group on COVID-19 (MCGC) to reiterate the need to maintain essential global links as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve.

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FRENCH BERBER ICON IDIR FROM ALGERIAN GREAT KABYLIE DIED IN PARIS AT 70 YEARS

A VAVA INOUVA SUNG IN 13 LANGUAGES

Responsible Author: Jedi Foster P/O Rahma Sophia Rachdi | Paris, Washington DC, 05/07/2020, 00:17 Time

USPA NEWS - IDIR, was the interpreter of the famous “In Vava Inouva, this marvelous tale of Kabylia, in Algeria, sung softly to children with his very characteristic voice of IDIR. IDIR died Saturday night in Paris at the age of 70, according to information transmitted by his family. He died of lung disease should be buried in the Paris region, according to relatives.
Even Unesco pays homage to "an eminent ambassador of the Kabyle and Berber cultures".

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