Marc Sanchez, President of SCA in France, Annie Burlot-Bourdil, acting CEO of the French Red Cross and Françoise Fromageot, National Secretary of the French Red Cross, met in SCA's pavilion in Lorient on June 15 to sign a three-year renewal of the partnership between SCA and the French Red Cross. Team SCA crew members Elodie Mettraux, Justine Mettraux and Liz Wardley was also there to witness the signing. By 2017, 600,000 hygiene kits will have been distributed to homeless people in France.


Entirely financed by SCA, the specific kits for men and for women include hygiene products for a period of three days: a tooth brush, tooth paste, Nana sanitary towels, shower gel, shampoo, Lotus handkerchiefs, moisturizing lotion, a hairbrush, condoms, shaving gel and razors. An information guide with hygiene advice in four languages is also included.

The kits are aimed at improving general health, helping to restore self-esteem, dignity and social integration. They are also a real support for the French Red Cross volunteers to engage in a true and positive dialogue regarding hygiene and health, and it is also a way to direct the recipients to hygiene points, showers, help and medical centres.


"We did not engage with SCA just by chance. We share common values and objectives: those that address basic human needs," said Annie Burlot-Bourdil, French Red Cross acting CEO. "Bringing access to hygiene to those who are in a precarious situation is a major area of development for the French Red Cross."


"As a global responsible player and leader in the French hygiene market, the 'hygiene for all concept' is at the heart of our concerns. This means that nobody, whatever their sex, age, social conditions or living place, should have to experience inadequate hygiene conditions. With this partnership, the idea is not to do business, it is a question of ", said Marc Sanchez, Chairman of SCA France. "I am proud that all SCA staff in France support this project and are more and more engaged in it", he added.

A the end of the signing session, Liz Wardley expressed Team SCA's concern about homeless people in general and in the name of the entire squad offered the French Red Cross clothes from the team in support to SCA's overall commitment.

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