Transforming offices into shelters for the homeless

✨ There are smiles that speak volumes.

Faisal has just left the SYD company offices, where he had been welcomed for several weeks, to join an intergenerational residence.

A new step. A new beginning.

📍Like hundreds of other guests welcomed throughout France, Faisal was able, for a few weeks, to rest, regain his footing, breathe a little.

Because one day, a company said: yes.

💡 This is the whole spirit of the Bureaux du Coeur:

📂 An unoccupied space becomes temporary accommodation.
👥 Volunteers accompany, guide, encourage.
💬 And little by little, precariousness recedes - through concrete gestures, through human connection.

📸 Thanks to SYD for its commitment, and to the volunteers of the Nantes delegation for their presence at every step.

💙 Bonne route Faisal, and thanks for that smile we're not about to forget.

Dear Difteur-ses,

In January 2023, Fatoumata left Guinea for France.

4500 kilometers traveled. A lot of courage carried in her suitcases.

In Nantes, she's hanging on.

Accompanied by the Atdec Nantes Métropole - Mission Locale, Maison de l'emploi, PLIE, she goes from step to step, internships, workshops.

She works on her CV, learns the codes, builds her future, despite the absence of a stable place to settle.

In October 2024, everything changes.

The Cabinet Devorsine opens its office to her.

A space to settle down, breathe, regain her momentum.

Gradually, things fall into place.

France recognizes her right to be protected for ten years.

She eventually finds shared accommodation.

And soon, she begins training with the E2C Ecole de la deuxième chance.

Today, Fatoumata moves forward.

Proud, free, buoyed by all she has built.

An open office. And, with it, a whole future lit up.

That's what Les Bureaux du Coeur is all about: opening a door, offering a new breath.

A big THANK YOU for your support!