(7 Aug 2024)
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Saint-Denis, Paris – 15 July 2024
1. Exterior of athletes’ dining hall at Olympic village in Paris
2. Various of dining hall at Olympic village in Paris
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Gennevilliers, Paris – 6 August 2024
3. Food bank employee pushing a food pallet
4. Food bank employee sorting through food
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Nicolas Dubois, warehouse manager for the food bank storage in Gennevilliers:
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"That’s an example of merchandise we have received yesterday from the Olympic Village. So, for instance, carrots. We have some apples here already cut out. We have some buckets of fruit salad as well. Since the beginning (of Olympic games), we’ve received about, for this warehouse here in Gennevilliers, we’ve received about 15 tons. And, and overall, with the other warehouse in Paris, about 30 tons."
6. Various of employees sorting through food
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Epinay sur Seine – 6 August 2024
7. Jeanne Musaga, 64, entering the social grocery EDVO (Espoir Du Val d’Oise)
8. SOUNDBITE (French) Jeanne Musaga, shopper:
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"We take advantage of this place because it helps us, it helps us enormously. For us people who don’t earn much (money) for a family that’s suffering. We come here to get food for the month. Instead of buying from an expensive shop, we buy cheaper here."
9. Various of Musaga shopping
10. Chantal Diakomboka, 54 years old shopping at social grocery
11. SOUNDBITE (French) Chantal Diakomboka, 54, shopper :
"Ah that’s good, yes, that’s good, we need help. It’s good for us because we don’t earn much (money). It’s good, it helps us a lot, but there’s not much that helps us. We’re happy."
12. Diakomboka leaving the social grocery store
STORYLINE:
It is quite literally the food of champions. Paris Olympics organizers are determined that it not go to waste.
Food that goes uneaten at the Games — by the athletes, the spectators and the workers — is helping those in need around the French capital, part of an effort to cut down on waste and contribute to organizers’ commitment to sustainability.
Paris 2024 organizers have long said the Games would be more environmentally friendly, including reusable dishes in the main restaurant at the athletes’ village, greener construction and seats in venues made from recycled materials.
In addition to helping those in need, organizers also hope the food donations will set an example for other Olympics and major events to follow.
About 40,000 meals are served each day during the Games to thousands of athletes from more than 200 countries and territories in the Olympic village.
While a few have complained publicly, others have raved about the food, including about the fact that it’s all free. Organizers have said they quickly addressed complaints about the lack of some foods.
Valerie de Margerie is president of Le Chainon Manquant, which translates to The Missing Link, one of the groups that is receiving food from the Olympic sites.
She said the donations help address a pressing need because there are 10 million people in France who don’t have enough to eat. At the same time, she said, the country wastes 10 million tons of food each year.
“That’s the challenge, it’s to say that we cannot continue to allow our trash cans overflow with quality products while there are people nearby who are unable to feed themselves adequately,” she said.
They collect unsold sandwiches and salads, caterers’ food for Olympic guests and also uneaten canteen food cooked for Games workers.
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