Help each person according to their situation, and stay by their side afterwards.
IFE Foundation supports people in hardship case by case, in France and abroad: food, rent that can’t be paid, stuck paperwork, the right people to meet. Then we follow up with every person we help.
Do you need help, or does someone around you?
Describe the situation in a few minutes. Our team reviews every request and gets back to you.
A true story
Support the aid fund Read the story (in French)
The first name is changed to protect the person. Your gift goes to our individual aid fund, which helps this person and others in a similar situation.
Updated in real time
Help us raise the funds to answer every request
How we help
The same method for everyone, so that help is fair, suited to the person and followed up.
The request
The person, someone close to them or a social worker writes to us through the form on this site.
Understanding the situation
Volunteers get in touch, understand the needs and check what support is already in place.
A collective decision
A solidarity committee decides what help to give, in what form and for how much.
Help and follow-up
We provide the help, refer the person to the right partners and stay in touch as things move on.
What we can help with
- Food and essentials
- Groceries, hygiene products, clothes, school supplies.
- Housing
- One-off help with rent, a deposit, or temporary emergency accommodation.
- Rights and paperwork
- Help with administrative procedures and applications for public support.
- Getting back on track
- Introductions to the right people: health, work, housing, social support.
What your donation makes possible
- €10
- Roughly one hot meal and one hygiene or winter kit, based on what our last outreach cost.
- €50
- Costs you only €17 after tax relief, if you pay income tax in France.
- €400
- The budget for a full outreach night: 40 to 50 meals and kits, bought in bulk to go further.
These amounts are estimates based on what we actually spent. Donations also fund individual support: food, rent, paperwork.
Would you rather give clothes or blankets? Donate goods
Chill & Charity: getting together, and funding the help
Brunches, picnics, evenings out: our events bring our community together for a good time. Tickets cover the costs; the raffle and on-site donations fund our work.
Picnic photos: Andrey (@withandrey)
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