We wanted to share with you a wonderful initiative as Christmas approaches, that of the reJoué association. During this festive period, when we do our shopping, we don't think enough about second-hand toys. And yet, here, prices can be up to half the price of a new toy.
But what makes this workshop so special is that it helps with the reintegration of people with complicated professional and life paths. Thanks to this work, the association has been promoting sustainable employment and social inclusion for over 10 years in the Île-de-France region.
A professional reintegration project
«The association reJoué is a reintegration workshop that reuses toys in order to resell them at lower prices. The work of the employees in training is to collect, sort, restore, and resell the toys that are collected within the association," explains Benjamin Delforge, communication manager of the association. At their workshop in Vitry-sur-Seine, the employees first verify that the toys are functional before meticulously cleaning them for resale. This is the case for Oumy and Samad, recently hired employees of the association: "I have been in France for 5 years. When I left Afghanistan, there was a war. My father is still stuck in Pakistan."
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The people who work at the reJoué workshop are people who are very far from employment. According to Benjamin Delforge, " they come here after very complicated life paths or professional paths." To help them return to the job market, the association offers fixed-term integration contracts (CDDI), which last between 6 and 24 months. " The goal is for them to stay for as short a time as possible because that means they find something at the end, and we support them in that direction," the manager says.
Second-hand toys for everyone
In addition to the integration project, reJoué also works primarily to give a second life to games, toys, and children's books.
Who are given to them. Wooden games, puzzles, board games, construction games, action figures, vehicles, costumes, dolls, stuffed animals, children's books, outdoor games, creative activities... Everything is there!
