Belgian Rotary Club donates 1500 sleeping bags to homeless charities

The Rotary Bruxelles-Est club funded the purchase of 1500 sleeping bags to support organizations assisting homeless people in Belgium.

Xavier Van der Stappen, the coordinator of the Orig-Ami operation, selected specific equipment designed to withstand extreme cold. He chose extra large bags to ensure that people of all sizes and clothing types could sleep comfortably. Pierre Hallet and his team sourced the equipment from China to keep costs low.

Hallet, a business owner from Tubize, provided a shipping container and logistical support to unload and sort the supplies. Rotary Bruxelles-Est president Pierre Goffin stated that the club raised the necessary funds by hosting concerts and conferences. The organization aims to provide relief because seeing women and children living on the streets has become a difficult situation to ignore.