"Trëmma" is the name of the new second-hand sales site between private individuals launched by the charity movement Emmaüs, in an attempt to appeal to connected youth and make them aware of giving.
Because with this platform, sellers' profits are invested in solidarity projects rather than being handed over to them.
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The charity movement Emmaüs has just launched "Trëmma", its new platform for second-hand sales between individuals.
The principle is simple: like other sites, just post an ad with your lamp, your bedside table or your blouse.
Except with "Trëmma" the seller does not receive the amount of the sale, which is invested in a solidarity project.
The aim is to encourage the donation of regulars to online classifieds.
"The solidarity component in addition"
"It's a beautiful blazer that I put on two or three times and which is at the bottom of my closet", explains Laure, 24, who wishes to part with it.
And for once, it will be for a good deed: "There, it will not be Vinted this year, it will be Trëmma!".
This is the new principle launched by Emmaüs, which consists of donating clothes without profiting from them.
The money from the sale will indeed be used to finance a solidarity project that she has chosen.
"It is a reintegration farm for women who were imprisoned. There really is the solidarity component in addition, which is essential for me, and which is even stronger now," said the young woman.
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A drop in the quality of donations
Surfing second-hand business, but with a responsible objective, became a necessity for Maud Sarda, who runs this platform at Emmaus.
“For the past ten years or so, there has been such an explosion in peer-to-peer sales sites that the quality has dropped in what the French give to Emmaus because they can sell. Suddenly, there is less gift reflex, ”she observes.
Within three years, Emmaüs hopes to raise at least 500,000 euros to reinvest in solidarity projects.