{"id":295,"date":"2017-05-01T22:40:23","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T20:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.les-samaritains.org\/?page_id=295"},"modified":"2025-08-25T12:07:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T10:07:41","slug":"qui-nous-sommes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.les-samaritains.org\/en\/qui-nous-sommes","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-197q7z-c01d80d624ff8428ffed8d70147a2522\">\n.flex_column.av-197q7z-c01d80d624ff8428ffed8d70147a2522{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0 0 0 0;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-197q7z-c01d80d624ff8428ffed8d70147a2522 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1243af-cb7d79303ec208619a2c582514c3077a\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-1243af-cb7d79303ec208619a2c582514c3077a{\npadding-bottom:10px;\ncolor:#6785a1;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-1243af-cb7d79303ec208619a2c582514c3077a .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-1243af-cb7d79303ec208619a2c582514c3077a .special-heading-inner-border{\nborder-color:#6785a1;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-1243af-cb7d79303ec208619a2c582514c3077a .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-1243af-cb7d79303ec208619a2c582514c3077a av-special-heading-h1 custom-color-heading blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first '><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >ABOUT US<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div  class='hr av-xr4tr-f7143c64cb437de0442d1faba83a9036 hr-short  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_textblock  hr-center'><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-kkid8rrw-b515657809bc973a001a29572a688e4c '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The organization &#8220;The Samaritans&#8221; is an not-for-profit organization under Belgian law. &#8220;The Samaritans&#8221; asbl was created in 1994 by Mr. Claude Vander Elst. The main purpose of the organization is to provide assistance to the homeless and other needy people in Brussels through a weekly distribution of food.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2097\" src=\"https:\/\/www.les-samaritains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/team-samaritains-2025.webp\" alt=\"Les Samaritains :: l'\u00e9quipe des b\u00e9n\u00e9voles qui distribue des repas aux personnes sans domicile, \u00e9t\u00e9 comme hiver\" width=\"1200\" height=\"945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.les-samaritains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/team-samaritains-2025.webp 1200w, https:\/\/www.les-samaritains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/team-samaritains-2025-300x236.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.les-samaritains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/team-samaritains-2025-1024x806.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.les-samaritains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/team-samaritains-2025-768x605.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.les-samaritains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/team-samaritains-2025-705x555.webp 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At the same time, we try to provide blankets, and sleeping bags, especially to those sleeping in the street. All of this is dependent on the donations that we receive.<\/p>\n<p>This happens every Tuesday evening, FOR THE MOMENT, FROM 7.00pm till 8.00pm, behind the Central Station, at Cantersteen.<\/p>\n<p>A caterer provides us the whole year long with soup, our volunteers take care of the sandwiches and the hot meals. Several bakeries provide bread and pastries.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-457 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.les-samaritains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/12465882_958885380826565_5971968728097854351_o-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.les-samaritains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/12465882_958885380826565_5971968728097854351_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.les-samaritains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/12465882_958885380826565_5971968728097854351_o-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.les-samaritains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/12465882_958885380826565_5971968728097854351_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.les-samaritains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/12465882_958885380826565_5971968728097854351_o-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.les-samaritains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/12465882_958885380826565_5971968728097854351_o-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.les-samaritains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/12465882_958885380826565_5971968728097854351_o-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.les-samaritains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/12465882_958885380826565_5971968728097854351_o.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Apart from this main activity, we offer, a festive dinner, including a starter, a main dish, and a dessert. The whole meal is accompanied by soft drinks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We shall not forget him!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Claude was the founder of our association and will stay forever its Honorary President.<br \/>\nHe died at the age of 68 on Dec. 11, 2013 after a long illness.\u00a0In addition to the association, Claude had also founded the Saint-Julien school (the name of his grand son) in Togo.<br \/>\nDo not forget him.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mw3nz-2fa40408c1cded9323ac2cc7b1a2ccda\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-mw3nz-2fa40408c1cded9323ac2cc7b1a2ccda{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-mw3nz-2fa40408c1cded9323ac2cc7b1a2ccda hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_video '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div  class='avia-video av-sroy7-fc93ce6d03700aa8241b18c57593b195 avia-video-4-3 av-no-preview-image avia-video-load-always av-lazyload-immediate av-lazyload-video-embed'  itemprop=\"video\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"  data-original_url='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ah0GSNnb1gg'><script type='text\/html' class='av-video-tmpl'><div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Un r\u00e9veillon solidaire dans la Station de m\u00e9tro Botanique\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ah0GSNnb1gg?feature=oembed&autoplay=0&loop=0&controls=1&mute=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/script><div class='av-click-to-play-overlay'><div class=\"avia_playpause_icon\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-8hhwv-6e914b1d71df879d87f9b6c5e5751ef2\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-8hhwv-6e914b1d71df879d87f9b6c5e5751ef2{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-8hhwv-6e914b1d71df879d87f9b6c5e5751ef2 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_video  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-g5r4n-26b7e033bc47e749866d8c933437f7f0 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;You have not really lived today i<\/em><em>f you do not give something to someone\u00a0<\/em><em>that will never give it back to you&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-7s8yn-8f0bdeca9560454462679cb95d3d80de\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-7s8yn-8f0bdeca9560454462679cb95d3d80de{\nheight:10px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-7s8yn-8f0bdeca9560454462679cb95d3d80de hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"iawp_total_views":64,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-295","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.les-samaritains.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.les-samaritains.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.les-samaritains.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.les-samaritains.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.les-samaritains.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.les-samaritains.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2103,"href":"https:\/\/www.les-samaritains.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/295\/revisions\/2103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.les-samaritains.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}