While the government has just released an exceptional envelope of 10 million euros for food aid to students, the queues in front of the distributions in Paris are only growing.
Saturday morning, Place du Louvre, Isabelle, a master's student in sociology, comes to pick up fruits and vegetables, hygiene products and free clothes.
The 23-year-old young woman, originally from Grenoble, moved to the capital in 2021. After having chained student jobs, she is now in a gap year and is doing eight-month civic service in an NGO.
She agreed to open her accounts for us and calculate all her income and expenses per month.
As a result, for the month of November, the cumulative cash inflows represent 1,037 euros against 1,093 euros for expenses.
Amounts which may vary during the year but which are “almost always equivalent”.
It's hard for Isabelle not to have “constant worry” about money.
When possible, she puts money aside to finance a research internship planned in Mexico in 2023 and thus validate her master 2 to be graduated.
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