Abdelmajid Mehdi remembers very well the fifteen years during which he had to live in his car, “a small Peugeot 106 that was no longer driving”.
His galley began in 2007, in the Paris region: he arrived from Morocco at the age of twenty to work in the automotive sector, he then chained precarious jobs.
“I couldn't do it because of the cost of housing,” he explains.
His first renewal of hope, Mr. Mehdi got it thanks to supportive neighbors who had united to offer him a small truck in which the poor man lived for several years: "They got me a motorhome with toilets and everything you need!
I was happy, I was going from a period of squalor to relief,” he recalls.
Sherazade at the origin of a surge of solidarity
“Once you have your foot in the street, if you don't have someone to reach out to you, you're screwed,” underlines Mr. Mehdi.
And precisely, solidarity ended up pulling him out of poverty: “I have just obtained housing since mid-December.
It's thanks to Mademoiselle Sherazade, who held out her hand to me, rejoices the old man.
It's my lifeline, my angel.
She saved me.
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“I met him while shopping at Leclerc de Vitry, confirms Sherazade.
He told me about his situation, so I tried to help him by appealing to the people, let's say.
And I can never thank them enough, because this surge of solidarity, it allowed him to have accommodation very quickly.
Today, she is simply a part of my life.
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