Chloé Lagadou 7:33 a.m., November 28, 2022
In France, 1/4 of people seen in food banks are under 25 years old.
To eat at a lower cost, more and more students are turning to free distribution...like those offered by the Linkee association in the Paris region, where there are more and more young people.
Insecurity is worsening among young people.
Especially in terms of food.
With rising supermarket prices, students can no longer keep up.
In France, 1/4 of the people seen in food banks are under 25 years old.
Because to eat at a lower cost, more and more students are turning to free distributions...like those offered by the Linkee association in the Paris region.
Bundled up in their coats with their shopping bags slung over their shoulders, hundreds of students wait their turn in the street.
Since the start of the school year in September, 600 have come here, twice as many as last year.
Blame it on inflation, which does not spare food products.
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"I have 210 euros for going out, eating, for electricity and heating"
Among these young people, many live on only a hundred euros a month.
Eloi has a very tight budget for day-to-day expenses: "I have 100 euros from my parents a month and I don't work on the side because in the MEEF master's, we have a large hourly volume", explains the student at the microphone of Europe 1
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"I have a scholarship so with my parents' money, I have 210 euros for outings, eating, for electricity and heating" explains Eloi.
And this case is far from being isolated… To get out of it and be able to eat, Mounira has no choice but to come to the food distributions.
She even drove an hour to come today: "I can't afford to go shopping in the store, I don't have the means", recognizes this student in the field of health, " It's not easy but I have to feed myself."
Access to off-budget food products for students
During each food distribution, the Linkee association offers fruit and vegetables, fresh and dried products and also hygiene kits.
In total: each of the students leaves with 5 to 7 kg of food.
Enough to allow Lisa to eat a balanced diet and above all to save money: "we are not necessarily going to buy fruits and vegetables ourselves because it is expensive, recognizes the student, so it allows us to ensure that the students eat better."
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Associations warn of student precariousness which continues to increase with inflation.
In all, in France, 500,000 students are supported by food bank networks.