In this room run by a student association, young people in difficulty will be able to eat and stock up on provisions.
In the city center of Nice, rue Alsace-Lorraine, the federation of student associations and corporations of the Alpes-Maritimes (better known by young Azureans under the name of FACE06) has just opened its solidarity restaurant, in the premises adjoining the ‘Agorae (the social grocery store she has run since 2015).
The inauguration of this place took place this Friday afternoon in the presence of several elected officials of the Riviera including the mayor of Nice Christian Estrosi, the deputies Éric Ciotti and Cédric Roussel, the president of the Department of the Alpes-Maritimes Charles-Ange Ginésy but also from the Minister of Higher Education Frédérique Vidal. “Here, the students will come to seek food aid but also human warmth, which is very important,” she underlined. It will also be a place where young people in difficulty can learn about the help that exists. It is often easier to confide your difficulties to a friend than to a social worker ”.
The former president of the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis recalled all the measures put in place by the government for the less fortunate students since the start of the health crisis, such as meals at 1 euros in university restaurants. or free menstrual protection for girls.
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“There will be no need to meet social criteria”
Health crisis requires, the solidarity grocery store currently only offers take-out meals (between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m., due to the curfew). They are prepared and offered by the central kitchen which supplies the city’s school canteens and are then reheated and served by the volunteers. But when the sanitary situation will once again make it possible to take meals together, this 160m2 restaurant will offer around fifty students the opportunity to eat two evenings a week. “There will be no need to meet social criteria to come here,” specifies Amaury Baudoux, President of FACE06. We do not want to stigmatize any young person. On the contrary, we want all the students to be able to come. We want young people to make this place their own in the long term ”.
The solidarity restaurant of FACE06 is housed in premises provided by the city of Nice.
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