Born during the health crisis, Studhelp allows students in difficulty to enter into contact with donors. Beyond foodstuffs, this is significant moral support for often isolated young people.
by joséphine lebard
The calculation is quickly done. Moroccan student who came to France to follow a master’s degree in services marketing, Saifeddine Benalla receives compensation of 550 euros for his internship started in September 2020. The rent of his apartment in Gennevilliers (Hauts-de-Seine) costs him 600: the Young man therefore begins the month with a deficit of 50 euros. He draws from his savings to compensate for the lack but, over the weeks, his woolen bottom is exhausted. He feels that, “even s’ [he] manages well [s] on money, the security threshold is reached. And when we cross the red line, we must act”. The student then begins to find out about food aid and, “by word of mouth”, intends to talk about studhelp: just register on the association’s website to be put in contact with donors next to home who are responsible for filling a shopping basket.
Florian Rippert had the idea of Studhelp during the health crisis. At the time Communication and marketing manager at La Sports Management School in Paris, the 29 -year -old is struck by these reports showing crowds of students queuing during food distributions. “I am carrying out a rapid survey of students from my school and other establishments, remember Florian Rippert. I then realize that the main problem, for some of them, is that their remains to live, a times the rent paid, is only 30 to 50 euros per month. “And that precariousness affects very diverse profiles.
Florian Rippert thus evokes the case of this young girl, alternating, “whose parents had good positions” but with whom she was blurred. “Given her family’s income, she could not benefit from a scholarship or APL. The parameters of computers who manage social assistance cannot take into account all the problems encountered by students.” In a first Time, Florian Rippert shares the solidarity initiatives on social networks on social networks, such as meals at reduced prices offered by restaurateurs. But he is quickly challenged by his loved ones and colleagues: “It’s cool what you share, but concretely, how can we help?”
With his two childhood friends – Elias Hemmaoui, logistics coordinator, and Anas Ezouhri, developer -, he begins to cogitate. “Our strength was our very complementary profiles,” he says. Thus emerge the idea of a website that would link students in need with donors who buy food. “When you make a donation to an association, you don’t necessarily have a return. Here, people meet,” said Florian Rippert. The first connections began in February 2021. Today, the association has 3,650 donors and 4,250 young people registered. Among these, 52 % are studying at university. And 54 % reside in Ile-de-France, according to Studhelp statistics.
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