Caring, volunteering: these young people in action during confinement

A law student, Camille had carefully prepared her gap year: six months in the United States to perfect her English and an internship in a public affairs consultancy. But that was without the coronavirus ... With this unprecedented health crisis, this 21-year-old student saw her plans shattered. Instead of meetings on business strategies, she decided to distribute food parcels to the homeless in Paris. A choice she does not regret. "I felt so useful," she says.

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Between the hasty end of high school, schools, faculties and the end of odd jobs, millions of young people have suddenly found themselves out of work. A moment of hesitation which was an opportunity for thousands of them to get involved with various associations and come to the aid of the most disadvantaged.

The will to act

With the health crisis in France, associations had to face an avalanche of requests with hundreds

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