Linkee – Entraide Étudiante is the first food aid association dedicated to students in France. Founded in 2016 with the aim of simultaneously reducing food insecurity and waste, the association recovers unsold and surplus food from professionals to redistribute to precarious students and solidarity structures. Linkee distributions, deployed throughout the year in 8 major French university regions, enable several million meals to be distributed to students every year.
The association organizes the collection and redistribution of unsold food from shops, supermarkets, caterers, and restaurants. It relies on digital tools to coordinate donations, collections, and deliveries, ensuring a fast, transparent, and traceable solidarity chain. Linkee’s model is based on a network of volunteers known as “Linkeurs,” who manage the logistics of donations — from transport to delivery. Linkee has also developed a mobile application to organize volunteer missions and track the environmental and social impact of its operations.
The organization reports redistributing millions of meals each year and achieving a significant reduction in emissions linked to food waste. Its approach promotes a sustainable food aid model, centered on valuing local resources and fostering collective responsibility in the fight against waste.
Linkee works in partnership with public institutions, universities, and major agri-food companies. It is recognized as being of public interest and is supported by various local authorities for its actions in circular economy and urban solidarity.
