Tafel Germany launches social media campaign for the International Weeks Against Racism
For the seventh consecutive year, Tafel Germany is supporting the International Weeks Against Racism, taking place from March 15th to March 28th, 2021. In light of the pandemic financially affecting people from all kinds of backgrounds, the organization stresses the importance of helping people in need – regardless of their faith, gender, ethnicity, sexuality or […]
Alarming ISTAT data: in 2020 one million more people in absolute poverty
On 5 March 2021, ISTAT (Italian National Institute of Statistics) released preliminary estimates of absolute poverty for the year 2020 along with preliminary estimates of household consumption expenditures that form the information base for the absolute poverty indicators (read the report in Italian here). The final estimates will be made available on June 2021. The […]
Czech Food Banks help distribute masks to people in need
Czech Republic is facing a terrible situation due to COVID-19. A lot of supporting systems are collapsing. Food Banks identified the serious demand for masks and respirator from the side of NGO supporting people in need. Deprived people without help from the state couldn’t comply with the regulation of wearing mask or respirators. The Czech […]
Hungarian Food Bank and Munch enter into strategic partnership
The Hungarian Food Bank Association and Munch, the Food Saving Social Enterprise, have concluded an investment agreement. Thanks to the cooperation between the Food Bank and Munch, food surplus in the hospitality sector will also become available to people in need in the future. Nowadays more and more initiatives are being taken to help reducing […]
Sodexo helps local commerce and Belgian Food Banks
The third Sodexo’s action “(Dé)pensez local” took place between 25 January and 13 February in Belgium. For each payment made with the Sodexo Card in a convenience store, Sodexo gave 2 cents to the Belgian Food Banks. With this action, Sodexo intended to both help merchants who contribute to the quality of life in our […]
French Food Banks publish beneficiary profiles
Every two years, the CSA institute carries out a study for the Fédération Française des Banques Alimentaires, in order to define the profile of food aid beneficiaries and to propose appropriate solutions. The last study was carried out from September 30 to November 10 2020 on nearly 1,000 beneficiaries of partner associations of the French […]
EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste (FLW): Sub-group on food donation
On 11 February 2021, the sub-group on food donation of the EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste (DG Health and Food Safety) took place online. The meeting started with an update from DG EMPL on the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) and soon after on the EU food supply […]
First release of the online Observatory on Food Donation
The final plenary session of the first year of the project “Quantifying the Impact of European Food Banks – From Farm to Fork” took place on 9 February in virtual mode. It was open to the entire FEBA membership with more than 50 participants. It was the occasion to go through the journey started in […]
FEBA EU Working Group – Let’s start 2021!
On 28 January and 8 February 2021, the European Food Banks Federation organized virtually the first 2 meetings of its EU Working Group for 2021. 2020 was a challenging year and led to many new developments at EU level.?Despite all the difficulties and the commitments,FEBA EU Working Group did not stop its activity but continued […]
From the health crisis to the social crisis in Switzerland
As stated in the Charter of the European Food Banks Federation, which was reviewed and approved by the General Assembly on 17 December 2020, FEBA members depend on the donation and sharing of food and in principle, the food supplies must be free of charge. The crisis caused by COVID-19 has deeply impacted FEBA members […]
