Make data speak: using data to tell our story
This year FEBA started working on quantifying the impact of European Food Banks. The activity is made of three milestones: Definition of common KPIs, dataset structure and data collection strategies; Development of an Observatory on food donation; Promotion and dissemination of the Observatory on food donation. WORKSHOP 1 / Let’s start laying solid foundations On 6-7 […]
Lithuanians are invited to give accumulated food stocks to people in need
Full cabinets of unused food is something that can be found in most of Lithuanian households today. According to a survey on the country’s population commissioned by ‘Malsena’, half of the respondents accumulated food during the quarantine period. And half of them did not use the accumulated stocks. Meanwhile, the organisations supported by Maisto bankas, […]
The virus of solidarity must kill the corona virus
Jacques Vandenschrik, President of the European Food Banks Federation, was interviewed by a Belgian local TV about the impact of COVID-19 on the work of Food Banks. At what point is the precariousness threshold reached and a food parcel becomes essential? When a family has paid all the bills and the money left is not […]
The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing aid organizations to reinvent themselves
The coronavirus epidemic has thrown many people into insecurity overnight. Humanitarian associations in France as in other countries are on the bridge, but they must innovate in the face of an unprecedented situation that is upsetting traditional systems. All humanitarian associations are seeing people who are coming for the first time asking for help: families […]
PENNY Market increases its support to the European Food Banks during COVID-19 pandemic
PENNY Market, the discount chain part of REWE Group, is remaining active during the COVID-19 pandemic. While ensuring safe shopping for their customers and employees, they have decided to increase their support to European Food Banks, especially in Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy and Romania. Czech Republic Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the spring Food Collection […]
Nespresso donates 117 tons of rice to Spanish Food Banks
Nespresso’s “Arroz Solidario” (“Solidarity Rice”) project uses the coffee grounds in the recycled capsules in order to make an agricultural compost to grow rice. For the ninth year, the rice has been donated to the Spanish Federation of Food Banks (FESBAL), which will distribute it throughout the country. Since 2011, more than 960 tons of […]
Istat 2020 – Report on the Sustainable Development Goals reveals that 16.4 million Italians (27.3%) is at risk of social exclusion
Almost one in three Italians is at risk of poverty, according to an ISTAT study on the period immediately preceding the Coronavirus. More precisely, 6.5% of families are in absolute poverty and the poor are getting poorer and poorer. A relevant part of the Italian population is at risk of poverty and social exclusion. This is […]
Europe is facing its new poor
The crisis is depriving thousands of citizens from the west of the continent. In the most affected countries, request for help food has increased from 25% to 30%. For the first time since its creation in 1971, a team of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) works in the United Kingdom, another in Germany. Since April 11 […]
Coronavirus emergency in Italy: +114% new poor people
In this period of emergency, Banco Alimentare distributed to charities more than 90 thousand tons of food. Only in Italy there are 10 million more people in a condition of poverty. President of Banco Alimentare, Giovanni Bruno, explains that: “We see average increases of 40% up to 70% in the need for food for Caritas […]
Banco Alimentare, food becomes solidarity
Food is not waste.Catering companies’ contribution during the coronavirus emergency In recent months, unknown and unforeseen events have come to our attention together with already known and perhaps forgotten facts. Among these, the most obvious are two: food is an absolute priority and access to food should be possible for everyone. Many images are testimonials […]
