Updates from Hungary during COVID-19 crisis
The difficulties caused by COVID-19 in recent weeks have been a particular challenge for the needy, as their situation, care and prospects become even more precarious. In order to receive support even in these difficult times, the role of the organizations that help them will increase even more. The Hungarian Food Bank Association is helping to provide […]
Updates from Serbia during COVID-19 crisis
The Food Bank Belgrade (FBB) was involved in a large project endorsed by the City of Belgrade, where the Food Bank contributed toprepare 178.000 food packages designated to the pensioners with pensions under €250. More than 200 volunteers worked in two shifts inside Štark Arena which was at our disposal to be used as a logistical support center over the […]
Updates from Lithuania during COVID-19 crisis
Maisto bankas, the Food Bank in Lithuania, is fully operating even in these difficult conditions. They reported a decrease of 25% of small charities that have closed because cannot operate during the COVID 19, which led to an increase of individuals that need support in the places where the charities don’t operate. The other 75% […]
European Council adopts measures to minimise the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak on the most deprived EU citizens
The amendments to the regulation on the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) will make it easier for Member States, partner organisations and other parties involved to access the fund and protect their staff involved in distributing the aid. Around 13 million EU citizens benefit from the fund each year. The new […]
Estimates of the Impact of COVID-19 on global poverty
New research published by UNU-WIDER warns that the economic fallout from the global pandemic could increase global poverty by as much as half a billion people, or 8% of the total human population. This would be the first time that poverty has increased globally in thirty years, since 1990. The authors of the UNU-WIDER study – Andy Sumner and Eduardo Ortiz-Juarez […]
Specific measures from the European Economic and Social Committee for addressing the COVID-19 crisis
On 15 April 2020, the European Economic and Social Committee adopted a position paper on the “Poposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 223/2014 as regards the introduction of specific measures for addressing the COVID-19 crisis” where the EESC urges the Council and the European Parliament […]
COVID-19: Stepping up EU’s response to alleviate the effects of the crisis
MEPs adopted additional measures so that EU funding can be granted immediately and with exceptional flexibility to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. In Friday’s extraordinary plenary session, the European Parliament endorsed the “Corona Response Investment Initiative Plus” (CRII+) package proposed by the European Commission on 2 April by means of an urgency procedure. Amongst the approved […]
The Cepsa Foundation reinforces the campaign of Food Banks in Spain to cover the needs of the most vulnerable groups to cope with COVID-19
The Cepsa Foundation has responded to the urgent request of the Spanish Federation of Food Banks (FESBAL) by donating € 200,000 for the purchase of 300,000 kilos of food to respond to the health emergency that is affecting the most disadvantaged by the pandemic. The Cepsa Foundation has launched other measures such as the delivery of […]
Danone joins FESBAL’s call for solidarity
In recent weeks, the Spanish Federation of Food Banks (FESBAL) has started a campaign to donate and collect essential goods. The objective is to ensure that the neediest families and the most vulnerable groups are guaranteed food in a context as exceptional as today. Danone wanted to join this appeal by supporting the needs for […]
The Reina Sofía Foundation makes an extraordinary donation for the purchase of milk for Food Banks in Spain
Facing the serious pandemic that is plaguing our country, at the request of HM Queen Doña Sofía, the Fundación Reina Sofía will allocate to the Spanish Federation of Food Banks (FESBAL) an extraordinary economic donation destined to the urgent purchase of 265,000 liters of milk to distribute among the associated Food Banks in FESBAL. The […]
