Grupo Gallo donates a whole day’s production to face the shortage of products in Food Banks in Spain
The Spanish Federation of Food Banks (FESBAL), due to the impossibility of developing new face-to-face collections, calls for donations to make possible to secure the reserves of its 54 centres in the coming months The 150 tons of product will supply the 7,216 NGOs with which the Food Banks federated in FESBAL work, and which […]
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 […]
Updates from Norway during COVID-19 crisis
In Norway, big corporations upon having to close, donated their surplus food to Matsentralen to avoid food waste. They reached out Food Bank to avoid food waste – some examples: IKEA: link here Asia Restaurant: link here EGON restaurant: link here Thon Hotel Bristol: link here Campus at Tromsø’s UiT (Norwegian Arctic University) and UNI (Svalbard University): link […]
Updates from Albania during COVID-19 crisis
The Albanian Food Bank due to the Covid-19 emergency is working intensively to be close to the families in need. With funds and donations so far, they are collecting and distributing even more food. However, it should be noted that, over the past two weeks, aid requests have almost doubled. They have supported and continue […]
Updates from Portugal during COVID-19 crisis
As a result of the precautions imposed by COVID 19, several Portuguese charities that work with Food Banks suspended their activity, supressing the supply of food to a large number of deprived people. Nevertheless, some of these organisations, if helped by Volunteers, can reorganise, and distribute food to the most needed. Aware of this dramatic […]
Updates from Greece during COVID-19 crisis
Updated on 15 April 2020: As soon as the HORECA closed, many tons of diaries, snacks, soft drinks etc., could not follow their way to the market. During the last 10 days, Food Bank Greece accepted more than 40 tons of food deriving from closed shops and commercial activities. It is mainly fresh and perishable […]
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% […]
Updates from Slovenia during COVID-19 crisis
The Food Bank in Slovenia is still operating with reduced capacities. During this time of crisis it is offering help to those in most need, but in individual cases, it is also prepared a larger amount of food aid for local civil protection offices, at their request (they will then prepare individual packages and deliver the […]
Tallink donates surplus food to Toidupank
Estonian shipping company Tallink has donated almost half a ton of food to the Food Bank organization Toidupank. Tallink said on its social media account that the move was made due to its ships being mostly off their regular schedules with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the government’s emergency measures. The food includes sausage, cheese […]
FESBAL reports to the monarchs that 1.5 million people could depend on Food Banks for food
In 2019, Food Banks distributed 145 million kilos of food to 1.1 million vulnerable people in Spain. This Tuesday, April 7, the King and Queen held a video conference with the heads of the Federación Española de Bancos de Alimentos (FESBAL), who conveyed to the monarchs their concern about the current situation caused by COVID-19 […]
