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 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 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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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% […]
