COVID-19 crisis: Europe’s new poor
Can you be middle class and on the breadline? Due to the pandemic, a lot of persons who had a good financial situation now have to ask for help. Lost jobs, lack of food, nowhere to live any longer. For all of these reasons, organizations providing food aid like the Food Banks now have to […]
2021, International Year of Fruit and Vegetables
The UN has declared 2021 as the “International Year of Fruit and Vegetables (IYFV)”. With the FAO as leading agency, the aim is to raise awareness on the important role of fruit and vegetables in human nutrition, food security and health, as well as in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The activities will focus […]
Adoption of the REACT-EU initiative
Just in time before Christmas, on the 23rd of December 2020, the European Parliament and the Council of the EU adopted the REACT-EU initiative that followed the political agreement reached on the 18th of November 2020. €47.5 billion of the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 will be made available for Member States through this initiative that […]
New FEBA report shows a wave of solidarity to face COVID-19
On the occasion of its Annual Forum on Food Aid and Social Inclusion: “European Food Banks Federation: competences and creativity to feed the future“, which was held on 17 December 2020, the European Food Banks Federation (FEBA) published a new report “European Food Bank: a wave of solidarity to face COVID-19″ on the challenges that […]
