The activity of Kyiv City Charity Foundation “Food Bank” (KCCF) continues: 1,180 tonnes of food since the beginning of the war
This is an update from the Kyiv City Charity Foundation “Food Bank” received on 6 May. You can read the previous article here. How has the activity of KCCF changed in the past weeks ? This week we operated with the same number of volunteers and we received no new financial donations. In which regions […]
SEA and DHL Express together with FEBA: more than 21 tonnes of food for Ukrainian refugees
A DHL Express cargo aircraft left from Milan Malpensa airport on Tuesday 5 April with more than 21 tonnes of food on board with as destination Bucharest, where it will be used to support Ukrainian refugees fleeing the war. managed by SEA, had collected 16.5 tonnes of food, with 4.5 additional tonnes of Tuna donated […]
To be with you. FEBA diary of visits to members in Moldova, Poland, Romania, and Ukraine
By Andrea Siciliano, FEBA volunteer As the van travels along the highway towards Warsaw airport, the sky and the valleys transport me back to the Moldovan hills and meadows, which we left just two days ago. While this leg of our intense journey is coming to an end, in front of us there are so […]
EU food policy implications of the war in Ukraine
The impact of Russia’s war in Ukraine on EU food markets has been immediate, with many companies already struggling with shortages of food ingredients and packaging materials. EU countries are in very different positions regarding their dependency on Russian and Ukrainian imports. FoodDrinkEurope, which represents the European food industry, cautions that stocks of some critical […]
World Bank, IMF, WFP and WTO call for urgent coordinated action on food security
The heads of the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) and the WTO issued a joint statement on 13 April urging coordinated action to help vulnerable countries address growing threats to food security. The proposed actions include providing emergency food supplies and deploying financial support to households […]
12th of April – Highway towards the airport
Now I’m watching the hills and trees passing by on my way to the airport. It has been an intense journey, and a new chapter has just begun, in Chişinău as in L’viv, in Roman as in Chernivtsi. This is an untold story that we can write, we who have seen men and women unite […]
Over 1,000 tonnes of products delivered by the Polish Food Banks to Ukrainians
Since the first day of the war, the Federacja Polskich Banków Żywności (Federation of Polish Food Banks has been actively working to help the Ukrainians, may they be refugees coming to Poland and seeking shelter or people remaining in Ukraine. Until today, the Polish Food Banks have received over 1,000 tonnes of refugee-dedicated food and hygiene donations […]
French Food Banks are mobilised in welcoming Ukrainian refugees
The network of Food Banks in France has been mobilized since the beginning of the war in Ukraine to help meet the basic needs of refugees, both in France and in neighbouring countries. At European level, the Fédération Française des Banques Alimentaires, together with the European Food Banks Federation (FEBA), is coordinating emergency assistance to […]
11th of April – Przemysl, Poland and L’viv, Ukraine
Marek, Adrien, Magda and Mariusz, left Olsztyn (North of Poland, when I said it is spelled like Austin, Texas, they didn’t look excited) at 3am to pick us up at 6am in Warsaw. They would have driven the entire day, literally around the clock, to reach Przemysl and, from there, L’viv. our first stop was […]
9th of April – Warsaw, Poland
Early on the morning of April 9th, two friends of Oleg kindly brought us back again to Iasi airport. Over the weekend we would prepare for our visit to L’viv. In Warsaw we met Beata, President of Federacja Polskich Bankow Żywności, the Polish Food Bank. Poland has welcomed more than 3 million fleeing from Ukraine, more […]
