The campaign runs until December 7th through the website www.alimentestaideia.pt and by purchasing product vouchers, available at supermarket checkouts.
The Food Bank Against Hunger (BA) begins a new food collection campaign this Saturday, in 2,000 stores and with the help of more than 41,000 volunteers, calling “to share food with those who need it most”.
“The mechanics of participating in the campaign are simple and well known to the Portuguese: during the weekend of November 29th and 30th, simply (…) place non-perishable food products (milk, preserves, olive oil, sugar, flour, pasta) in the Food Bank bag and share them with those who need it most”, reads the .
The campaign, which extends until December 7th through the website and the purchase of product vouchers, available at supermarket checkouts, “calls for participation in this real social network that is renewed to help bring food to those in need with food contributions”.
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Quoted in the statement, the president of the Portuguese Federation of Food Banks Against Hunger, Isabel Jonet, explains that the donated products will then be sent to the warehouses of the 21 Food Banks from the north to the south of the country, where they are weighed, separated and packaged.
“The result is distributed locally to people with food needs, through more than 2,400 social solidarity institutions, previously selected and monitored in their daily activities”, says the person in charge.
According to available information, last year the 21 BA distributed 27,448 tonnes of food (with an estimated value of 45 million euros) to 2,400 institutions, with the food being delivered to nearly 380,000 people with proven food needs, in the form of baskets or prepared meals.
The Food Bank was created in Portugal in 1991 with the mission to fight against waste and distribute support to those who need food mostin partnership with solidarity institutions and based on voluntary work.
There are currently 21 Food Banks (in the areas of Abrantes, Algarve, Aveiro, Beja, Braga, Castelo Branco, Coimbra, Cova da Beira, Évora, Leiria-Fátima, Lisbon, Madeira, Zona Oeste, Portalegre, Porto, S. Miguel, Santarém, Setúbal, Terceira, Viana do Castelo and Viseu).
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